THE HONGKONG
WHAT IS THE LIMIT OF PATIENCE?
"Horse Sense" Solves Traffic Problem for Psychologist.
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R. T. Darsey, traffic expert, elocking traffic at the busiest corner in Los Angeles,' and, inset, operating the main signal
control for the city.
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TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1931.
MOTOR NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
[Special Report to the Hongkong Telegraph by R.A.C.]
Facts From Figures,
give a total spread of 45 ft., but irotatable sleeves fitted to the Although the weather condi-bonds enable the dow 10 be flons in many parts of Britain reátriet¬d, when desired, to the were disappointing for Easter dusty areas on each side of the holiday makers, the highways metalled surface of the main were as usual thronged with ears. ronds. Over 28 per cont, more holiday routes were issued by the A.A.
The Tram Condemned. Touring Department than were
When the Royal Commission on called for list Easter and patrols
the answered over 232,884 rondiside Transport recently found
frum to be completely out of date enquiries covering rond 21726
as a means of transport, It added general touring information.
that it must be replaced by some While on the subject of statis; other form of transport."
The ties, the chairman of the Standard extent to which leading munici Co. gave some interesting figures palities and corporations in recently, indicating the vnat Britain have anticipated this amount of materials required for decision by adopting 4-wheel the production of a season's outdouble-deck Inses is examplified put of cars. He mentioned, for by the success of the Leyland instance, 31 miles of pile carpet. Titan during the last few years. 500,000 xq. ft. of leather, 83 miles At least two-thirds of the British of leather-cloth and 300 miles of bun operating municipalities use wire.
beyland vehicles and over half of
The patented construction of :: Titan gives extremely low overall height without warificing
Since the 1931 programme of these use Titans. Shefeld, for this company was launched lust instance, has recently placed its August, each month's sales have fifteenth repent order., constituted a record for the part. cular mouth. With the week end- ed March 28th, in fact, 4 record in the history of the company. passenger comfort and is a most extending over 28 years, was useful feature when negotiating broken, for the previous fure the low bridges which abound inf was exceeded by 15 per reprovincial districts. This is particularly encouraging |
at the present time.
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This principle has been adopted
in the new Ransomes, trolley buses The Couchbuilder's Craft.
which are being delivered to the St. Helens Corporation. It is the Within the last few days the second repeat order, by the way. deet of new Royal cars has been and on this cerasion consists of delivered
Windsor Castle. 15 double-dork #wheel vehicles, These five cars consist of two seconmodating 28 passengers in 40/60 Deuble-six Daimler limou-the lower salon and 32 above. sities and one 30/40 Double-six for An interesting feature is the it the King and one of such for the ing of Triple, glass all round the Queen. All the ears except the driver's enb and the front baik- 20/40 for the Queen, which is head, this anticipating some of painted green are in the Royal the requirements of the Palours and all the bodies were Ministry Transport regulations. built by Hooper and Cu, who have for public service vehieles, been responsible for Royal earringos.
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Los Angeles. Apr. 21.--What if is "just plain horse sense,”
Motor Cycles for the Post Office. the limit of your patience, Mr, and Is Illustrated in the uniform type
It is nearly 30 years since the Mrs, Jaywalker?
(of semaphore signals be empkays; The well known millionaire, Mr.!
postal authorities Brat considered. Perhaps you don't know it, but throughout the city.
Francis Francis, has just taken the use of motor cycles, for in you will stand at a street inter-There is nothing particularly delivery of
new Rolls-Royce, 1902
ม number of aidecar section exactly 35 seconds, wait-new about it." be declares, “Unit | Biled with 11 very attractive nuichines were hired for experi ing for the "go" signal. But you scientific tests have proved that Thrupp and Maberly sports coupmental purposes, but it was not won't willingly stand there while the quickest and mast effective body." The colour scheme is in until tod that the G.P.O. made your watch ticks of 10 secmds. method of conveving message to primrose and black and the lines as first purchase of 20 motorcycl
In exact terms, 38 seconds is an individual is by appealing to ar the ear are enhanced by Crombinations.
"And two, instead of one, of the humas "helmet" type wings, aprons and
Ever since then, however, the reached you are senses,
special oval steps.
use of motor cycles for the cul- Captain Sir Makolm Campbell'slection and delivery of letters and new Rolls is a metal-panelled
parcels Ins been constantly
the limit of your patience.
nee this limit
in a mood to defy the traffic officer.
