14 JUNE 1957, Page 13

SIR, —After being labelled 'a fathead' with `no esthetic vision,' may !

make three points?

Admittedly, the modern motor vehicle and modern roads are expressions of the `faster, faster' philosophy. They naturally frighten people who suffer from imagination-boggle, but let these people imagine life without them. It is an illuminating pastime.

The most depressing aspect of this Albert Bridge issue is that no one has cried, 'At last we are being given the chance to build bigger, better and more beautiful structures than our forefathers did Instead, we usually find people all in favour of modern roads and bridges . . . so long as their con- struction disturbs somebody else. Incidentally, I abhor the idea of Sunday after- noon crawling in a tin box on wheels, and use an old pushbike on the by-ways. And the only thing on my bedroom walls is an original Hoffnung car- toon of a snoring man.—Yours faithfully, BERNARD It SYKES

Public Relations Officer British Road Federation Limited, 26 Manchester Square, WI