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DIPPING HEAD- LIGHTS.
A New Lucas Patent.
SATURDAY, MAY 5. 1928.
ART OF MOTOR DRIVING.
The new Lucas patented Dip. Two Golden Axioms.
ping Reflector Headlights are "far
In advance of anything hitherto [By the Hon. Maynard Greville.) Jattempted to minimize dazzle," as
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I am heartily thankful that I am
14 motoring expert (xide Daily
Telegraph) has recently described not one of the great army of new motorists who have to set out for
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ment to the mounting and brack ets.
wrong thing,
BY THE WAY
[By Israel Klein.) Dimcult as it is for many of us
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SAFETY FOR NIGHT MOTORISTS.
New Signs and Devices.
On March 16th, the Automobile Association demonstrated In Rich mond Park road signs and devicos which should ensure greater safety for motorists using the roads after dark.
"The whole principle is entirely the first time on the rather grim
The demonstration was attended new and fuly covered by Lucas adventure of piloting a car on our to shift gears from low to high, in by representatives from the Minis patents, and is already acknow-crowded highways. The amount ordinary driving, it is even more try of Transport, the Metropolitan ledged as the simplest and most of advice and instruction which is a task for most of us to shift frem and City Police, The National efficient anti-dazzle device, bolng poured out for the motorist's third to second or first. standardized by many of the lead-beneft these days, though much of The reason is that we don't "Safety First Association, Lon- don Traffic Advisory Committee, their it is excellent, must produce a appreciate the mechanics of the also by Chief Constables, and Sur- ing car manufacturce on 1928 models.
feeling, of awe and reverence for operation and acom to feel that
veyors, representing the Home The outstanding features and the pioneers who went before this should be done as easily as Counties, City of London, Borough
follows: them, but, as a matter of fact, the ordinary gear shifting. «. advantages are as
and Urban District Councils. The beams of light from the whole thing is extraordinarily
When a car is being driven in Many of these signs carried head lamps are thrown downwards simple. and to the near side of the road The two golden rules of driving high gear, the goats are doing no their own source of illumination,
the reflectors are:
work at all. The engine shaft is while others conveyed the neces by movement of
1. Always' asBUTIO themselves, ea that the existing
that the connected directly to the propeller aary warning upon catching the iamps need no alteration or adjust-other fellow is going to do the shaft and the car speeds up in beams of motor vehicle lamps.
An important point in connex- direct proportion with the speed 2. When in doubt, stop. "
of the engine.
ion with the illumination of these They work with absoluto simi
Now I am not suggesting that, The gears may be said to be out "A.A." signs, is that the lighting plicity, and the pneumatic opera-the other follow will always do of mesh.
La Independent of public gas or tion is entirely independent. Con the wrong thing. If he does the To change down to second, how-electricity services, As shown, trol is by movement of one emali right thing so much the better for ever, the gears must be put into they were installed under the most knob on a neat air cylinder mount both of you; if he errs, and you mesh, in order to vary this propor- rural conditions. ar on the steering column, facin have planned for his erring, you tion between angine speed and car, The roadsigns included an on- board or other handy position. will also be all right. I think the or rear wheel speed. While the tirely new type of A.A. road sign This cylinder is connected by chief fault of the modern British car has been moving in high, then "advance direction" sign tubing to a similar but analler motorist is that he reiles on the rear wheela might be moving in carrying the words "Sharp Left" cylinder in each of the head lampe, rule of the road too much. He is the proportion of ons revolution to This warning, being only 3 feet a piston in this lamp cylinder perfectly right to adhere to that about five of the engine..
High, is ensfly seen by upproaching being coupled to the back of the rule rigidly, as far as his own But the next lower gear, second, drivers, who are warned that they When the knob of the operating nature being what it is, he is gives only one revolution of the are approaching a sharp turn in
rear wheels to about eight of the the road. cylinder is pulled out, alr is suck-bound to meet many people who engine, which means that the Another new roadsign was A ed out of each of the lamp, cylin-through Ignorance or impatience, ders, causing the piston rod to will break the law, and if he engine would have to be speeded four-armed direction post, the let move and pull the reflector into values his own life he will allow up, proportionately in order to tering on the arms being illumi- maintain the same road speed.nated by flood lights, which gave the dipped and turned position, for this.
