THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930.
OVER-CONFIDENCE.
Study the Psychology of Driving.
the At the outset a word to
ever many who have joined the increasing ranks of new motorists; And
Beware of over-confidence. to those experienced ones: Study the elementary paychology of driv
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Much in the way of instruction and caution is given to the rank novice at the wheel. Long articles are written for his benefit, and de-
tailed comments and illustrations are published to teach him the He proper handling of his car.. is faced
innumerable with "Don'ts" and "Shall nots," and is looked upon as a dangerous ele-
For the promotion of Increased safety every motorist should pon- der the question of greater es- ciency in driving, remembering, as we all do, how by the vigilance of those who are adepts in the art of driving we have been spared. much serious trouble.
THE CHINA MAIL.
AT HUMBERS.
Driving, then, dass not scam a suitable word for the gentle art of conducting such a silent and efficient piece of mechanism as the modern car. Its manipulation is Striking Speech by Mr.
J. H. Thomas.
There is no
really délicate.
Is this the wrestling required. reason why our continental friends always refer to the driver as "Conducteur"?
Mastery of the controls of your machine is one thing, but the
Silence la golden it is soid, and leasona of restraint and control of! your own voluntary and involunt this truly applies to the motor, car, ary actions with your car are an- for quiet working. is a sure sign other, and by far the greater, of eftcloney. This silence, when factor towards good driving, and, supplemented with real driving
ability, assures that absence of j general safety.
Unquestionably, more than just strain and fatigue which is other driving knowledge is essential now, wire ad noticeable at the end of a that the number of vehicles, and long day's run. their speed are rapidly on the in- crease. Individual tendencleg, In- cluding one's number of accidents, even to their total climination, for intelligence at the helm is the only practical way out of mishaps.
The Right Hon. J., H.; Thomas,
of Minister
State for the Dominions, and the Right Hon. S. M. Bruce, Ex-Premier of Australia, recently paid a visit of inspection to the Humber and Hillman works út Coventry.
After seeing the vast work of re-organisation which is now sp- proaching completion and after inspecting the various. models, par- When touring it is not advisable ticularly the Humber "Snipe" and to adopt the practice of either the the. Hillman Straight-Eight, Mr. hare or the tartolae. Read condi- Thomas addressed a great assem- tions often set the pace, but, if bly of workers during their dinner possible, atendy, moderate speed on the open road is preferable to
"In the course of an. extremely dangerous rushes or incomprehen- witty and forceful speech, he said sible sudden crawls, especially
road.
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ment until such time as he appears gift of seeing ourselves as others when occupying the crown of tha that there was no solution to the
to have gained mastery over his car.
Now, follow this same individual when the scare of driving has been
overcome, when all the exaggerat,
As Others See Us! As we do not readily possess the see us, it will be no effort to call to mind that fellow we all of us
sometimes encounter, often rather young driving with much noise a light sports two-senter. He seems
'The fact that we travel fast or slowly is not necessarily to label ourselves reckless or timid. It is the motive that really counts, and a mental survey of our purpose is occupy our thoughts before start ing out for a run.
have lifted from his imagination, a real expert at Driving," with adulte a good thing with which, to
If we are touring for pleasure,
problems of unemployment except by getting more customers for our products. "Road work," he con- tinued, "for which I sanctioned an
pounds, can be but a temporary expenditure of one hundred million relief. The real problem is to find permanent employment for the technical craftsman whose skill has contributed so much to the traditional excellence of Britlah
ed beginner's "bogies" of motoring to exclaim, if not in words, "I am and you will oft-times find him capital D. The gears go in with a swing to an extreme. He assumes, bang, and so does the clutch, the that confidence which is not born accelerator is touching the floor- of experience, and generally over boards, while the back wheels let us assure it by being courteous workmanship. We are not handl estimates his driving ability, until polish up the roadway. Round to other road users, and refrain
willingness to work, but merely such time as his judgment is blind corners he goes, maintaining from being exacting and short-capped for brains, skill, energy or an artificially pincid air of bore tempered, not fearing to give way because we have not applied our- quickened, perchance by
C. F. hairbreadth escape, writes
dom and generally running most to other motorists, who perchance acives to the changed conditions He is inordinate risks at cross roads. may be on business and have little
of to-day. Beauvais in the Autocar. therefore a more likely source of
time at their disposal. ~ danger when he first appears pro- ficient and begins to drive his car in the literal sense than he was as a beginner.
Experienced Drivers' Not
Spectacular.
some
The experienced driver is seldom, spectacular, while the one with a
That is why I am so impressed with what I have seen at the Hum ber works, both in the cars and the shops themselves. There is no portunities for employment; I con- industry that offers such great op One terrible offence which ap-gratulate this firm on its foresight With the automobile of to-day pears very prevalent on our high- and on the progress made towards
duction which alone there is no need for affectation, ways and by-ways to-day is the reduced costs and increased pro- pride, or any abnormal and un-habit of thinking that because a
Smoothness driver wishes to overtake another foundations of permanent pros
perity." manly idiosyncrasy.
the one. and comfort characterise car driv- car he has entered upon a speed
It breathes swift restful- challenge-whereupon ness, and should give man added being overtaken immediately ac- opportunity for peaceful yet rapid celerates.
Now, are we amongst the type iteductions.
