HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
BETTER BRAKES
SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1924.
TRANSPORTATION TRAGEDY.
HOW TO GET GOOD SERVICE FROM
MICHELIN TYRES
Keep tyres pumped up to correct pressure for
the load they have to carry, what this should be.
We can tell you
When tyres are under inflated there is con- tinual internal friction between, the foundation cord and the... rubber, causing overheating of the tyre and consequent rapid deterioration,
Water can also enter causing rust, resulting. eventually in the rims having sharp edges which cut the
walls of the tyre near the bead.
Most cars in Hongkong run on under inflated
tyres with the above disastrous results,
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Have your wheels examined front and rear for trueness and tracking alignment. If they are at fault in this respect the trend
of the cover is subject to a grinding action which quickly destroys the cover.
Keep tyres free from oil and grease,
Start and stop gently and take corners slowly.
Lastly-buy MICHELIN tyres from us and follow the
above advice and tyre satisfaction is assured.
EUROPE-ASIA TRADING CO.
Telephone 3438.
China Building, Ist Floor.
NERACAR
Reliability Economy Comfort
Cleanliness Simplicity! Safety.
THE LIGHTWEIGHT MOTOR CYCLE WITHOUT A PEER
With the advent of the "NERACAR" and clean two-wheeled transporta tion, the best known families of Great Britian are taking to this economical and comfortable' means of transportation. following
The Earl of Haddington M. C.
The Earl of Bective.
The Earl Fitzwilliam, K.C.V.O..
Col. E. V. North, C.M.G., D.9.0.
Col. Sir Edward Ward, Bart, (1.B.E..
K.C.B., K.C.V.O..
Lt. Col. C. Winterscale, D.S.0.
Capt. L. F. Sloane Stanley.
Professor E. Emrys-Roberts,
Dr. J. P. Broom, M.B.E.
Dr. E. H. Felton, M.B.E.
Prominent among English users are the
The Rev. F..W. Hussard Short, M.A.C.. T.A.
and many others too numerous to mention.
Hur Graco the Duchess of Mal
borough,
The Marchionous of Headfort. The Lady Joan, Wentworth Fitz--
william.
The Lady Donatia Wentworth
Fitzwilliam.
The Lady Mary Stuart Wortley. The Lady St. Gormans.
100 to 115 miles per gallon of gas. 35 miles per hour.
suno driving without spoeding,
Free demonstration. Sold on easy terms.
This means safu,
DE SOUSA & CO., LTD.
Sole Agents for South China.
2nd. Floor, St. George's Building.
Tel. No. Central 1264.
Oldsmobile
Price 82.500 fully equipped trialuding.
Dies Wheel, Spire Cord Tyre & Tube," Double-Bar Zumper.
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RESULTS OF AMERICAN TESTS.
Nood of local ordinanco governing the control and offiol ondy of brakes on automobiles-) wn's brought homo, recently in tonte conducted at Washington by representatives of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Bureau of Standards.
The tests revealed the follow- ing glaring dofects on average automobiles
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1.-Care with four-wheel brakes varied considerably in the effac- tivonoss of their brakes.
2.-Cars with two-wheel brakes also varied considerably in brak- ing affictoncy and stopped at greator distances than the four- brako cars.
{WHY NOT TAKE A
TAXI OLD CHAP? IT'S MUCH QULEKER.
SAFE MOTORCYCLES.
3. The so-called "omergonoy" brake was loss offect'vo. than the In proparing for its legislativo servico braka in stopping the car, campaign to have tho motoroyale Those and other tosts conduct registration foas reduced in the ed by anginoors independently State of Maryland, says a U. S. point to the ethenoy of four paper, the Maryland Motoroyale whool brakes, especially in omer-Olub called on the Baltimore gencies. But thoy alea roven the police department for Information fact that this innovation needs as to the comparative number of considerable adjustment and in-accidents due to various forms of provement before it can be re-transportation. The figures given forred to as a finished product. are for the City of Baltimore
during tho your 1923,
METHOD USED.
