. . and a prosperous new year
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THISis the season for making resolutions which HIS we are honest) nearly always are based either on a sense of obligation or omission. And usually the decision involves a negative resolve: we will stop smoking: we will stop being beastly to our neighbour; we will stop—almost anything. There is an atmosphere of Lent about our resolutions, which rarely last out a longer period anyway.
Sometimes, it is true, we are a little more positive in approach. We will count at least to three before bawling out the office junior; we will buy a new poppy this year; we will tell the wife about the next pay rise. But, commendable as these positive decisions may be, they do not outlast their more negative cousins.
Which leads us to ask: "Why make resolutions anyway?" They would be superfluous gestures in a perfect world.
But the world is not perfect. Take the world of lorries and buses as an example. It would be hard to imagine more ways in which the rapidly increasing pressure on adequate maintenance could be emphasized than have occurred in 1965. As a start to 1966 COMMERCIAL
MOTOR is once again laying emphasis on the subject. Will everyone thereafter be imbued with an unflagging sense of duty and resolve? Just as soon as apples fall upwards from the tree.
We wish you a New Year free of GV9s—it's largely up to you.
New look for CM
AS TRANSPORT people well know, change is an inherent part of any service. Because of this, it normally takes place without comment. But today the change really is so radical that we feel justified in airing our pride publicly. With this issue, COMMERCIAL MOTOR enjoys a larger page size, improved binding and the many benefits of a revolutionary new printing process—and the price remains unchanged.
We hope our readers like the new COMMERCIAL MOTOR; we intend to stay right out front, where we always have been, with a circulation nearly 30 per cent. greater than that of any competing road transport publication.