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7HE hard shoulders of the motorway I should be strengthened to support ty vehicle. This recommendation was ade last week by the Rugby Coroner's ry after they had heard how two lorry ivers were killed on MI when in fog ey crashed into a breakdown tender hich could not use the shoulder.
The driver of the tender said that he id been guided by a police car to where articulated vehicle was bogged down the shoulder. He could not take the nder on to the shoulder, which was like asphalt laid over mud."
This witness and two others, including policeman, said that the deceased had en driving too fast. Verdicts of accimtal death were recorded.
'HI' MOTORWAYS MAY NOT BE BIG ENOUGH
"HE layout of motorways could often not be as spacious as traffic and igineering requirements demanded :cause too much valuable farmland mild he taken up. This point was made Mr. John Hay, Joint Parliamentary :cretary to the Ministry of Transport, the House of Commons last week. Mr. W. F. Deedes (Cons., Ashford) had itiated a debate on the spoliation of the amtryside by new roads and other iilding projects.. Mr. Hay said that the ayal Fine Arts Commission and the andscape Advisory Committee would : consulted earlier than they had been len further motorways were planned.
LIBERAL RIDES AGAIN 'EVEN Liberal members of Finchley / Borough Council, who ran a pirate" bus service last November in otest against the "appalling" 102 sere of London Transport, are planning do so again. Fares would be charged cover costs and, says. ClIr. Frank avis, the members' leader, the conseiences of doing so would be faced.
The standard of the 102 service is said tely to have declined after the improvecot which followed last year's protest. mdon Transport say that this is because congestion aggravated by road works.
SHEFFIELD FORESEE LOSS • STIMATES of Sheffield Transport ▪ Committee, which reveal a 1-per nt. fall in revenue, show an estimated :ficit of more than £90,000 on this year's )rking. New claims for higher wages ,d shorter working hours, plus the cost the 17-day strike (about f165,000), ight mean that some fare increases 3uld be inevitable, said Ald. S. Dyson, airman, last week.
STANDARD SIGNS I OAD signs and signals on motorways
should be standard throughout trope. This advice has been given to tional governments by the road transrrt sub-committee of the United aLions Economic Commission for. irope.
The sub-donirnittee also recommend liformity among countries in conditions r the issue of driving licences.