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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 1927.
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A Weekly Review dealing with matters of interest to all local motorists.
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Driving when it rains-Taxi-cabs-The upkeep of Roads in China-The Steam Car-Motor Cycle Speeds.
[BY AN OWNER-DRIVERJ
is the Continent that should be the, is provided and the thickness of the holiday ground of the motorist in walls of the drum of the boiler will DRIVING WHEN IT RAINS, which obtain in London or other ty year's time. Meanwhile let us be about 3 inches-
English cities. There are, Arst of all hasten the day when there shall Pro The motorist who has once exall, the racial characteristics of the be good reads in China. perienced the unpleasant feeling of driver. Mr. T. Koo, an earnest! paganda in favour of roads is what being at the wheel when the car missionary with ideas about human is needed in South and North China begins to skid will drive carefully Lature rather more exalted than For good roads would unity' China during wet weather. Nowadays it those common on the Rialto, once quicker than all the nostrums of
politicians is much easier to drive in the rain stated in Hong Kong that it was a than it used to be. Screen wipers mistake to think about racial týpes. enable the driver to see what it
* MASKER” ahead fairly well. Every car should be fitted with
a screen wiper Especially useful are these devices At this time of year in Hong Kong If you have not fitted one, * do it now" before you have cause to regret the omission
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KEEP COOL At the first sign of any tendency to skid close the throttle. Apply the brakes very gradually for a sudden jamming.of brakes locks the wheels and then the car begins to slide as if it were on ice. 4
In addition to the Bradford steam plant there is the new steam tur bine vessel in which Sir Charles Parsons is gathering data and ex- perience with high pressure steam.
It is by no means impossible that these practical experiments on a commercial scale will lead motor *A ROAD FUND."
car engineers to use high pressure In India some of the business men
steam for cars. In the early days are interested in transport of motoring, it seemed probable who In practical work, however, it is impossible to ignore certain self-work have voluntarily got together that steam engines would become evident characteristics. If you do a small road fund. They have
popular for high priced vehicles, gore them you usually lose money, levied a sort of fax and the money but so many improvements were One characteristic of the Chinese is to be spent on making new roads,made in the petrol engine and the race is a sublime disregard of the They no doubt expect to benefit transmission gear that the steam fature, but in dealing with machin- by additional sales. "The trouble ery you disregard the future at your, in: China is in the administration of such a land. "As Mr. Rockefeller peril
made mest of his money out of petrol he might devote millions to making roads in China
If any political party in China is looking for a motte to emblazon on a national banper, it might de a good turn to the Chinese people if it adopted a stitch in time
STRAIGHT ROADS.
罹
few
For some curious reason he seems
car is now a rarity. No thoughtful scientist, however, is really satisfied with the petrol engine in its present form, and it is just guesswork to
say how long it will survive.
"MOTOR-CYCLE SPEEDS.
8 Cylindara 31.6 HP. 0.$1,050
G $1,700 G$1,175
-0 $1,250
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IN FIFTEEN YEARS.
In the year 1909 W. E. Cook had the record speed for that class of Solo machine-75.99 miles per hour. From that year, onwards there was a steady increase in speed which seems to have gone up, roughly, in steps of about 2 to 3 miles per hour. each year.
PROOF OF POWER. The most astonishing figures, however, are these for the Solo CC. and up to 330 C.C. capacity.. cord with a figure of 13:99 miles per hour. In 1820 W. D. Marchant,
machines of the class above 230
In 1909 G. I. Fletcher had the res
on a Chater-Lea machine, attained a speed of 102.93 miles per hour.
That is to say an engine of a cer- tain stroke and bore of cylinder
that in 1000 could drive a
motor
bicycle along at about 46 miles an hour, 'developed, ever so much less power than a 1924 engine, of the same stroke and cylinder diameter. The wind resistance is not at all
If the brakes are on-skall saves aine," another way of express to have a great affection for the "It is of great interest to compare proportional to the power required happens when the skidding begins ing the same sentiment is to say country, and he has already spent the official records of, say nearly to overcome it and it is probable take them off at once. Then apply that, with machinery," a dollar spent millions of dollars on medical work twenty years, with those of day in that three or four times the horse- as soon as necessary saves a hun here. Perhaps he does not really anything that is connected with power is required to drive a motor. the dred dollars later on. The Chinese know that roads are urgently need motoring. At the time when the bike at 100 miles per hour than to throttle is closed as soon as the owner of machinery and the Ched in this land that has few motor Sunbeam managers
them gradually. Taking out the clutch is not necessary
is any sign of a kid. Usually these mechanic or driver say in first instinct is to take out the effect, "Maskee," if there is any danger signal such as an unusual noise in the works."
clutch.
Always steer into a skid; never
DO IT NOW." ateer out of it though of course you
When a taxicab shows any sign have to steer clear of obstaclea
once Covering at a high speed tends to of distress it should be at produce a skid. On a right hand overhauled by an expert, and all corner steer, as always into the necessary repairs carried out be
Nave: fore the machine is get back into skid, that is to the left. steer to the right if the back of the service. Nothing a more exasper car is swinging round to the leftating to a fare, than to have a Steer to the left. Racing experts breakdown half way up a hill and become so clever at manipulating perhaps a recent experience may their cars that they often cause excuse the airing of a public griev. them to skid purposely so as to ance. avoid a callision or to get round a coraer easily.
