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Courtesy the best answer to spray

1st September 1984, Page 54
1st September 1984
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

GOOD MANNERS succeed where science fails to deal with spray from lorries, I conclude from tests by the Freight Transport Association at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory at Crowthorne. All the spray suppressants tried were disappointing, but the problem was reduced by the simple expedient of driving at a reasonable speed on wet roads and showing a little consideration for others.

The risk of aquaplaning could be avoided at the same time. But I suppose courtesy is too much to expect, particularly when one remembers the

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criminal behaviour of lunatics in dense fog on motorways.