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Road Less Vulnerable Than Rail A PAPER read before the

1st April 1938, Page 32
1st April 1938
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Institute of Trans..port by the Inspector-General of Air Raid Precautions gives almost gruesome details of what might happen in extensive air raids. To our mind, the most vital matter mentioned, is the vulnerability of rail transport as compared with carriage by road. This should be closely considered in relation to the stringent restrictions on road transport.

A résumé is given in this issue, and there is no need to repeat this, except to emphasize the statement that we have to consider the possibility of railway termini being wiped out, of damage being done which may take many months to repair, of bridges being destroyed, tunnels blocked and control completely upset. The dangers to road transport occupy about one-sixth of the wordage, which gives some idea of the smaller risk and reduced liability of traffic dislocatign in the case of road services. In fact, the Inspector-General states that long-distance passenger or goods services would probably have a reasonable degree of security. Yet the authorities are doing all in their power to stop this class of operation. Such blind obstinacy and well-nigh criminal folly leave us appalled.

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