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That the proposed Severn bridge has been the pans asinorum of many governments.
Of a suggestion that " WMPTA!".could make a wonderful rallying cry for meat carriers.
That Birmingham is justly proud of its high roadsafety factor and excellent magazine the Safety Campaigner.
" Getting home tubeless" revived memories of getting home busless, with " tube " pressure nearly at bursting point.
From Mr. P. W. Howard, president, the Rubber Manufacturers' Association, that the motor industry is using daily 4,300 gal. of rubber adhesives.
That the Association of Auto-Electrical Technicians is a comparatively small body in respect of numbers, but has a reasonably high potential value.
That what we want for roads is a man like Rhodes.
That cheap fares, like all other cheap things, disappeared long ago.
That one can do a job with a fork truck almost before one can say knife.
That the new Minister of Transport shows no inclination to by-pass by-pass talks.
That in road safety it is mainly the individual who counts—unless he is counted out.
That of late the dockers have occupied even more news space
than have the Dockers. ". .-. but did you see what we did to their car?"
That our roads are paved with good intentions— and little else.
That London is approaching a traffic standstill even more rapidly than many people anticipate.
That the partial bus strike certainly drew attention to what the Metropolis would be like in the way of congestion if there were no buses.
That from one to four people per vehicle compares badly with loads of 60 or so.
That the truth of the saying " Crabbed old age and youth cannot live together" is proved by experience, with battery units.
" Funny 'that the Lords should' want to force the running of unremunerative services, why, they can't even run their own homes now without making them pay for themselves."