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THE CHINA
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MOTORING SECTION
TIMID DRIVERS.
FOOLPROOF CAR SUGGESTED.
"Can anyone learn to drive a car? At present I believe noin the case of an ordinary car that has an ordinary gear box-the kind about which Levassor said, long ago, "It la crude and brutal, but it works."
NEW 'BUSES.
SIX-WHEEL VEHICLES IN
LONDON.
gear of the Ford type, because ite: action is less positive than that of an ordinary gear. In reverse, in the hands of a nervous driver, the ordinary type of gear is often so positive and abrupt that shrub- berles, flower beds, gate posts, and Timidity in 'drivers, since. It' leads so forth are in danger. One friond So many nails have been ham- to carefulness, is probably a much of mine alleges that she now can-mered Into, the coffin of the tram- more désirable characteristic than not go to church because there hap-way car as a result of omnibus over-confidence and its conrequent pens to be nowhere to turn around development and competition, that. recklessness. However, there are without reversingi
one almost feels encouraged to probably many persons who fear A range of speed extending from visualise, in the not far distant that they cannot control existing 4 to 50 m.p.b. on the top gear Is future, the complete disappearance cars with their mechanical com- what is required, and that is, of of the rail-depondent vehicle from plexities. In the following article course, well within the scope of the streets of our more important from the "Autocar" Cecil B. Water- modern achievement. The low gear cities (says "Motor Transport"). low, B.Sc., suggests that many of should always be there (though sel Some may consider this to be carry- these people would parchase the dom used) for emergen les. All right type of vehicle if it were pro- the driver would have to do when enn deny that the tramway strong- ing prediction too far, but no one duced, and make suggestions to that the car could not "make the grade" hold is at present being very would be to press his or her foot on vigorously and effectively attacked the appropriate pedal-an action at points in its defences which at that might, after all, be learnt by one time were generally regarded heart-and there would be no seri-i
We refer, of oua risk of running backwards. as invulnerable. Even if the reverse podal were course, to the competition of the pressed by mistake the car would six-wheeler omnibus, the latest and Will the motor industry do any- not run back either fast or freely; perhaps most significant example of thing for the nervous, mechanical- it would, indeed, be as near fool which will be seen in London if, ly incompetent, elderly or ignorant proof as it is so far possible to as may be confidently expected, the people who long for the new free- make a car. It would not be cost-68-seater omnibus is approved by dom that would come from being "ly, and it would be a joy forever to Scotland Yard. In fact, the advent able to drive themselves about thousands of elderly and
the London streets of the nervous on alone? Is the idea commercially potential drivers.
covered-top-deck six-wheeler fitted worth while?
It is, of course, a delusion and a snare to suppose that it is possible to learn by heart-like a part în a play all that ever has to be done with the ordinary type of gear change and controls; but you can- not fundamentally change the un- mechanical type of mind, especially when it happens to be feminine and mature. If, however, you admit that there are, and always will be, many people of a certain type who can never drive the ordinary cars of the present day with comfort, the next step is to devise means of over- coming their difficulties,
It would not be costly because with pneumatic tyres will be a de-. the type of engine required-a flexi-velopment likely to have a far- ble medium powered six-is not reaching influence in popularising a now confined to the expensive class, type of public service vehicle the and because the type of gear de-commercial possibilities of which manded has been used for many are only beginning to be realised. years on the car which, in its coun- Experienced city traffic authorities, try of origin-America-Is still the have stated that, by reason of its cheapest. Moreover, the number of greater capacity, the tramway car people to whom it would appeal ia is a more efficient instrument than so great that mass production me- any kind of omnibus for handling thods could be adopted. This car city passenger traffic at rush hours, should be a dreadnought in the mat- So it was once. But can such a ter of abuse; it should have no sub-claim now be sustantiated? The tleties of control, so dear to the ex- results so for obtained in service pert's heart; ignition advance with six-wheeled double-deck omni- should be entirely automatic, and buses seating up to nearly seventy its dash should display a minimum passengers seem to justify a nega- of information. The driver would tive answer to that question. For Much thought and not a little take his or her place without even if the latest types of three- money have already been expended quaims, press a button to start the axle motor omnibuses cannot, or on this problem. The ideas here car, press another to make it go pro- are not permitted to, carry quite as presented do not purport to be ori-gressively faster, change the foot many passengers as the largest ginal, but it is hoped to display to another to make it slow down tram cars, their superior mobility, them in a new light.
and stop.
permitting them to draw up to the kerb and overtake other vehicles, affords them an important advant- age in this connection.
