One Hears
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That several women testers of drivers have had: to resign as the result of the nervous strain, attached to their work.
"Road transport this, road transport that "but, like Kipling's Tommy, it is our "brave defender" in time of war.
That the claims for Thompson self-adjusting steering tie rods might well apply to the good salesman. They are "never too loose, never too tight."
That the noisy "commercial " seldom escapes notice.
That this suggests that the ear of the law is especially attuned to pick out commercial vehicle misdemeanours.
That the familiar taxicab rapid turn sometimes gives one to other drivers.
That the auxiliary lights on some vehicles are almost as powerful as headlights. ordinary
That smart transport is an asset to any business and that this is lost when goods are sent by rail.
The pertinent question, "Which takes you nearer the racecourse and sports ground—the railway or the motor coach? "
That those who travel by coach to a sporting event arrive there on their own grandstand.
Visitors to the Scottish Border remarking that if the local authorities spent as much money on the roads as they have done on erecting danger signs these might be unnecessary.
That the "summer reign " of the coach is proving all too short.
Little noise from steamers, but that it is now more often heard than in the recent past.
That the Minister of Transport appears to be very satisfied with five years' hard labour.
That perhaps this is because he may not be called upon to serve the whole period.