MOTORISTS AND THE ROADS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—The ordinary motorist helps to contribute £15,000,000 annually to the Exchequer, of which a proportion is set aside for road maintenance. Some of this money is spent, pre- sumably, in the purchase of sharp-pointed flint stones which are strewn upon the tarred road surfaces in wet weather. The motorist may conclude when paying his tax, that he is pro- viding himself with a supply of punctures sufficient to last throughout the year. It has been suggested that granite drippings would be less harmful to wet rubber tyres than the jagged flints now scattered so lavishly upon the roads.. Will some expert among your readers confirm this ; and if so, cannot the Spectator urge the adoption of this or any other remedy upon the authorities concerned ?—I am, Sir, &c.,
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