Simplified Gears.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1927.
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spallings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.).
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DTRE INTERNATIONAL, SYNDICATE,
HORIZONTAL Į HORIZONTAL:(Cont.) -What landa N. W.-2-By
• of Africa, gave the 47-A number (Roman name to a popular numerals). bird?
145-To tipple
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cope
13-Wnt paucous con. stituent of the ntatosphere whe discovered in 12947) 14-Reyptian sun-god 15 The wapiti 17-A pen for animals 18-A, theological
degras (abbr.} 19-The Greek long E 21-A mental Image 23-A garden tool 24-Making signs to 27-A female servant in
India
28-To gain by labor 20-Accomplished, 31-What is the symbol
for magnesium? 32-A compass polet
(abbr.)
34-To attend to $5-A positive command
that something be done
39-Shouting 41-What is an orderly
continuous account of an event called?] 44-To go wrong 45-A food flah
VERTICAL (Cont.)
11-To make beloved
16-An oven for
burning bricka
17-To dispatch
20-The desline of life
62-Province of Canada 22-Prefix. Two
(abbr.)
23-Have (Boot)
28-Country of 8. America
53-One who lays brick 25-Title
or stone 155-What Italian
composer wrote "Il Trovatore"7 57-Exhibited 55-What is the name of
the Gorgon whose head was cut off by Pereaun?
VERTICAL
1-To feridle 2-A noted Italian
violin maker
3-What is the symbol
for nickel?
A playing card 6-Religion (abbr.) 7-What- region
ocouples the B. extremity of S. Americat B-To move with a
lever
S-The king of Bashani
(Bible)
10-What olty, with Gomorrah, was
35-What cathedral city in N. E. France waa formorty the coronation place of the French kinga? 34-Pozasniva pronoun 35-To beamear 36-A fracas 87-The and |38-What country la
officially designstad Iran?
40-What Hittite
omplain was treacherously sant to his death by David?
42-Royal Navy (abbr.) 43-Sells
48A band or curve 50-The ovoning befor
church festival 81-To marry
burned by tire from 84-Thus heaven?
86-Runio (abbr.)
(The solution of the none cross-word puzzle will appear in Monday's issue along with a new cross-woord puzzle.).
THE £100 CAR.
at the
The car of which there are more For the trade there is here a new examples than any other in the world waiting to be conquered, world, namely, the Ford, has a two while the prospective owner can anced epicyelle, gear which is very catch a glimpse of a new heaven on
Further claims for comparative easy to manage we will not say earth. But, leaving had rather
superiority made on behalf of the that it is Impossible to make a mis- tough job in conquering worlds so tramcar which not long ago were take with it, because, as all Ford far, the industry may, at first, be difficult to refute
concern its drivers know, it is possible to preas rather lukewarm about these sug- smoother running and the seasonal the wrong pedal and go backwards gestions. However, in all busi- when you mean to go forwards, and nesses supply must endeavour to deck passengers.
advantage of protection to top- But six-wheeled vice veran. The word "epicyclic," follow dumand; but it is some construction, improved springing, by the way, fa alarming to the un- times difficult to discern and ap- and pneumatic tyres go far to initiated; but it is not necessary for preciate an existing or potential de- place the motor omnibus the beginner to know what it means mand, and the type of prospective equal footing with the tram in the or anything about it.
