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That the Road Traffic Act contains 123 sections.
That the Orders and Regulations so far made thereunder contain 264 paragraphs.
That of those 110 relate exclusively to public service vehicles. 0 That no doubt there are more to come.
That municipal engineers will soon be saying, "Let us spray."
The hope expressed that they will have plenty of grit.
Of a statement that solid-rubber tyres were used on Egyptian chariots 5,000 years ago.
A rtnnour that the recent 2d, off petrol has already led the Treasury to toy with the idea of turning 4d. into 6d. 0 , Of close attention by American chassis makers to our Ministry of Transport structural requirements.
Of someone saying that, to him, a petrol pump always suggests the Tree of Knowledge with the snake coiling around it.
That if all road-using interests were so well disciplined as coach operators, traffic congestion would be far less severe.
That there are 187,250 advertisers in all the official telephone directories of the British Isles— inclusive of heavy-type entries.
Of Euclid's latest pons a.sinorum: To preve that there can be two "leading authorities" when one is at least three times as great as the other. Of March rivers and roads of ice.
That tyre and time wait for no ban.
Of bus travel at the rate of id. per mile.
That there is apparently still someone who does 'not heed " S.T.R.'s" oft-repeated warnings.
Of some amusing guesses about the" New Era."
That most of the best road transport undertakings came from small beginnings.
That nothing counterfeit will be able to pose as lit in the motorbus world for much longer.
That there are many months of difficult work ahead of the Area Traffic Commissioners.
That the Americans would like a bigger share of the British market in these hard times.
That the Traffic Commissioners cannot be "squared," although dealing always with areas.
That Mr. E. Purnell-Hooley, M.Inst.C.E., the pioneer of "Tarmac," is still living, fit and well, in Oxford City. 0 A query as to how a policeman is to know for certain that a horse-drawn vehicle has genuine business in Oxford Street and is not just passing through for convenience.
That, if each horse-drawn van be held up by each policeman en route for the inspection of the driver's invoice, traffic confusion will be worse confounded.
The query, "Should horse-drawn vehicles havo destination boards?"