One Hears
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Of a driver who sighed for a fork-lift to shift a traffic block.
That his mate said it would only pile up the jam.
That patriotic Britons are worried when no local effort is made to collect waste paper and scrap metal.
That some operators would like a safety switch, in addition to the ignition switch, to be fitted to vehicles.
Of hauliers at Torquay who, like trams and elephants, did not know whether they were corning or going.
• Too many requests from uninformed sources for "investigations into the operations of bus companies.
Not enough for investigations into the operations of certain nationalized businesses.
Of a South Wales bus conductor who was fined recently for allowing 100 passengers to be carried on his bus.
That the Wolverhampton Metal Co., Ltd., is reclaiming 50 tons of zinc oxide a week from its chimney smoke.
That "pilot tipping" is not allowed by the airway corporations. but is found by many hauliers to be highly beneficial.
That the BR S. dislikes carrying full tar barrels and that a permit is readily granted to any free haulier who will undertake the job.
Of a suggestion that before Government departments be allowed to run their own vehicles, they should have to prove that it would be cheaper for them to do so than to hire transport.