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"GOOD DRIVERS.
Some Good Point.
The pride that motorists take: In their driving is a good thing-i if it's warranted. The domands of "good driving" are so many And exacting that fow qualify.
can
The good driver must be a good judge of spood and of distance.
He must be considerate of others, ovon pedestrians.
He must watch his wheel and the road, and drive always with both hands.
monte.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1927.
LOWER PRICE. THE FUTURE CAR. FIRST AID SERVICE.
The Armstrong Siddeley
Policy.
The roduction in the prices of Armstrong Siddeley САГА атт nounced for 1927 are only small, the policy of the company still being to give the public a better rather than chouper car.
"Sixes" Predicted.
Practical French Idea.
*** ROADSIDE STATIONS.
HIGH-SPEED ENGINE.
The small car with a highly perfected six-cylinder engine will replace the cheap, four-cylinder
car and the heavier sixes if the
predictions of Mr Thomas J. Litle, Jr., president of the So. ciety of Automotive Engineers,
A big out in price would have necessitated a big cut in quality, with tho rosult that the wonder- full reputation of Armstrong Sidare fulfilled. doloy cars would have beont quickly jeopardised.
The small car of the future will not necessarily be a cheap car, for it will embody all of the ef- ficioney and refinemonta of the highest development of dutomo- tive engineering.
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cidents along rural highways, and the attendant difficulty of getting immediate aid to the in- jured, hava prompted an Aix-les- Bains physician to offer a plan for an emergency first aid sor
vico.
The physician's plan is to establish first aid clinics along An attendant would be kept at the main highways of Franco. each clinic at all times, Deady for call at any emergency.
Ho must give cloar, adequate
In the Armstrong Siddeley car signals of his contemplated move- the public abtriss a better article, When traffic is hoavy hean ongine with a first-rate por
Congested traffic in isolated; mustn't spurt at evory opening, formance, a chassis of proved on-
This typo of cars," says Mr.
districts whore hospitals ar evon but keep a reasonably oven speed. durance, and a handsome full-
local physiolúns were lacking, He mustn't cut short ahead of sized body that will last for years. Lille, "will be fitted with...a cus- have caused so many cases from This policy of building "better tom-built body and engineering accidents, to be neglected, or de- not so good drivors-the botter of cars crouted the Armstrong Sid- effort will develop the same rid- layed, that the cry of immediato! the bargain if they ent ahead of 1926. For 1927 the policy is to tion that tho largo de luxe car The Aix-les-Bains idea is boliev deley's world-wide success in ing qualities and greater accelera-ald to such lucalities as wrison He must koop his temper and build still bettor cars,
now possuвES,
ed by many authorities to bo a good humour. Ho'll find that most
practical solution." arguments among motorists aro silly and trivial.
others, yet ho must give others-
him.
He must be a good sport. It's so much to expect of a human being that he who really merits the title of "god driver") is a rarity.
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BICYCLE SALES UP.
4.
"BETTER MODELS.,
Tho' plan is to have, a first aid "The low-priced four-cylinder station in some public building. motor will gradually pass away All first aid equipmont, includ and be superseded and out-por- ing splints for fractured limbs and The bicycle in Canada is still ring six, which will be a little at the stations. The materia! formed by the small, smooth-run-medical supplies, would be placed holding its own against the mo- high-speed, high-compression, could be inspected from time to tor-cycle and auto. A roport of
high-economy engine.
time and ronewed by a local the Dominion Bureau of Statistica shows that Canadian bicycletion of a great many of our pre-
I predict the gradual elimina-physician.." AIR ROUTE MAPS.anufacturers continue to in-.
sont-day cars The public will crease their output.
soon discard the lumbering cars and roase buying the choup vibrating ones. Then the revolu-
Calling attention to the in-1
An automobilo would be ready at all times to rush aid to the in- jured and bring them to the nearost physician or hospital.
When an accident occurs on
crossed traffic, tha offee of the INDIA WANTS ROADS.tion in ongineering will be com-the highway it would be report
American Chief of Ale Corps has announced that air bavigation maps are now available for all Anoxtensive campaign is being sactions of the Model Airway conducted in India to build roads Pilots are warner to hold their for the accommodation of motor course to the right of the line in-büs transportation. Great areas dicatod on maps and maintain a in India lie hetween railroad constant vigilance for other air-lines and have no efficient trans- craft.
portation system.
HARMONY!
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The little racing autos which came into prominence last season are serving as a paltern for the everyday car of the future, says Mr. Litte
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. SMALL AND FAST.
Spood will not be emphasized as much as in the racers, but the high-speed ungine and small body will predomingo, according to observations.
The supercharger which will aid the construction of small, efficient engines is being studied and tested in the laboratorios of the larger automobile factories,
The supercharger and high- compression fuols will modify engine design "in favor of a high- performance small car.
Following the advont of the small car will be the development of cars of the medium price class insomewhat cheaper produc- tion," concludes Mr. Litlo.
SCOTLAND'S SHOW.
Agents Exhibit More Cars Than The Makers.
By Capt. E. de Normanville in The Chronicle.
The Scottish Motor Exhibition, which is being held this week in the Industrial Hall, Edinburgh,! differs in one important respect from Olympia...
The Scottish exhibition is a more porsonal affair as between buyer dnd soller, as in more cases the local agont exhibits the ear.
Consequently one will seo a populär make of car shown on soveral stands, by as many agents. In the case of one well-known make eloven exhibits may be counted.
Manufacturers exhibits are only about a quarter of the total. Some leading examples noted are Citroon, Daimler, General Motora, Humber, Lanchester, Lea- Francis. Standard, Trojan, Vaux- hall, and Vulcan.
A SHOW AT MANCHESTER.
In the main space of the hall are nearly a hundred stands de-. voted to car exhibits, and thore are нomo 60 stands round the sides for accossories. The ac- cessory manufacturers seem to be better represonted this year.
Though the Scottish show is naturally not comparable with Olympia, it is thoroughly repro- sentative of the best the Industry produces.
The bulk of Scottish buyers usually wait for their own show. Incidentally, efforts are being made to have a third motor show next year-at Manchester. *
MANÝ RUBBER USES.
Rubber is being used to great, extant silencing the chassis of motor vehicles. Other uses made of rubbor for an automobile in addition to the tyres are for hose connections, fan bolts, windshield strips, floor and step, mats and door humpore.
od immediately, either by phonoi or by a passing motorist, to the nearest station. In this way no parson would suffer because of the fear of motorists to stop, suspecting a trick by banditg who Want to hold up the tourists
The costs of dressings and ser- vice would be paid by the in- jüred, which would probably- finally rest on some insurance. company. The original cost of the stations would be the by local governments where stations are located.
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EXCELLENT HIGHWAY.
The transcontinental highway route from Washington, D. C., to San Diego, California, is 97 per cent. improved, Of its entire length of 3.133 miles, 93 per cent. is hard surfaced and four por cant, graded.
SAFETY TALKS
HELP.
School teachers have done ex- cellent work reducing the number of traffic accidents by their con sistent educational programme in schools. Children taught, safety usually practice it,
TOURISTS. TRADE PAYS
Tourist traffic for the 1926 sea- son in Manitoba, Canada, loft more than $7,000,000 in the pro- vince, according to the Winnipog Tourist und Convention Burgau. A total of 105,710 tourists from the United States visited the pro- vinee.
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