One Hears
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That road 'engineers are setting out as vehicle de signers.
That it might be better if they "took the mote . . • etc."
Of a reader referring to this issue asOUr "gadget
number."
That, in view of the popularity of radio-equipped coaches, we may soon hear of a programme of "hat music" being offered as an additional inducement to travel by coach.
That silence may not always be a virtue.
That the railways have always said that they would have the last laugh.
That, unfortunately, the Minister of Transport always wants to laugh with them.
That the commercial-rnotor industry is becoming ill-famed for its repressive legislation, That to escape breaking regulations a driver will soon have to be a superman.
That readers of this issue may think that there is more equipment than vehicle.
Of heavy-vehicle drivers envying the built-in jacks now part of the equipment of some private cars.
That every road-user is entitled to the use of a portion of the road equal to his vehicle's width plus a safety margin—but not for parking.
That at night motor vehicles must be seen but not heard.
That the "one toot and you're oot " chestnut is wearing thin.
That there may be powerful opposition to vehicle taxation by gross weight.
That a side slip, as distinct from a forward skid, usually results from maladjustment of brakes.