All Together Now
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THE sight of a clutch, gaggle, herd, flotilla, or what-have-you, of six London Transport 134 buses moving along Muswell Hill Road at 7.45 on a fine night last week prompted a naughty thought. If the leading bus had 200 b.h.p. under the bonnet and the other five buses had steering tow bars, five bus drivers would have been spared for less gregarious duties.
Bus " trains " are not new, of course. They can be seen -in many Continental countries, particularly Italy. That country, though, is now turning to double-deckers to ease traffic congestion. Maybe we could let them have some of our doubledeckers in exchange for some of their bus trailers, and so let London Transport solve some of its staff problems without disappointing their customers.
Come to think of it, " clutch " is hardly the word to describe a convoy of buses. But you could hardly say "a hydraulic coupling of buses." " Fluidation " has possibilities, though.
Ladylike Haulage
ROAD transport is by tradition very much a male preserve —which makes it all the more interesting to meet some
body such as Mrs. Hilda Davey, the successful head of A. and H. Davey (Roadways), Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent. With the help of her son and daughter she operates 13 heavies on general haulage A30