-". PRACTICE.
OVERLOADING.
Cars.
50
BELM deter-1 drive it at 50 miles per hour. mined ("maaskee " the cost).. to Why is it possible to reach such Hong Kong has roads that probeat all speed records by producing speeds to-day and not in 1900 1 vide an object lessun to the rest of a-car that will attain's speed of | First of all it is due to the great the Far East. If there ever is a
290 miles, an hour, it may amuse improvements in the materials used. dictator in China he may follow the readers to read of what motor- Secondly, the knowledge about example of the great French dicta cycles bave done.
vibrations and balancing has tor, Napoleon, who sent for a map of France, drew a number of lines with a ruler across the map and then said to his engineers, Build roads where the lines are shown." They tried to explain that it was less dificult to make reads go round bills than over them. Napoleon got quite angry, "Build the roads," he
That is why the roads in France are so straight.
asid.
BE CAREFUL,
There is a local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "There is no local Society for the
It has been suggested that, as a prevention of cruelty to motor-cars.result of the influx of motor trans The way in which the local taxis pert lorries and armoured cars the are overloaded is indeed very cruef roads of the Colony will suffer on the mechanism. Under the law during the next few weeks and in of equity those who overload the passing let me say that motorists machine should pay for the "fun of in the New Territories will be well advised to be very cautious when driving along the roads to and from Fanling.
it.
The current belief is that any taxi driver will carry as many the people as can crowd into vehicle at just the same fare as charged for one person.
PIRATE CARS.
In 1826 C. F. Temple axcceded greatly increased. In 1993 the Sola two miles & minute on a Solo up to 73. C.C. capacity record was machine in the class up to 1,000 34.95 miles per hour. In 1920 the CC. In 1964 H. Le Fack almost record for that size of engine was reached two miles a minute on a 47.14. It almost makes ons believe Brough Superior. His actual speed that soon 75 C.C. will be big enough
for any reasonable rider.
was 110.05 miles per hour.
Many of us will be greatly w isinterested in the cars and other mechanical appliances that will come out with the troops. It would be not altogether surprising if the tractors give an object lesson in the efficient movement of goods that will remain in the minds of many local Chinese.
It is often suggested that drivers should practice the art, of getting out of a trouble by making the car skid purposely. If you are of an adventurous turn of mind, by all mcans take such practice-on wide road clear of traffic. Other wise it is best to avoid any pea- sibility of trouble by proceeding at a slow rate is wet weather..
Carelessness is often the cause of a skid. The writer made a prac tice of always changing down into low gear when coming down a bill near to his house, if there was any
One wonders what happens to rain. One day, after a very good the machines that break down alto- tiffin, he drove home and carried on gether. Do they find their way up a great argument with the passen. ger alongside. He quite forgot to
The City of Rams is said to ab change down and a car just in front sorb all of the really broken down anddenly slowed down. The writer motor-cars that the police refuss | jammed on the brakes-only rear
to license in Hong Kong, There is wheel brakes-on his own car. The something to be said in favour of car waltzed round and by steering pirate cars. They are usually more into the skid the car would have powerfully engined than are the gone into the car in front. The local taxis. They are, unfortunate only thing to be done was to take ly, not always reliable, all of which the wall which was at the right.
goes to prove how essential it is It was a lesson which cost dear for the reader to own a car. but the moral of the story is ob-i
vious. A very serious accident can
to Canton 3
occur if the driver of a car does THE UPKEEP OF ROADS
not concentrate on what he is doing. When in fear of a skid always change down to a lower gear 90 43 to be on the safe side.
TAXI-CABS.
IN CHINA.
We are all patiently waiting for. China to settle down" to that long hoped for period of peace and prosperity. We are consoled by the thought that it is usually the un
THE STEAM CAR.
There are many motorista, who have driven a steam car and who vastly prefer the "feel" of the machine to that of any internal combustion engine. When steam is used there is' Do need for any The steam change speed gear, engine will easily reverse and it will run equally well at a very few number of revolutions as easily as
at a much higher speed.
NEW EXPERIMENTS.
It almost seems as if steam is to enter on a new lease of popu- larily and it may influence, the de cign of steam cara: Bradford Cor- No city is really civilised unless expected that happens in Chipa poration have given an important it has a taxi service.
We wish that the Washington fead, in the matter of the use of When that type of public vehicle surtaxes had been ear-marked for high pressure steam and a high was introduced to Hong Kong many the construction of roads, In India pressure steam plant, using steam people doubted whether it would they are tackling the problem for it at 1,000 pounds per square inch is be popular but experience has is at last realized that roads are of being installed. The English Elec- shown that the Chinese take as vital importance. The old bullock-tric Company has secured the con- kindly to taxis as to any other type cart is disappearing and being re-tract for £300,000 worth of boiler, DA LECLERC'S Y APERINof motor vehicle. Experience has placed by the more efficient motor steam turbine and electrical plant.
also demonstrated that local con- vehicle. PILLE -FORTH.
There is an enormous The boiler is to have a water cooled DALE CLERC'SR LÆNER, TOMME
ditions are very different to those market for cars in India and Aris combustion chamber. An air heater
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