TAR AND THE MOTORIST.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2560, 10 April 1928, Page 2

TAR AND THE MOTORIST.

Tar is anathema to motorists.

They do not like it

Some of them like the smell of it, but they object to having to eat it. And as for putting it on the roads —well, just a little—very little. The other day tar that had been laid years ago came to life, says the Sydney Daily Telegraph. It melted under the glare of the record heat; it ran into little rivulets on the side of the roads; it squelched under the tyro treads. Motorists cursed softly—if they had passengers in their cars—some outright if they were by themselves. Tar-splashed cars were a common sight in the suburbs. As the motorist passed over a particularly inviting patch of tar he went gingerly. Memories of previous encounters held him in check. Tar does not come off a car easily. It has to be attacked desperately, much 'elbow grease' must be used, and even then the tar has the last laugh. Perhaps the reason why so many dark-hued cars are seen in N.S.W. is due in some measure to the clinging propensities of the tar. Gaily coloured cars fare badly on our roads. But where tar —road tar —becomes the biggest nuisance is when it splashes the faces, hands and clothes. Many joy-riders in back seats have sad memories of past events. Lithgow Council has refused its tar men an extra shilling a day. Many motorists would pay the extra shilling to thiyh if they refrained I from using tar —at least, not quite so much of it.