FENCED TRAFFIC

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 55, 6 March 1937, Page 28

FENCED TRAFFIC

Mr.- William Stout, a world famous motor engineer, predicts that safety of travel. will be uppermost in the minds of engineers in contributing to future progress. In the past only the driver and rider have been considered in the development of the American transportation system, he says, but in the near future the pedestrian too will come in for his share ' of attention. According to his views the day of overhead sidewalks and. the separation of motor and pedestrian-traffic is not far away.

Tyre imprints are.being used.in the solution of crimes. Some police de^ partments have complete Collections of the .different types of tyre treads for ready reference. In crimes where tyre imprints give a clue a plastic impression of the imprint is made and comparison is thus possible with tyres on a suspect's car. .

Most people seem totally unaware of the properties of carbon monoxide gas, and while a cloud of blue smoke caused by excessive oil consumption arouses protests, they, think exhaust gases when invisible and almost inodorous are harmless. : It is logical to suppose, however, that -if carbon monoxide can cause, death in a few minutes in a confined, space,-its effect on the health in ill-ventilated garages and cars must be deleterious.

The French Government is understood to be forming plans ; for homeproduced synthetic motor: fuels. The scheme provides for the formation of a cartel among the concerns possessing import licences for petrol derived from natural crudes, who will be obliged to market the whole output of French synthetic' fuels, "buying at- cost price. This cost price is a good deal higher than the import price of natural petrol, so that the companies must make up this loss by profit on the sales of imported petrol. Synthetic fuel is being produced ; by the hydrogenation of coal process.