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That when stuck in a traffic block, you can't go like clockwork—except in a taxi, then you have to.
That the parking of cars at some railway stations is restricted to those owned by season-ticket holders.
That this does not help to reduce congestion in busy traffic centres.
That battery-electric vehicles are likely to fill an increasingly important role in the near and distant future.
That some towns regard trolleybuses as people do loose teeth—they can't decide whether to leave them alone or have them pulled out and replaced by a new set. Of a new entrant to the commercial vehicle market.
That in the case of fares and haulage charges, what goes up. does not come down.
Of a bus company receiving a request from a passenger to alter a request stop to "a permanent stop."
That the passenger would undoubtedly complain if the company took up his suggestion literally.
That the number of women technologists in industry is increasing and there is room for more.
Of those who feel that the best chance of making a profit out of Ulster rails and rolling stock lies in the scrap market.
That no country can really afford, in these difficult days, to spend money on out-moded forms of transport for sentimental reasons.
That many busy men are being persuaded th.at by bus to business is quicker and better than " fuming " in congested streets.
That, although some seem to doubt it, the employer has a tight to expect work of the kind he needs in exchange for the wages he pays.
That a lead-acid traction battery for a 1-ton payload may weigh nearly 2,000 lb. (crated), a nickelalkaline type about 1,500 lb., whilst a lead-acid aircraft model, if adapted for road traction, might weigh 1,300 lb.