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That " dipping" avoids " glaring " from other drivers.
That the railways would never stoop so low as to use traffic-court evidence.
That the Americans have a word for it.
That judging from their rudeness and the risks they take, traffic congestion is fraying the nerves of some Metropolitan cabbies.
From Mr. C. L. Cummins that the biggest problem is not how to get oil fuel into the combustion chamber, but how to distribute it to obtain maximum efficiency.
That in the 'U.S.A. the average starter motor for a private-car engine develops 1 h.p., whilst those for the larger types of oil engine on commercial vehicles develop 12 h.p.
That the rate of wear of a good concrete road is one inch in 200 years.
As a maxim for suppliers : "You may fool a unit, but you cannot fool a fleet."
That the police will soon be adopting colour films to indicate a driver's temper. That gonging the " gangers " was not quite appreciated.
Of farmers praising tractors because until. a few weeks ago work had stood still for three months.
• That now with intensive tractor application conditions are nearly normal again.
That the writer of the road-transport film, " Night Ride," shows self-control in not providing it with 4 railway villain.
That despite the railways' recognition that Alicensees are not intended to be routed, they are doing all they can to rout them.
That the country bus, in winter at any rate, carries more " regulars " than " casuals " and both driver and conductor worry if one fails to put in an appearance.
From America of a tremendous upsweep in the sales of oil:engined vehicles.
That the International Safety Congress cannot, unfortunately, make us safe from war.
The query — are certain interests considering the development of thehydraulic coupling?