It may be of some comfort to Or, saying this another way, the no dazzle or glare. A simple but To return the reflectors to the nor- mal position, the control knob is your executors to know that you car-would have to be alowed down effective device for ensuring road. simply pushed in again, and the were on the proper side of the proportionately in order to match safety was seen in the new A.A. compression thus formed forces road when the accident occurred, the rear wheels, through second safely posts. These warning posts the piston of the lamp cylinder but it is of no use to you, and a gear, with the speed of the engine are constructed of light, metal back again,
car is just as hard end uncom-
movable reflector.
driving is concerned, but human
Another important point is that fortable to hit on the left as on the the system does not depend on right side of the rond. Imaintenance of air pressure or vaccum to keep the reflector in Jeither position-the.reflector is re-
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Fear The Worst. Continental drivers, I think, are
the left.
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the engine must be speeded up just lectors, as they are caught by tho, Therefore, in changing down, frames 3 feet high, carrying white or red reflector discs. These re- enough so that its revolutions would be in the proper proportion beams of head or side lights, carry with those of the rear wheels, the same warnings as those in- dicated by white side or red rear vehicle lamps. Therefore, when a tained rigidly by a spring device.definitely superior to their British through second gear.
the Slowing down further, The highly finished surfaco of brethren in that they have more
even motorist approaches an A.A. safety the reflectors in treated with a initiative. They do not drive, by engine must be speeded
passes it as he would the red rear protective coating which, while rule of thumb, and so they deal higher "for application of first post showing a Red reflector he not affecting their reflecting qual-with the unexpected more ade. gear.
light of a car on the road-on the ity, enables accidental finer marks quately. It is of little use to cóm
A British Inventor has designed right Conversely, when a safety to be wiped off without damaging plain that the man dashed out of the surface. The lighting power a side road right in front of you a speedometer which not only tells post with a White reflector is of the head lamps is not diminish-without any warning: your real the driver the road speed he is overtaken, it must be passed on led in the lenst by the fitting of the safety lies in assuming that all making, but designates the engine
An interesting "exhibit" was in Dipping Reflectors.
side roads are designed exclusive- and the required speeds for chang-
or three connexion with two The low price for such an effici-ly for people to dash out from ing to first, second and high.
"temporary" obstructions, such as ent and adequate anti-dazzle sys- without warning. I have always Thus, by watching this instru- stem will make a wide appeal and, driven on the principle that if a ment, a driver can tell at what might be caused by road repairs. The A.A. method of guiding motor- In addition, the Dipping Reflectors boy is hanging on the back of a point he is ready to shift to anists past such obstructions is bas can be fitted in the Lucas Head lorry he will jump off just as you other gear without causing any ed upon lines of red and white Lampa on the majority of cars. [reach' him, and run across the commotion In the transmission
Lamps, so that if motorists pass The fitment is extremely simple, front of your car; that any dog case.
red lamps on the right and white and full instructions are included near the road will start to walk with each set.
over as you come up with it, and It is going up a long, steep hill lamps on the left they will pass that someone is certain to step that difficulty is encountered. The such obstructions" easily and out from behind a stationary buscar slows up going in high, and it safely. or tram just as you pass it,
is hard to tell at just what point New types of A.A. roadside tele- One Impatience is one of the chief it is best to shift from high to phone boxes were shown.. causes of accidents. I know that second. This needs considerable was illuminated by petrol vapour. It is annoying when you are in alexperience and knowledge of the Another was illuminated by a self- hurry to have someone nervously pecularities of the particular en-contained electric generator plant, and it was connected by the necos- doddering along the road in front gine in use.
Day by Day Destruction Hides Inside Your Motor Engine
Your motorcar may run with apparent smoothness and efficiency -yet, hidden away in the engine crankcase, old, wom-out oil may be slowly wearing and wrecking many costly engine parts.
As you drive along, mile after mile, day after day, drops of un- burned benzine and little particles of dirt, carbon and steel are con- stantly entering and mixing with your crankcase oil. Oil,used for 1,000 miles is invariably thinned out, weak and full of destructive foreign materials.
Thinned-out oil does not protect
Changed
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Recently
GARGOYLE
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Mobiloil
Make the chart your guido
---it permits friction, causes burned- out bearings, scored cylinders, seized pistons, engine labor and loss of power. At least half of all automobile engines develop the noises of wear long before they should,. The cause is not reckless driving, but reckless lubrication with used, impure oils.
Play fair with your engine. Even with Mobiloil protection, contami- nating influences are at work. Keep your Mobiloil full-bodied and fresh, Regularly drain off the old oil, re- place with new, every 1,000 miles, and you'll give your car more miles of quiet, trouble-free power.
