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That most road accidents occur between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., and fewest from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m.
That apparently the early birds are wide awake and the late ones still half asleep.
That the the time when people travelled merely " to get there" and put up uncomplainingly with unlimited discomfort is past.
That the railways regard coaching as encroaching or poach
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That the present epidemic of green coachwork is turning England into an Emerald Isle.
That legislation to stop bribery, unintentionally encouraged it by sealing the mouths of both giver and receiver. That one hour after sunset—the official summer lighting-up time—is often too late.
That sensible drivers light up when they judge it to be advisable.
That many people still deliberately walk across the path of moving vehicles, thus forcing dangerously quick braking.
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That buyers of aeroplanes from Henlys, Ltd., will also be taught free how to fly them.
That with the expansion of commercial aviation roof advertising will come to the fore.
Of petrol -electric cranes being introduced by the railways for the rapid unloading of freight.