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haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at the industry to keep us all sane. If you have any off-beat yarns that illustrate the stranger, or sillier, side of the business, he'd like to hear from you. rls a softhearted old bird, he's also happy to publicise charitable works— and is always interested in events for the vintage vehicles he drove as a fledgling. Drop the Hawk a line at Commercial Motor, Bird's Eye View, Rm R203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax him on 0181 652 8969.
Bird brained
ith his nom de plume, the Hawk could not fail to be a lover of our dear feathered friends.
He is not a lover, however, of the little deposits they leave behind, especially ones dropped from a great height on to the highly polished bodywork of his beloved Reliant Robin, or worse still on to his new car coat.
You'd think, then, that there was enough bird poo around without anybody having to invent the stuff, but that's where you'd be wrong. At its plant in Sunderland, Nissan has patented a formula for artificial bird droppings. Why? Oh why? I hear you cry.
To reproduce the corrosive properties of bird's mess to use as part of its paint quality control checks, of course.
Do you feel silly now for asking?