VACUUM OIL COMPANY
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of you, probably well on his wrong But generally the best advice issary wires to a diabantly placed side, and stopping when anything to release the clutch, shift to Tour-armed direction sign, the let appears on the horizon. Get by neutral, speed up the engine tering on which was clearly illu- this impediment when it's really slightly and shift into second.minated.
Another safeguard for motorists safe to do so, as quickly as possible, This-although including four dls-
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but remember the driver is proh tinct movements-must be done in was the A.A. fog flare, the utility ably doing his best, and if you the shortest possible time, for the of which was proved during the furry him it will only result in least delay causes the car to slow Inst foggy season. Those fog disaster to both of you. When up further and make shifting more you are yourself being overtaken, difficult. do not be annoyed or hurried by the fact that someone else is pass- To shift into first, the car must ing you. You are not on Daytona be practically at a standstill. Beach, and the mere fact that For new drivers, it should be someone wants to drive through a motionless, or the engine might village 5 miles an hour faster than stall.
flares are lit during fogo by A.A. patrols on country roads where there aro dangerous corners or eross roads, and have been much appreciated by motorists.
bfany other road signs, particu- larly efficient for warning motor- fels after dark were shown. Three
sumuner. The patrols in charge assist motorlats in connexion with
you do merely demonstrates your Going up hill, a new driver A.A. Night Road Service Outfits superior intelligence.
might stop perfectly still and start were in the Park. These vehicles Always drive at your own speed his car all over again, rather than work on main roads, after dark, that is to say the speed at which take the chance of atripping his up to midnight during the winter you feel comfortable in the parti-gears by shifting from high to low. months and up to 1 nm, during the cular circumstances, and do not be bullied into going any faster by horn blowing or other means of Do not run the regulaz cord or roadside, breakdowns, and, if 'nead encouragement from the rear. If high pressure tyre under-inflated be, lend side or rear lamps to someone wants to pass you, by all' to get balloon tyre results, advises members "atalled" by temporary means give him all the room you the free emergency road service breakdown of their lighting sys- can, but if it is not possible for of the California State Automobile tems. you to give him the room at the Association. The working of time, make him wait, by signalling fabric will crack the side walls and with your hand, until the road is saparate the cord layers from the
clear.
Ten-Mile Limits.
the new driver has many motoring friends he will no doubt
rubber that holds them together. AIDS TO CAR'S APPEARANCE.
Friction between the cords will cause blowouts.
Motorists to whom the ""old car'' has taken on a monotonous appear-
be told about the absurdity of ten- the accelerator through towns and ance are missing a good bit if they milo limits, He will probably get villages and over cross roads, just fail to look over the accessOTY the impression that to drive at less trusting to luck, and, though his novelties that are available in than 30 miles an hour through a maximum speed may be only about truly amazing quantity. It is a ten mile an hour speed limit is 50 miles an hour, he can do it. astonishing what changes can, bo cowardly and absurd, and will act on the ordinary roads in this coun-wrought in the appearance of any accordingly. In my opinion the try to average 40 miles in one hour car by the addition of a new radia much abused ten-mile limit is very with any safety it should be necestor ornament or some similar de necessary, and in about 70 per cent.sary to do well over 70 in the open vice. Many motoriste have found of cases fully justifies its enforce-safe places if towns, villages, and that It makes all the difference in ment. The twenty-mile speed limit danger points are negotiated at a the world in the car's driving it in the open country is
an extension is added to the gear another safe speed. matter and has done much tố'on- Finally the rule, "When in doubt, shift handle. As a matter of fact, courage bad driving by increasing stop"--should-be-impressed on the actual difference may be slight speed in dangerous places and dis- many of the old hands. It apples but it seems large and that is what {couraging it in safe ones,
more to passing other vehicles counts. This leads us to the question of going in the same direction. If averages. It is not high maximum you cannot see that you have speeds that matter, but high aver- plenty of space to paas, and then Small images of St. Christopher, age ones. To cover 50 milca in some to spare before any approach-patron saint of motorists, are this country in one hour le de- ing vehicle has a chance to meet carried in many automobiles in finitely dangerous, but to do 70 you head on, then stop. It re- Europe, according to information for half a mile may be perfectly quires a certain amount of cour received by the US National' safe. There is practically no car age to do this at times, especially Automobile Club.
Such images, built to-day that on an ordinary on the open read when you have either hanging from the top of the road will not average over 40 some sarcastic passengers on ear or suspended near the driver's miles an hour if the driver in board, but, they will have far seat, are particularly popular la sufficiently inconsiderate. He has greater scope for their sarcasm if France, and many of them are said loniy to keep his foot down hard on you deposit them in the ditch.
to be of very elaborate désign.