One Hears—
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That a tram driver who had been trained for bus work proved very apt, except that he would not pull into the kerb.
That the three C.M. Show numbers certainly indicated that the industry shows no signs of becoming a back number.
That if you are beginning to fad' indispensable, stick your finger into a bowl of water and when you pull it out;. meditate on the hole that's left.
Of a vehicle radar scanner, the size of a dinner plate, which issues a warning note increasing with nearness, thus " seeing " traffic around corners or in fog.
That it can ignore vehicles ahead which are drawing away, and limit signals to those just beyond the safe braking distance.
That one day hauliers may be roamin' (it is hoped not in the gloatnin') through a tunnel connecting the Bonnie Banks o' Clyde.
From a reader, asking if the inclusion of road transport subjects in "Motoring and the Motorist" programmes was suggested to the B.B.C. by a "One Hears ",paragraph.
That the membership secretary of the Labour party in a Sussex town has assured readers of a local paper that bus-fare rises are almost entirely due to the de-nationalization of road transport.
That the paper in question must have considered this as real news. Of a reader wondering whether the conduct of all councils handling untaxed fuels would be like that of Cmsar's wife.
That the railway position in some areas of America can be judged by the discontinuation of certain passenger trains which carry an average of one passenger per journey.
That one fare per trip did not compare favourably with the operating cost of over £100 a day for each train.
That there is not much sense in a young man aiming to be a scientist unless he can read, write and listen well, and be prepared to learn several foreign languages.
That Pyroceam, a crystallized glass in the ceramic family, is said to be harder than high-carbon steel, lighter than aluminium and nine times as strong as plate glass.