"Therefore we employ a tradi. with moving equipped
All of which has been discover-signal
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STILL TOO MANY.
BIG TAX INCREASE.
Since 1920, the number of motor
OFFICIAL INSPECTION. The Triumph Co. for instance. The total milenge of toll ronda have recently received an order in the United States is estimated vehicles in the United States has providing for compulsory inspec- New Jersey is considering a bill for 185 motor cycle combinations to be less than 150. for the Engineering Department toll roads
There are no increased nearly 15,419,100. tion of all motor vehicles once a
to 1930 increased $79,280,000. by the state.
of the Post Office, for patrol reported. in 85 states, it is Taxes during the period from 1920 year at official stations designated
ed by a prominent traffic psycholo-semiphory, which conveys the Weymann saloon with a sliding extended and there are now more gist. t. T. Dorsey, chief of the stop and go' messages by the roof and is intended for high than 2,050 operating in all parts indifferent roads, of Britain and Northern Ireland. Los Angeles traffic signal departs sense of sight, and also with a sprouts
which conveys The sides of the bonnet ment, during more than 10 years warning hell.
ure mesanes through the extended below the chassis frame of dealings with the travelling similar public.
sense of hearing.
to conform to the lines of the "Tar abeat minded business body, this arrangement giving "After years of experimenting." says Dorary, "we have discovered man. Hurrying home to dinner, impression of low build and depth that n
pedestrian will wait has reasonably be expected to
Opening New Markets. seconds for a 'go signal without miss seeing the change of signals If he is appealed to by the sense of anticing the interruption. But if he is kopt waiting 36 seconds he sight alone, gets the Jimmies. If he is com.the same message pelled to stand there 37 seconds time through the sense of hearing he starts glaring at the traffic as well, it is not human nature to C. Routes, who has male celebrated the opening or the
disregard Both warnings
danger."
officers and begins edưing away from the curbing.
But if he receives at the sam**
inspection of telephone and tele- (graph routes.
Successes in Europe.
That the British moler trud | has a great opportunity in the
Triumphs, by the way, havei Argentine is the atrision of Mr. thorough survey of the country italian racing season in good style during his VINIT
to the Trade by winning the Padeva Moto-Club Exhibition. So confident as to Cup, the Pirio Cup and the the prosperts is Mr. Rootes that. Torregiia Cup. They did very When Patience" Ends.
after long distance telephone Conwell in the hill climbing competi- i To prove that autoists will notversation with Landon, it Was "AL the expiration of secunds, all conditions qua. hehe traffic warnings conveyed to dreided to take promises in a lead- of the ing Buenos Aires thoroughfare
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Two Warnings Needed.
them iharugh but one
tradic semaphores at
llevard and Westera avenue after
tion.
The outstanding successes of will throw safety and discretion Ima སྐ!IE44 Dorsey recently and, further,
British machines all over the to the wind. figuratively, thumb his nose of the policeman, who is silenced the warning bells on the Rootes (Argentina) Ltd is in world do much to enhance the there to protect kim, and dive into
Wilshire process of formation and will look prestige of the motor cycle indus- the distribution and try generally. Take for instance the passing lanes of traffic in an one of the busiest intersections in servicing of the Humber Hillman the championship trial of the effort to catch the street care the world, where an average of Commer group products.
Royal Dutch Motor Cycle Club, in the opposite side of the street."
41,988 cars priss every eight hours. Having discovered the limit of
The semiphures were allowed to
British vehicles are nowadays which there were 87 entries of Teza ny nationalities. Ouly 37 haman patience, Horsey has made renin in operation and
penetrating into the most out of two
finished, however, and Ariel capital of it. Instead of inquire uniformed policemen were placed 20-seater
the way places. For example, a
the 250, Commer "machines were first in tually endeavouring, to
on duty. Bot within 20 minutes
#50, 600 e.e. and sidecar classes pedestrians to adapt themselves: from the time the hells were coach has her specially built for and, further, won the team prize
shipment to Afghanistan, where it to trafic regulations. as her; silenced, the interaction beram will be put into service on the in the 350 c.c. class. large cities have done, Dorsey has 25 mad jumble of hoaking antomo-
Kabul-Peshawar route.
