A TRANSPORT concern in the Midlands has issued a large
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number of 8-in. by 6-in, cards, one of which is here reproduced in miniature. The impacts were measured by the American Society of Automotive Engineers, t h e vehicles running at a speed of 17-im.p.h. over a 2-in. obstruction, otherwise the card speaks for itself.
pASSENGER receipt figures for 1931 throw an interesting light upon road and rail activities. Some f.58 million was expended in fares for road travel by 5,265,584,930 passengers. The railways received some /60 million from 1,606:201,389 passengers, exclaRive of seasonticket holders. NONTECHNICAL people may place themselves in embarrassing posi ti on s when suggesting methods of regulating vehicles or machinery. Recently in the House of Lords it was wrongly asserted that heavy vehicles unduly damage the road. It is against ethics to state as facts unfou.nded personal suppositions. For tu nately there are a few experts in Parliament.
IT was stated also that speedometers would be shaken to bits on commercial vehicles. Before making such2suggestions as this it would he well if a journey could be taken in any modern -British freight vehicle, whether it be of the petrol or oil-driven type.