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The Walker Should
THE Royal Society for the
be Subject to Safety
A Prevention of Accidents
Rules
has expressed itself as being in favour of •a certain measure of regulation of the pedestrian as a method of reducing accident risks. It points out in "Safety News "' that the man in the street must realize that he is a "traffic unit," whether he be walking, riding or driving. It believes that the weight of public opinion would be behind some further measure of regulation of walkers, and that the following might well be made offences:—(a) Failing to conform to the signal of a police officer regulating traffic; (b) impeding the free flow of traffic which has been signalled to proceed by a police officer or by traffic light signals; (c) disregarding guard rails erected on the edge of the pavement to restrain persons from crossing there. We should be inclined to go further than this and make jay walking punishable by a fine.
M.P. Comments Upon A VICE PRESIDENT of
Hampering Effect of
I—I C.O.R.D., Brigadier 0. L.
Controls Prior-Palmer, D.S.O., M.P , writing in that body's journal,
"Enterprise," refers to the hampering of smooth working by excessive controls. He quotes as an outstanding example the Government control of road transport during the war, which, he says, resulted in delays and empty return journeys, and, in fact, reproduced teething troubles which had long previously been solved by those who had given their lives to the problem, but which are inevitable when amateurs unfamiliar with the difficulties take charge. He concludes that the reimposition of this type of control is therefore essentially wrong. It was fortunate for the present Government that it inherited a system of rigid war-time controls. Ready-made to hand was a weapon which would have required many years in office to have imposed in ordinary peace-time.
Our Surface and MOT even businessmen
Air Postage to 11 always recognize the
Europe extent to which the postal services are now available to the Continent and other places abroad. Registered and unregistered letters, printed and commercial papers may be sent by surface route to all countries in Europe except Germany. In the case of the latter, there is a restricted service to the whole country, limited to unregistered letters and packets not exceeding 1 lb. There is also a service by which newspapers, periodicals and books up to a maximum of 4 lb. per packet at a rate of id. per 2 oz., may be sent to persons living in the British and American zones of Germany and the British sector of Berlin. The rate for letters sent by surface route to European countries is 3d. for the first ounce, except to Cyprus,
Malta and Gibraltar, for which it is 21-cl. For postcards the rate is 2d. to an European destinations. Air mail services are available to all Europe, except the Faroe Islands, the rates being: letters, 5d. for the first ounce, and 3d. for each succeeding one; postcards, 20. To Germany the service is limited to I lb., and to Poland to letter packets not exceed
ing 2 oz. Parcels may be sent to all Europe except the Dodecanese Islands. For Albania, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece and Italy the service is restricted to gift parcels. Senders must comply with export licensing and currency regulations where applicable. Details can be obtained from all main post offices Enthusiasm by the (IN one or two occasions we
Man who Slashes %-d. have, in our feature, "One Tyres, . , Hears," referred to an adver
tisement issued by Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., which depicts one of its
staff " slashing " tyres for dissection tests. In this connection we have received a story, of the veracity of which we are assured.' A group of tyre men in the West Country was joined by a lady, who for many years has been a member of Henley's tyre
staff at Bristol. A wag in the party promptly introduced her to the others as "Old Henty's Widow," on which someone remarked that he did not know that "Old Henty " was dead. "Haven't you heard," replied the humourist, " that the bloke who is paid to slash tyres cut his throat."