driver we are discussing is cer- Many, various and fantastic have tainly not vocal. The dumb mil- first of these respects, whilst omni- been the inventions which, since llons who really want all sorts of bus top-deck coverings are now the earliest days, have tried to over- things have a way of remaining rivalry between the motor omnibus commonplace. Briefly stated, the come the gear changing difficulty, dumb; they scarcely know and to-day there are still some that exactly, they want until the goods stage where the former has been so Cycling it is pointed out that and electric tramcar has reached a In the current issue of "Motor look promising. There is, for are offered. For the type of car in- example, the Constantinesco auto-dicated the dumb longing is pre-improved that it compares favour- although a year or so ago there matic, infinitely variable gear. It sent, and when, if ever the right ably with its competitor in all res- were rumours of the "100 car" has yet to prove itself in the hands car is offered, that car will he ac pects, and holds possibilities for ousting the sidecar outfit for cheap of ordinary users. There have cepted with acclamation, and will further improvement, whereas the passenger ransport, there was not been numerous attempts also to re-create whole new armies
latter atili auffers from the more such Д four-wheeler lieve the driver by controlling and thusiastic motorists.
important of its original draw- Motor Show. The journal goes on operating ordinary gear boxes elec-
backs and offera little opportunity to say that the public was wise in trically or mechanically, notably in
for improvement, except in detail preferring the well-tried sidecar America as regards the former me-
and perhaps in the doubtful matter outfit to the ultra-cheap cars which STILL TOO NOISY. thods, and, equally notably, these
of speed. It might be suggested appeared in experimental form electric systems have so far failed
that, to meet the growing menace about 12 months ago. to establish themselves.
Motorists cannot help thinking of omnibus competition, tramcara Quite another idea is ombodied that the Home Secretary is very could be made even larger, but in the magnetic system of transmis difficult to please, and his renewed from the public viewpoint such an sion, introduced some years ago, attack on noisy exhausts will cause "improvement" would be more than which also has not registered pro- good deal of perplexity. Since offset by their increased obstruc- greas, although it appears to be the campaign against noisy ex-tiveness and noisier running, to say ideal so far as simplicity and ease hausts started there has been a nothing about the further wasteful of control are concorned, there be very marked endeavour amongst expenditure of ratepayers' money ing no gears whatever.
motorists to fall in with official which their construction would en- Then in the class of large, luxuri- requirements. To whom, then, tail. ous, chauffeur-driven carriages does the latest circular apply? If there is the big Lanchester of to- it be to a minority, surely the police. day, which has an epicyclic gear are to be blamed for not dealing equipment with which it is pract with them. If, on the other hand, cally impossible to make a mistake. the Home Secretary is still not
A writer in "The Light Car and But the larger Lanchester model is satisfied with the silencing arrange- outside the scope of this article, ments of motor cara as a whole, we Cyclecar" who has just returned There are plenty of other high- think, says "The Light Car and
from a fairly long South-country priced cars capable of doing almost Cyclecar," that he is carrying the tour, emphasizes a danger which is all their work on top, and no with- matter to 'extremes. Intolerable not always associated with sections out gear changing. After a side-noise is created by vehicles other of roadway which have just been long glance at the steam car, just than private care, and motoring through which he passed the liquid tar-sprayed. In one district to placate its enthusiastic support folk, the majority of whom are ers, we come to the immediate pos- unaware of giving any offence tar had been covered with what he sibilities of the present and future. themselves, are becoming increas-called “rubble"; if it did not con- ingly puzzled at the apparent offi- form strictly with the term, the Why not instal a good, modern, evil which has long called for paratively large stones.
cial apathy towards an increasing sand contained a multitude of cem- Bix-cylinder engine... of moderate eradication.--
Traversing one of these stretches size, power, and price in a chassis
very cautiously, he heard a hoot with a two-speed epicyclic gear
behind, and a big car travelling similar in principle and operation to
very fast shot past him and "cut- the Ford, which has been in suc-} cessful use for very many years?
FOR COUGHS AND COLDS.
in" very suddenly across his bows. The result was that a shower of With an ample flow of sustained When changeable weather or ex- this rubble was flung back by the power over a wide range of speed, posure to cold and 'wet results In rear wheels of the car with such such as the type of engine demand bronchitis, start at once taking force that for a moment he was ed can readily be made to possess, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, afraid his screen would be broken. this suggested vehicle would be a Standard for over fifty years, and It is to be hoped that the road, most, but not quite, a one-speed car. strongly recommended for stubborn, authorities will not continue to Reversing, moreover, would be weakening coughs. For sale every-"lay" liquid tar with such a dan- much mitigated with an epicyclic where,
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