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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
G.M.C.-THE MODERN TRUCK.
This entirely new line of General Motors (G.M.C.) Trucks is powered by the famous 6-cylinder Buick Valve-in-head engine. This is in every sense of the word a modern truck-designed for modern traffic. These trucks are available in the following chassis types:
1-ton Model T-20-6-cylinder:
132-inch wheelbase. 23.44 horsepower
2-ton Model T-40-6-cylinder:
136-inch wheelbase 29.40 horsepower 150-inch wheelbase 29.10 horsepower 162-inch wheelbase 29.40 horsepower
2-ton Model T-50-6-cylinder:
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT,
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SATURDAY.
Unique Method of Testing Reaction Time.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1927.
360,000 SIGNATURES.
Petition to Parliament.
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The Motorists' Petition Parliament, organised by the Au- tomobile Association, has beon presented in the House of Com- mons..
Signed throughout the United, Kingdom by over 360,000 motor owners and drivers, the Petition urges
(1) that the proceeds of motor taxation now remaining in the Road Fund and the motor taxes hereafter to be levied shall be applied to road purposes only;
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raised by motor: "taxation exceed the amount required for road purposes, the axist- ing scale of motor licenco duties shall be reduced; (3) that in any rearrangement of Government Offices, Roads Department, with a Parlia- representativo in ment may be maintained as distinct and separato branch of the Administra- tion for the purposes of providing and maintaining roads suitable and suffi- clent for the rapidly in- creasing requirements of 'modern road traffic,
It is the intention of the Auto- mobile Association to press these
(2) that, if in the opinion of points through every available
Parliament the sums now channel.
136-inch wheelbase 29.10 horsepower
150-inch wheelbase 29.40 horsepower
162-inch wheelbase 29.10 horsepower
Theee G.M.C. Trucks are supreme in flexibility and in en- durance. Equally remarkable is the low. price which is only possible because of the tremendous volume of General Motors Production. General Motors (G.M.C.) Trucks and Tractors are. also available in heavy duty types, the capacities of which range from 2 to 10 tons.
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The distance between the two spots measured by the scientists here is the time takes a driver to apply his brakes after he hears the warning shot, Inset shows how the two pistols are attached, one worked by the passenger scientist, the other, from the brake pedal, by the driver.
Washington, Aug. 30-What is p So accurate were these tests that, country who operate · automobiles your reaction time?
an ordinary speedometer would be would have reaction times of from
1.5 to 2 seconds. In other words, how long does it very accurate at all times.
Some fifty college and high-
These tests are of double value. take you to think about stopping
took the test. They have provided our motor before you begin to apply the school studenta brakes of your car? Science is
There were also a dozen expert traffic engineers with reliable in- trying to find out.
taxicab drivers as well as 50 formation. They are also the first soldiers and 12 officers of the standards which are being gather- Your reaction time and that of Motor Transport Corps of the ed for establishing rigid tests for the other driver may mean the dif-United States.
the drivers of the future. ference between saying it with All drivers were tested and ex- flowers and continuing the trip-amined at five speeds. They were between life and death.
warned:
Recently Uncle Sam's Bureau of
Half Second to Stop. Standards, where scientists make it |their business to get the answers to "Remember that you are to lift queer but important questions, your foot from the accelerator and equipped a car with two revolvers put it on the brake the moment the attached to the running board. The first shot goes off and you are to firing of the guns told just how act in every way the same long it takes most people to begin though a failure to stop would to think about stepping.
bring about a serious accident."
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It was discovered that it took the drivers, on the average, one-half a second to hear the shot, change their foot from the accelerator to the brake and press down.
Whether you live in the Colony
Measure" Between Marks. By a unique method one revolver is discharched to signal the driver that he must stop the car as soon as possible. This shut leaves a This reaction time meant, the or the Outperts all the advantages mark on the highway as the car scientists found out, if the machine of Alex. Ross and Co.'s "Trouble speeds along. The second revolver was travelling at 30 miles an hour Free Motoring Service" are open is connected with the brakes. "As it would take approximately 100 to you just the same. It will pay soon as the driver applies the feet to bring the car to a complete you to call or write. brakes.