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A driver, in short, who seems
Safety first the safety of others not to remember that he is steer- ing so
many hundredweight of first is a good rule to observe, metal through the air, and forgets together with a determined refusal about momentum until it is some- to cultivate the acquaintance of times too late. Could this be call- that twin brother of ignorance, ed driving? Well yes in the "Chance." literal sense.
newly acquired sense of control believes for A while that his lessons are at an end, and forgets that a car provides us all, with inuumerable opportunities of making. ing fools of ourselves and being a menace to others.
It is not wise to assume that the driving of a car is a type of ac tivity limited in its scope to the actual manipulation of its mechan- iam; it encompasses a much wider feld of thought and responsibility, In its deeper analysis it is a pro- gressive' accomplishment which, if thoughtfully carried out, forms, an exercising ground for the practice of consideration, calmness,, alert ness and rapid decisions.
I must admit that I scarcely like of persons who treat a light car the use of the word "driving" as as a hervy slation bus, the fourer applied to the automobile. It cer-as tainly corresponds cattle, or thariots.
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Mr. Thomas' was followed by Mr. S. M. Bruce who remarked that as a private individual he was able to say what he could not in his former position as Premier, In
in the three Southern Dominions, racing car. the
motor cars alone he calculated that light
Australia, South Africa and New B8 a steam better with sporting roadster
Zealand, there was a market worth on? Do we It suggests waggon, and 90
all no less than £18,000,000 a year. the engine out of
He had had some hard things to and appear to what it means; it hints at force.race
bave The dictionary, amongst its de-reason
idea of "speed or pulling-up Bay of British manufacturers when finitions of driver and driving nu
Home years ago, but what he had Hays: Having force of impulse, distances, so that late and violent he attended Imperial Conferences to urge forward by foree, to move brake applications are
and thus do not obtain the best seen at Humbers showed him that by physical means.
running results? Are we unable there was now no cause for criticism. "I have a Humber Snipe' my. self," he said, "and I am satisfied that this is definitely the car the
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I have overseas motorist wants, had wonderful service from it in- cluding an arduous tour in France of 2,500 miles and another in Scot- land of 1,500 miles and not a moment's trouble yet. Go on pro ducing a car like this and you have the world markets at your feet."
restart on any steep incline: without being a danger to the one hehird, appearing neither mechani- cally sensitive nor sensible?
Should we find that we answer any of these descriptions, let us hasten to be more kind to neighbour and endeavour
above car graduate away and "driving" in the literal sense and thus reduce the toll of road ac-
Amongst the guests waa Sir cidents. Too many of us attain a mild proficiency in a few lessons, George May, head of the Pruden- and do not trouble to improve any tínl Assurance Co., who in a speech more, being quite content with the after the luncheon referred to Messrs. Rostes's million-pound ability to make a ear start and stop, while all the finer points in scheme for establishing service driving are neglected. Alertness stations throughout the world.
Messrs. Thomas and Bruce also is what is needed; there is greater danger in an over-cautious dull-spoke again after the luncheon, an the former paying a tribute to the ness than in swiftness with
the of
Rootes achievements alert mind.
What, then, can be termed em: brothers, whose spirit of enter- cient driving or a Arat-class prise and high endeavour he cited driver? Is it not one with a well- as an example to all ranks in developed sense of proportion and British industry...
a considerate character--a quiek thinker?
Yes, these fundamental quali-
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ties are indispensable, for the British Commers Praised for the purpose of advancement, by Canadian Engineer.
more we care to look into things
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the more do we discover that the
The Canadian motor car market' external effect relies on the in- ternal qualities.
is generally supposed to be an ex- Character is often clearly re-tremely difficult one for British vealed at the wheel. So, whatever manufacturers to penetrate. Par- term we favour in lieu of "Driver," ticular interest attaches, there let us be careful not to drive in fore, to the glowing tribute paid the literal sense of the term.
by the City Engineer of Edmon- ton, Alberta, to the lasting quali ties of a British commercial vehicis which has been in service there for just under twenty years. "A Commer truck bought by us One of the longest distances travelled regularly, to market fat in 1911," he states, "has been in cattle, is reported from Western use ever since. It is equipped as Australia, where a Leyland Ter- a flusher, and has been constant- rier" and trailer are being used to ly run for sixteen hours a day in transport 20 head of prime cattle the summer months. No evil re across country from Roy Hillsults of oerloading have been Station to Melkatharra rail head," observed, and the machine has a distance of 340 miles each way: stili a useful life before it."
This Leyland vehicle is a six- Just recently the city bought a wheeler of 5/6-ton capacity and Model 6-GN Commer which is also makes three trips a fortnight with being used as a street-flusher. eleven head of cattle on the lorry The weight. of bodywork and and nine on the trailer. In order equipment, together with a load to minimise the length of time in of over 1,200 gallons of water, which the cattle will be kept in amounts to rather more than the one position, the journey is made scheduled weight of this chaasis. in one continuous run which lasts Yet, In spite of the overloading, about 86 hours. This new method no trouble, states the City En- of transport has the advantage of gineer,is anticipated a hand- obviating the loss in condition of some tribute to the quality of, the the cattle, which would occur in materials used and the soundness droving, and it is interesting to of the vehicle's construction, ga note that the top price is always The total cost of the chassis and secured for cattle thus transport-its special equipment is, in sterk
ing, about $2,250, which, remarks ed.
Owing to the great distance the City Engineer, "compares fa which has to be travelled across yourably with other units we have country, for nearly 250 miles of purchased." which will be seen nothing but
kangaroos, the vehicle is fitted nonal luggage, food, etc,, and nul- with a very large cab which proditionally, tanks for petrol and vides space for a bunk and per water,
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