IN these long hot days of summer and vehicle pollution, perhaps the wartime practice of government slogans would do something to ease the situation.
My favourite one, intended to economise on the use of fuel of all vehicles, including trains and aircraft, was: "Is your journey really necessary?"
It would be of equal benefit to the nation and its health today.
KEN BUTLER, Haston Lee Avenue, Blackburn.
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