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Show J THE MOTOR QUIZ X (How Many Can Tou Answer?) 5 g Q. What country leads In road S ? Improvement and construction g 5 activity? g g Ans. United States. ? $ Q. What countries lead In 5 S mileage of surfaced highways? 5 g Ana. European countries. Their S X surfaced highways began with g v the old Romans, and have been S 5 kept In good condition through- 2 ff out the ages. Europe has 639,- 6 S 000 miles of surfaced roads as S ff compared to 150,000 in the Unit- g ed States. S X Q. Is gasoline consumption O less on high type roads? 2 X Ans. Tea. Where a vehicle will ff g require a gallon for 15 miles on K K a high type road it will require ff g 1.2 gallons of gasoline on the In- S 2 termedlnte type, and 1.47 on the ff g poor type of road. S 5 Q. How do different type g ff roads affect maintenance, cost, S 6 and depreciation of automobiles? S X Ans. As a type of road be- Q o comes poorer maintenance cost Jj ff and depreciation Is somewhat in ff g the same ratio ss the Increase g X in gasoline consumption shown jj 5 above. x |