TRAFFIC PROBLEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 79, 30 September 1933, Page 13

TRAFFIC PROBLEMS

RESEARCH BODY PROPOSED

Based on the loss of time due to slow .traffic, and on the damage to vehicles and loss of life from accidents, an estimate was given some years ago by the Commercial Motor Users' Association ;at Home that the cost ;to the liOndou community alone was £25,000,000 a year. Many sound judges, however, regarded the figure as an underestimate. At the present time many engineers are beginning to press for the appointment of a research commission to probe into the whole question of roads, traffic control, and 'traflje flow- As things are, various authorities are spending money almost daily on what are merely experiments, here today and gone tomorrow, with nothing of definite scientific character attached to them. The commission suggested would be on the lines of the existing Aeronautical Research Committee. It would be devoid of any -executive powers, ibut merely initiate aud conduct research into what actually is a very complicated matter, as everyone who has given tho least serious consideration to the problems involved must abundantly realise. The world long ago reached a stage at which definite scientific attack ,on ills involving, heavy drain on wealth, and life has proven itself, and the economic position suggested by the figures above ,are such as to vindicate the energetic effort being put forth. ,to gain a concerted n^tip'nal investigation into the subject as a whele.

If the car has °<a tendency to swerve to the right or left, wnen the brakes are applied the brakes should be inspected at once, "The trouble may be grease on the brake linings, loose front spring bolts, improper brake adjustment, or, In some instances, uneven -tire pressure, ' . , .