From us you will learn how bur As soon as the driver ap- stop. plies the brakes, it is shot off auto- Some of the drivers tested had easy payment system works. You matically. It too, leave a red reaction times as low thirty-will find ready for your inspection mark on the pavement.
hundredthe of ย second the finest range of the very latest Next the scientists measure the Jand others 38 high 213 1.02 cycles you ever saw under one distance these two marks. As they seconds. The average educa-roof. know the exact speed at which the tion and training of the drivers car was travelling, they an readily indicate that their intelligence figure in seconds how long it took was high which would seem to in- the driver to stop his automobile. dicate that many people in this
HUSTLE TOURS.
A High-pressure Holiday.
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MOTOR AMBU- LANCES.
Special Studebakers.
The present generation flatters Although many American cities itself that it lives at far higher have gone to great lengths in or pressure than its forefathers did ganizing motor transportation for and probably our children will re- fire and police departments, the gard us in the same light from City of Baltimore, Mr. U.S.A, is their air cruiser's comfortably the first to install a complete, and cushioned cabins. But to-day even
holidays Care quite strenuous seperate automotive ambulance ser- affairs, for time is short and the vice. The recent adoption of this average tourist wants. to see as service has caused considerable dis- much as possible.
cussion among elvic and life insur-
As an example of a high pressure ance executives and Baltimore offi- motor holiday, which indicates about the limit of what one can cials have been rewarded with. de in a fortnight through some of much favourable comment, for fore- the most mountainous and beauti sight.
ful scenery in Europe, one may
quote the following. Starting More than a year ago the City of from Havre, a party drove to Char Baltimore purchase a Studebaker trea and thence to Geneva, over ambulance. This was put in opern- the famous Route des Alps to the lion in conjunction with central Mediterraneous, Monte Carlo and fire companies, and police stations, Menton. Then they climbed up So satisfactory was the service, over into Italy and, visiting Turin, that city officials decided to install Milan and Lake Como, crossed the an ambulance service adequate to Splugen Pass into Switzerland, meet the demands of the entire city. circled round the newly opened As a result of this decision three the lake of Lucerne, visited Zurich new Studebaker Bellevue Ambul- and Basle, stayed a night in Paris ances were recently added to Kal-
timore's automotive and so reached home again via
equipment. To-day the four Studebakers are Havre.
the basis on which the entire ambu- In the course of this trip, the lance service is founded. This car, an old Fourteen h.p, Arm-service is most complete and far strong Siddeley, which carried areaching in its work. load of four people, and baggage,
Canton of Grisons, and skirting
climbed 24 mountain passes varying The, ambulance call number has in height from 30 to nearly 9,000 been printed on the covers of Bai- ft., and covered nearly 2,500 miles timore's new telephone directories, at a total cost per head of well A direct wire has been laid between under £20.
for Economical Transportatio
CHEVROLET
IS COMINGI
police and fire department head- quarters. A policeman on any of Baltimore's streets may summon an ambulance by merely telephoning from a corner patrol box. The same arrangement applies to fire alarm boxes.
It will pay you to buy now.
FRANCIS BARNETT“
Model 4 Model 5
Model 9
£36.10.0. 39. 0.0. 45, 0.0.
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Model ILI
Model H3
Model H5
Model H6
Model HS
£116.10.0. 65, 0.0. 61.10.0.
66. 0.0.
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TRIUMPH
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TT. SD.
60.0.0. 83.0.0. 72.0.0.
INDIAN
Indian Prince Indian Scout
G.$265
330
Indian Chief Indian Big Chief
380
390
DOUGLAS
Douglas EW. ...... £59.0.0.
Why not call and let us tell you about our EASY TERMS. Iłow Studebaker Bellevue ambulances, simple they are, and how con- such as Baltimore prizes so highly,siderate!
are powered powered with the
We can promise you an enjoy-
famous Studebaker Director six cy-able chat, and you will not be linder engine, which mounted prassed to make a purchase.
on the 148" Bellevue chassis, makes this vehicle the most! powerful of ita weight and size in the world. Hospital authorities have pronounced it the most efficient ambulance built to-day and Baltimore officiala hava expressed a similar opinion.
ALEX. ROSS & CO. (CHINA), LTD.
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