One Hears
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Of railings about road restrictions.
Of much dissatisfaction expressed with the interimpayment rates for impressed vehicles.
That it may yet be regretted that the steam-wagon industry was allowed to become moribund.
That the legality of using two trailers at a time does not now seem to be open to question, if R.A.F. procedure establishes a precedent.
That cynics are realizing that the attention given to alternative fuels by The Commercial Motor and many designers was not "all gas" in the idiomatic sense, after all.
That in certain towns the trams have looked like participants in an "illuminated procession," whilst commercial vehicles had to be obscured like lurking demons of the night.
Of inquiries piling up for details of prodUcergas plants.
That vehicle stocks held by some makers will quickly be liquidated.
Of many who think that the real road, not the railroad, is the royal road to success in war.
That non-compliance with grouping requirements has brought trouble to many operators. On all sides, of high praise for London bus drivers during the black-out.
That the cab trade has responded well to the nation's civil-defence call.
Of many cryptic epithets about Hitler and his henchmen written on lorry bodies.
Napoleon's " sauve qui peut " order yielded a scramble tame by comparison with last week's petrol scrounging.
That the German autobahnen, whilst of strategic value, include many vulnerable bridges, particularly in the mountainous districts.
That force of habit is strong : one of our old correspondents says he has difficulty in making his typewriter spell "Bowling Green Lane," after years of typing Rosebery Avenue. Well, he can't blame the war for that..
The remark "So we're to have ellipseabouts now "
That "the Black Country" no longer refers to a limited area of England.
Yes, there are heroes of home defence—the food transporters on the road.
That inexperienced people find it difficult to conceal light without excluding air.