In making these toets the engi- It must be borne in mind that neora used n decelerometer do- the automobils outnumbers the voloped by Bureau of Standards motorcycle in this State by about men. This instrument recorded 20 to 1, there being about 5,000 more acturately than any previous motorcycles rogistored and about eystom the distance required for a 200,000 automobiles and trucks, car to stop from a given speed. However, there wore more than The popular system heretoforo, 170 times as many accidents duo which is still in use by pollee to automobiles than thoro wore [officiala in various cities, was to motorcycle acoidonta, which have a motorist reach a dosignat- means that, machine for machino od line across the road at a given you have 814 times as many speed and apply the brakes as he chances of an accident with an crossed the line. The distance automob-lo as with a motorcycle. of his stopping point from theThis may be due to, the agility of Lue marked the efficiency of histo ridor, or the greator'amount brakes, as related to the standard of control and good judgment set by the local authorities, exercised. Think those figures Even this standard may vary over when some one says the according to the judgment of the motorcycle is a menace on the various officials.
roads. It was one of the purposes of Auto accidents caused by the Bureau of Standards tost to
collision ... jdetu. mine a standard of braking Auto accidents whorein
cfficlenoy for various kinds of persons are injured automobiles, eo that police may Auto accidentals, fatal not have to rely on a more or less Motorcycle accidente arbitrary decision. Use of the Motorcycle accidonte, decoloromoter and adoption of U. 8. standard might result. In bter and more scientific inspect- in of brakes by police.
According to the Bureau of Standards test the averago stop- ping distance for a four brako car going 20 miles an hour was 21.1. foot on a dry pavement and 26 B feat on a wet road. Yet the stopping distances for such cars texted varied from 16 to 26 foot on a dry road, and from 14 to 40 feet on a wet road.
IMPROVEMENT-NEEDED.. Two-whool brake cara stopped at an average of 37 febt on dry road, and 53.3 feet on wet pave- mont. The stopping distance for those also varied considerably, showing that two-wheel brakes nood as much standardization and adjustment as the four-wheel brakes,
one.
Although
car, in the Washington lost, stopped at a shorter distance on wet road than on dry, the fact that it had balloon Lyres, the engineors believe, had little to do with this result. However, since these were not tests of, balloon tyres, the ongi- neers could not make a direct comparison between the now and the old styles of tyres.
Elliciency of the service brako as compared with the emergonoy rano almost as a surprise to the joxperimentera. Using the font brake alone, the drivers going at 20. milus an hour stopued ́nt dis- tances varying from 22 to 98 foot. With the emergency brake alone, they stopped from 42 to 155 faoti. So far as skidding was con- corned, no norigus fault could be discovered on any, of the auto- mobilas, whether equipped with four or with two brakes. Only one of the 30 or more asra tested skidded on dry pavement, and that car, it was found, had poorly adjusted brakes.
CLOTHES STILL NEEDED. For yours it has been a well- defined theory that since the auto mobile has come into general.tedó, people have been cutting down on the amount of money they apard for clothing of all kinds, Quito the raverso is the case according to the International Assoolation of Garment Manufacturers, who atato in a bulletin that no tan or woman is going to drive a nice Inow shiny day in clothes which
look the last bit works. Not that, but the increase. In numb
FOR SALE 8 Cylinder Olds of country clubs and or mobile gar in first class events of all kinds has running order. Owner leaving the use not only of sport olott the Colony, Kapply to Box No. but alag every day 1319 ojo "Hongkong Telegraph.hat to shoes.
fatal.
Street car accidents Stroot car accidents fatal. Horse drawn vehicle acci-
donts
3,673
4,146
133
66
3
591
14
121
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It's lucky they are not like this now.
Genuine
Ford PARTS
ALWAYS OBTAINABLE
FROM
ANDREW HARPER
Authorised Ford Dealer
No. 2 Queen's Road, Central.
After June Ist, at-
No. 6, Queen's Road, Central.. Telephone 3665,
Matchless Quality At Moderate Price
This is the reason for the universal demand for Fire toge Cord Tyres.
They are scientifically right in every detall- from the niany plles of .gum-dipped cords which form the strong, pliant body, to the enduring. road-gripping tread,"
They satisfy the buyer who wants technical rea- sons for mileage and are equally logical equipment for him who requires only that his tyres bear public endorsement and an en- (viable name.
Most Miles per Dollar
Firestone
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26 Nathan Road, Kowloon
24 Des Voeux Road, Hongkong.
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A full range of Motor Car a Motor Cycle.
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