History of motor transport in postal work briefly reviewed; mail services upon which it is used; five sizes of body mounted on three types of chassis; postmen satisfactorily trained as drivers; inspection, maintenance, and repair; Post Office system of cost recording; comparison with German Post Office mechanical transport; electric traction used; labor saving; traffic accidents. (See also Inst. of Transport -- Jl. (Lond.) vol. 10, no. 2, Dec. 1928 pp. 72-82, and (discussion) 82-88, 2 figs.)


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    Title :

    Motor transport in the British postal service


    Additional title:

    Modern Transport


    Contributors:
    Lane, F. (author)

    Published in:

    Modern Transport ; 20 , n 505


    Publication date :

    1928


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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