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HOW THE FLIGHT ENDED.
Lieutenant Mark C. Hogue and Gloorge Burroughs of the Boston Airport met their death when the plane they were flying crashed close to the railroad trestle at the Boston Airport, Mass.
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CAN SKIDDING BE ELIMINATED?
FOUR-WHEEL-BRAKE - - CARS, NOT: IMMUNE.
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
TOURISTS AND CARS.
((By Captain E. de Normanville,
In the Daily Chronicle.) ;
A reader takes me to task in regard to a recent article on skidding, becauso I did not fully differentiate between cars with four-wheel brakes and those with only brakes on the rear wheels.
MANY TAKEN TO EUROPE,
American tourists. in great numbers are taking their own automobiles to Europe.
Approximately · 1,500' putomo biles were shipped to Europe luring the first nine months ol his year by Americans who wish-
to tour Europe by moter. Ono reason for the increase in
He claims that cars with four the number of private cars ship- wheel brakes should have booned to Europe la that some steam excluded from skidding dangers.ship Hines transport the machine
If he really believes that, he is living in a fool's paradise. It isj
without a crate. quite right to say that the like- lihood of skidding is greatly diminished when four-wheel brakes are fitted (and, which is important, properly adjusted, but to say that such cars are in. mune from skidding is wrong.
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If the road surface is sufficient- ly bad, any car may skid when
NEW FUEL TESTED.
THE PARICER PATENT,,
Paris, Oct. 21.-Producer gas, the brake application is really as a fuel for automobiles, has sudden. I do not say it "will" been put to actual test in a fleet akid, because four-wheel brakes of trucks making a run through will stand a lot of heavy work France and Belgium. without skidding.
Producer gas is generated by
But no driver, should ever im-the mixture of water and a solid agine that a four-wheel braked fuel. The heat decomposes the car cannot skid-the mechanical water and produces a gas thot factors are such that it is doubt-gives off power like that, obtained ful whether any car could be made from gasoline vapor immune from the danger. Four-
Many French automobile firms wheel brakes greatly minimise are interested in this new kind of such risk, but do not eliminate it. fuel, from an economic viewpoint, Russia also is trying to get these Arms to demonstrate the gas there. The following plea from Major) After the long run the engines Stenson Cooke, the secretary, of will he put on bench tests and the Automobile Association, do-examined to see what effect the serves the careful consideration fuel had on them.
ROAD COURTESY.
of all motorists,
This fuel is the product of the "Our highways are now so Parker Producer Gas Plant Coy. heavily used that I venture to of London. appeal to all road users for al special and prolonged effort to observe the customary courtesics and rules of the road.
This concerns pedestrians and cyclists, as well as users of all types of wheeled traffic. Only by the good will of all who use our highways is it possible to ac'sieve a maximum of safety, convenience, and comfort.
STANDARD DESIGNS,,
IRREGULARITY OF LIGHTING LAWS.
Standardization in headlight "A friendly spirit of 'give' and design and uniformity of head. Lake' between cyclists and motor light laws will bring about safer vehicle drivers will increase the night driving on the United States safety of the smaller vehicle, and highways.
will avoid unnecessary incon-i Illuminating engineers are try venience and anxiety. Relationsing to come to some agreement on hetwoon drivers of commercial the problem of lighting the road and public service vehicles and from the ear and of eliminating other road users are being im-headlight glare, so that the slates proved by the more gonoral use themselves may agree on a univer-
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1925.
FLIVVER BAN ALMOST CAUSES COLLEGE STRIKE
The 490 students at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., threatened to strike when the board of trustees announced an absolute ban, on "collegiate bugs"-anciont flivvors painted in bright colours and snappy phrases. The students' storm of protest has been subdued temporarily by a compromise of President George L. McIntosh, who decided to allow the students to drive their "bugs" on Saturday and Sunday. Trustees said cars like those shown above are "disreputable and a disgrace to the college:"
Why
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of traffic signals, by observing the sal code based on the findings of Dunlop Rubber Co. (China), Ltd. rule that slow traffic should keep the engineers.
to the left, by always responding
do so.
As yet, however, the matter of to audible warnings from over-headlight design is still a problem. taking vehicles, and by giving State authorities, as well as the way when it is right, and safe, to engineers, kre convinced that "If overtaking vehicles would sistent in design and in the headlights must be firm and con- unfailingly observe the Safety amount of light they throw. First slogan, and never drive) over to the right, especially atstates show how much at variance But the existing laws of the 48 bends, without first making sure the authorities are on the installa- that other vehicles, or pedestrians
cannot be imperilled, we should tion and use of lights. be nearer the era of safer roads,
ROAD SURFACES.
EXPERIENCE AT HOME.
Few in Agreement.
The state regulations vary, on the length of eff etive beam re- quired from a headlight, on its height from the ground, its inten-į sity, its size at a prescribed dis- tance and even its colour,
White is the standard colour, Surveyors and highway authori, yet some states permit the use of ties will be interested to hear, that amber headlights or any tint In view of the controversy regard except red. Most states agree on ing the suitability of Portlandthe time headlights should be coment concrete for road sur-lighted, but they're equally as lax facing, road engineers all over on the type of equipment for the England are displaying keen in-purpose.
terest in a road at Peterborough, In Colorado and Florida only one of our big eastern counties' one headlight is required, and in towns, which is now being sur-Vermont frosted bulbs must not faced with mastic asphalt. This be used. Spotlights, legal in one rond, which was completed about state, is illegal, in another, and eighteen months ago, was original-vven where they are permitted, ly made a concrete road. In the there are different regulations as short period for which h has been to their proper use: subjected to traffic, however, the The same lack of uniformity | top surface of the rement con-covers the control of tail lights One crete has commenced to show and other coloured lights. serious signs of wear. Flaking state doesn't permit any coloured has set lu, and, as 11 result, lights in front of ears, while potholes were beginning to appear another sets the ban against red in numerous places.
lights only.
Under these circumstances, it was decided that, in order to save!
a
Other Lights,
the road from complete destruc-| In the rear, tail lights may be tion, it was necessary to provide rad or yellow in Texas, or they durable wearing surface of may be green, Instead of red, in asphalt, and the concrete is thus Wyoming. being relegated to its normal place as a foundation.
KING'S CAR IN U. S.
Thus, the traveller is confused |by the irregularity of state light- ing laws.
But he can't be relieved of his dilemma before the lighting en- gineers settle upon their own code for the proper construction and The automobile which King use of headlights and tail lights, George has been using for the last that states may base their cedo 10 years has been bought by upon it.
Charles Y. Knight, automotive The Illuminating Engineering engineer, for display in this coun-Society is making this one of the try. The engine is of the Knightmost important of its research [typo,although a much older modet. (studies.
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