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Of two-way opinions of one-way traffic.
That the six-wheeler will displace the tram car, because the tramcar displaces the traffic.
That there are 8ti1l many cyclists who do not carry the regulation red reflector, and that those who survive are liable to a 15 penalty.
That it is all very well to advocate living dangerously, but tile average man ddes not want to travel dangerously.
A driver boasting that his 25-cwt. Chevrolet has done 2,600 miles on a gallon of oil, v:y-reas its predecessor, of another make, did only 240.
'That Mr. Lacey whose exploits in conducting an expedition throughout the length of Africa was fully aware of all tile difficulties that would have to be encountered.
That there is not given to many the pluck and " stickability " required to embark upon such a task and to carry it out.
That one instinctively gives a great gasp as one watches the film representation of the Chevrolet truck and Sees the axles, springs and frame stressed beyond all reason over the rough going.
That redactions in weight are almost as welcome as reductions in price.
That motor vehicles for use in the Philippines need not be fitted with twin-form nuts. That Piccadilly Circus was excavated by Pick.
Hopes that Winnie won't take it into his head to Include a wheel-tax in his 1929 Budget., That the articles on the sleeper coach in our Road Travel Number have been productive of much discussion.
That the Cambrian Co. has lately started a fre. quent daily motorbus service between Maidstone and London. , _0- That a Thornycroft subsidy truck has lately been ordered for H.M. the King's pheasantries on the Sandringham estate.
Somebody asking if the proposed new railway engine, weighing, with its tender, 80 tons (as against the present 140) will be able to hold the metals at speed.
That some of the railway companies are now losing passengers not only to the organized aeroplane services but also because of the increasing number of privately owned aeroplanes.
How a garage proprielof was puzzled by the numbeV of enquiries for Trojan cars for week-end hire, until he found that they were Trojan van drivers who wanted to do their joy-riding in a vehicle they understood.
That we live in a fast age, but that only slowcoaches find fault with the speeding.
That, in a few years' time, Americans who sigh for a really dry country may go rocketing to Mars.