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That wishful thinking can lead to dishful shrinking.
That Australian motor vehicles • must 110W be equipped with rear reflectors.
That in all vehicle rallies different types and lengths should be fairly classed, and that's the long and the short of it.
That quite a number of people would do well to remember the Chinese proverb: " Being in the right does not depend on having a loud voice."
That effective vision is materially affected by speed. At 50 m.p.h. a driver sees 14 per cent, less than at 45 m.p.h., whilst at 60 m.p.h. his vie* is restricted to . the road width.
That few of the travelling public will concur in a bus company's statement that a bus crew were entitled to leave their passengers stranded and catch another bus for home because their overtime had expired. "What a smasher! now applied to atoms.
That even chief constables don't get it all their own way when Iodizing charges: That plywood which will not rot or separate, and is -votected against insects, is now available from many suppliers.
. From a bachelor reader saying that he would marry .if "1.16--"c'auld find . aate like the Commer---tough. reliable, safe and economical.
From the Financial Times, that an American analysis of road-accident injuries shows 40 per cent. as being caused by the steering wheel and column. 38 per cent. by the dashboard and many others by shattered internal rear-view mirrors.
That this adds emphasis to the importance of fitting vehicles with safety belts for drivers, also for passengers in the front seats.