Arfel enthusiasts, by the way, adapted traffic regulations to meet biles and dodging jaywalkers,
will be interested to learn that the limit of human patience.
Recognizing Dorsey as one of It may he remembered that a Under his directions, traffic the country's tending specialists Conimer 22-ton vehicle formed less, W. R. Wheeler and T Goodwin, formerly nales and semaphores in Los Angeles' down on truffle diseases, commissions part of the Prince of Wales' con-export Managers respectively, are town district word either syn, from, all parts of the world have voy of ears during his recent trip now on the board of directors of chronized or progressively timed visited him in Los Angeles onto South America and was used the company. to say "ro" every 35 seconds.curing the traßle ills their for the conveyance of luggage. The result is that Jaywalking has rities.
| White Morris-Commercial trucks become almost obsolete in Los flis prescripting for New York may he found in most of the coun- Angeles,
and Chicago is the same as forries in Central America, a recent success of Mr. Kaye Don with The interest aroused by the In controlling vehicular trailie, Oshkosh and New Orleans:. development is the completion of Lord Wakefield's "Miss England Dorsey resorted to another isit of "Apply a little psychology and arrangements for representation has made psychology, although his term for lot of horse sense,"
many motorists in Nicaragua. The first order has
ponder on the possibilities of i been shipped and further business
motor boatius. Certainly, the
TECHNICAL FAULT
Motorists and the Law,
No
one would wish to see n motorist who had driven dan gerously or committed some real offence excupe punishment on a technicality, says a Home Journal but at the same time, so many
SOME TRAVELLING!
Total milenge covered by auto- mobiles in the United States
during
193) LOOKS BRIGHTER.
Taking to the Water.
is anticipated after preliminary waterways are not as crowded as
| demonstrations.
For Special Conditions.
British munufacturers enjoy a
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the ronds nowadays.
Many undoubtedly hesitate to take to the water because of the
1930 Was more than well earned réputation for build-ost; they are anpalled by the fact 156,000,000,000 miles, according to ing vehicles to meet special
that Lord Wakefield spent £40.000 on Misa England II. Not every- the Calfornia State Automobile mirements and a street sprinklerne, however, needs two 2,000 h.p. built by Dennis Bros. for Association.
Rolls-Royce engines; actually a Khartoum is an Interest standard cruiser costs only £500.
xample.
The work of watering
A number of interesting orders unmetalled roads and asphalted motorista have in the past suffered A recent estimate of the auto-roads obviously calls for special for Thornycroft boats are in hand Hampton-on-Thames the when the st fines for purely technical offences mobiles to be produced in the treatment, -
One of these is for a that it is interesting lo retord United States and Canada during two are combinin, the Works.
cabin cruiser for Mr. several cases where: an insistence 1931 sets the total At 3,800,000 road consists of a prepared aur-40 ft.
":་ Thomas Marlowe, who for some centre with sandy face in the on the letter of the law has resulted unita.
margins at each side. To meet years was editor of the Daily Kuch
conditions it must be pas-Mail; another of similar type is on For example, a lorry driver was gistrate allowed this objection, alble to cut out the central flow order for Sir Leonard Lyle, while summoned for exceeding the speedIn another instance a motorist when desired and, at the same ja 52 ft. motor yacht in being built limit. The constable gave evid defended by the A.A. was charged time, the water pressure must re for Mr. Brooke Hitching, which ance of the weight of the vehicle, with an offence. The police ad pain constant irrespective of the will be suitably equipped for particulars of which he hadmitted that the defendant was not speed of the vehicle.
world cruisOR.
In their acquittal.
:
copied from the side of the lorry, stopped at the time of the alleged The speclul machiné -- bullt to A 36 ft. launch has lately been The solicitor for the defence sub-offence, that no written notice of fulfil these requirements is a shipped to India for the Mahara mitted that such a description con-intended rosecution
had been Dennin 8-ton pneumatic-tyred jah of Tripura, while other stituted
written document- served upon him, and the summons chassis, carrying. П 075-gallon Thornycroft boats are at the pre- namely the lorry of which notice was not served within 14 days of tank and an Independent pumping sent time building for service in to produce had not been served the offence. The Bench therefore set. Normally, the two sprinkler Chile, Greece, China and Singa- upon the defendant. The ma-diamlased the summons.
heads at the front of the machine{poro.
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