MOTOR NOTES.
JOY RIDING "SOBS."
BORROWING" MACHINES.
[United Press.).
London.The joy, will soon be taken out of joy-riding if the courts and motor owners of London can do anything about it. The weak. news of the English Inw covering the borrowing" el automobiles recently brought on such, an epide- ic of free rides that the owners of the borrowed cars demanded ad amendment of the law. After numerous joyriders had been dis. miteed in court because the intent to steal could not be proved, the number of "borrowers" increased
SPECIAL 'BUSES FOR
OVERSEAS.
The building and shipping of two special buses to comply with Canadian conditions, for exhibition at the Montreal Convention, is yet another instance that Leyland Motors never hesitates to produce special models to meet conditions abroad.
In addition to specially designed chassis the two vehicles referred to were fitted with bodies, built in the Company's own coach-building shops, to meet the demands for one man operation in Canada where the rule of the road usually calls for left hand control..
One of these vehicles, the Lion- ness-6, is a six-cylinder bonneted type saloon bus with the entrance controlled entirely by the driver. It is fitted with left hand control,
the wheelbase is 19 feet, the body dimensieris being 29 feet long, by 8 feet wide.
The other vehicle is, the Chm- pany's well-known Tiger Etted with
six-cylinder engine, but is of the type where the driver is placed be side the engine. In this case be is stated on the right of the engine.
so rapidly that motorists had to do something to protect themselves,
One youth borrowed five cars and could not be convicted for stealing them. The police and court offi- ils thought something ought to be done when the borrower appeared for the Afth time, so they got to gether to think of some other charge against the young man. The wheels of justice triumphed and he
The driver has a swivelling sent was charged with stealing one and as the entrance door is on the shilling's worth of petrol, for which offside at the front, he has only to he was bound over for one year.release a spring catch, swivel" his In one instance a borrowed car got sent round and collect the fares as -out of control of the enthusiastic passengers enter. motorist, backed down a hill, and
Both buses have a seating capa- collided with a 'bue. What was city for 90 passengers but in the
eft of the car was found at the
case of the Tiger, due to the for- bottom of the hill. The court ward control, these can be accom- seized this opportunity to order the mandated in a vehicle of 27 ft. 6 ini take.ore-and-drive-it-yourself motor overall length. ist to pay five pounds damages, to finished in applegreen and cream, be divided between the owner of the damaged car, the expenses in and they created a considerable amount of interest amongst bus volved by the police and the exerating authorities and manufac penses of the other owners in
turers at the convention. getting home after their cars had disappeared,
One Month's Hard!' The justices then instructed the elerk of the 'court to suggest to the Home Ofice that the law be amend ed so that it would be a threat to
The buses are
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THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR
faith, takes and carries away any thing capable of being stolen with the intent at the time of such taking permanently to deprive the owner thereof." Car borrowing ear borrowers instead of encourag had all the ear marks of larceny, ing them.
Otherwise there will except when the borrowers aware be chaos," the chairman said. The in court that they had no intention Home Office stated later that the ef permanently depriving anybody suggestion would be considered. of anything. Motor owners won.
Alderman Collett. presiding at the Guildhall when two young mea were charged with stealing a car and claimed that they only intend el to go for a joy ride until the petrol ran out, did not bother with the law's technicalities
quite satisfied that when you took the car you intended permanently to deprive the owner of it, he "One month's hard labour zaid. each..
The part of the Larceny Act that. has been taken for a joy-ride is to the effect that: "Larceny occurs when a person, without the con ment of the owner, fraudulently and without claim of right made in good (Continued on next Colump).
dered why a man who took money or jewels could not plead that at the time of taking such, he was not quite certain whether he in tended to permanently deprive the owner thereof,
The Metropolitan Police report for 1938 showed that of 2,120 cars and motorcycles stolen in the metropolis, 1.833 were subsequently found. Owners were sensed of in- difference in leaving cars' unattend. ed. Missing vehicles were gener. ally found within a few hours of their loss. the report said," and under circumstances which would make a charge of theft impossible. In many cases the object is only, a pleasure jaunt "
It goes on and on
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
AFTER SPENDING THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY: SETTING THE HOUSE SPICK
AND SPAN FOR GUESTS, YOU TAKE A LAST LOOK AROUND AND DISCOVER THAT
JUNIOR HAS JUST BEEN IN TO
WASH HIS HANDS
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THE SPEED LIMIT A TRAVELLING BATHROOM. ed in light blue and white.
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Over two years ago in the Draft Road Traffic Bill, says The Light Car and Cyclecar, two proposals were made concerning the speed limit, the first being that it should be abolished except in special cases and circumstances and the second that it should be made the subject of new legislation with limits for the various classes of vehicle more in accordance with present-day ideas. Last month the Royal Cem-, mission on Transport made its re port on the Control" of Traffic on Roads, and in this case the view of a large number of very eminent gentlemen was printed in the fol lowing words: We have come to the conclusion that, provided the wheels are fitted with pneumatie tyres, there should be no general speed limit for motorcars.
In spite of these two instances of official acceptance of the futility of the present 20 m.p.h. speed limis, there are still maug chiel constables who are exercising them. selves towards compelling obedi- enco to it. Could not the now Home Secretary stop the rot by eirgularizing police officials and ad- vising them that, in view of the Royal Commission's report, speed- trap activities should be discontinu- ed or very materially curtailed i If he were to do so it would remove a very real grievance.
A mobile bathroom recently sup- plied to H.H. the Ruler of Bhopal, filustrates, states the Autocar (Lars | do¤), stili another phase in the advance of modern motor trans- port. The Morris Commercial 30 cat chassis employed is standard, but the interior includes a porce- lain lined bath wash hand basin, divan, and dressing-table.
A deverly designed apparatus, controlled by a thermostat, trans- fers the waste heat from the engine to the hot bath water system, ensur ting a constant supply of water at the temperature required, without in any way impairing the perform ange of the engine,
Communication with the driver is by a small microphone concealed in fitting on the, dressing table. The bathroom is painted and upholster
The
windows are special glass which permits a clear view from the in- terior without the occupant being visible from the outside.
For big game shooting in India His Highness has also purchased a specially bailt Morris Commercial six-wheeled sports car which can be driven through jungle.
25 YEARS-AND STILL RUNNING.
Most motorists would agree that after 100,000 miles a car had served its life sentence and was fit only for the scrap bean. Yet news comes. from Coventry that a privately. owned British car there has 'com- pleted no fewer than 300,000 miles. It is still going well, and even after quarter of a century's running is capable of doing 40 miles an hour.
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Have you
watched water gliding smoothly and effortlessly beneath a bridge, never checking, never stopping but going on and on? That is how an Austin travels.
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There is no hesitation, no faltering, as it eats mile after mile of the road. You can find no better companion for long, strenuous journeys. For its reliability and lasting quali- ties have helped to make the reputation of British motor engineering throughout the world. The Austin is built to give satisfaction not for a year, or two years, but for as long as you demand its services. For the man of moderate means the Austin 7 models are an investment · which cannot be beaten. It will be worth your while to see one before deciding on your next
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