THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1931.
EUROPEAN 10,000 KILOMETER
TRIAL.
The only – Britdet mes by this agap stremmuus event were two Riley Alpine Sixes, driven
Say Bia-dr Headey and MP., Montant le de un anime. Both rained first class awards and also Mrg, Johnstone won the Hungaring Motor Cab Cup.
Practically ewwwg comeday by Yothers and Central Baroque was covered and the photo- uple shows_Ban_twa 121łny De Alaad.
HIGH AVERAGE
SPEEDS.
Fast Driving With Courtesy: Regards
for Users of the Roadı.
Troni
braking.
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CARELESS DRIVING.
U.S. Report on Railway Accidents.
DRIVERS TO BLAME.
The latest report just fled by the railroads with the Interstate Commerce Commission brings out the fact that. 25 per cent, of the ac efdents at highway grade crossinéa in 1930 resulted from drivers of the motor vehicles crashing Into sides of trains.
of the 1353 crossing accidents in 1930, the report points out, 1276 resulted from this cause, with 248 perauns killed and 1771 injured. This was a slight reduction from similar Agures of 1929, and is quite encouraging from that angle alone. Bat the noteworthy feature about
this report in
fact that
many drivers
til are reckless enough to train. In fact, the same report shows that quite a few of the drivers actually crushed through' kowered
gatex before ramming the trans.
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All the railroads, is co-operation with the states and municipalities,
have been quite netive in eliminat-
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the more important grade cross.
ings. Yet it is pecuifarly signific- ant that just those less important crosslings, where there is neither gate or guard, Lecomte more anl
the nurt dangerous to mielort. These are the cragships eulting the high roads where motorists are accuutorud to hitting it up at a high speed, and these are the places where drivera simki be most watchful for.
too fast, it can immediately jchecked simply by lifting the Foot the accelerator. ir The corner be entered too fast, how- A callrod evening sign is there a kid is often provoked by for a purpose, should put the braking, yet the speed of the car moterist immediately on his guard,
reduced tar
without whether he lents
train whistle or t. Only by respecting such When approaching
rigne, by slowing down ant looking mas-routs ne anywhere where Indent carefully ear we be awared Caution is nervessary, and owing of a health and happy life on to the speed at which he has been the other side of the trade cross- spetimes userbears 18-| A retain amount of knack is
travelling. the driver Buds it Dr. perienced and capable drivers, required in order to average high necessary lu apply the brakes,
Trank dishelirt of a, sporda 25 a matter of roozav It should keep a keen look-out ahead fellow-motorist's claim to breve pess without ying that they for the best part of the road on: averageal, say, 19 m.p.h. ma a 2:10st be averaged with sateurface immediately before the
which to Junke, Sometimes thei known stretch of mad, Such a indeed, things has i Be pr
"Flow
must involve - dangerous driving, for even of other matorists, gr, at the least, inmungerly con."
hot on the part of the driver Fally of High Speed Withe towards other road users.
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A new motor vehicle law which
motorist will esclatan,
deleterious vitext on one's a zerazte
Shining wel must have hugged it or "clad han to be held me and harangued wephalt, whereas a hundred yards I wasn't with you an park some or considerable periods by a man so helove reaching it, theref other remark in a similar strain,j in blue,
a good stretch of gritty or Fiats Therefore, the moteristis For all that 1. Ph14 driven forl who wishes to get from one point tarred muendam. The driver will¦
and yours and never had an "to another as quickly as possible then brake a little earlier so ng accident, has serhaps not the goes to milite pains to avoid to slow down the car as much as The longest and greatest imtor gift of maintaining a high averagejdoing anything which might possible while he is on a surface reliability trial ever run anywhere speci To him a high average attract the attention of the police, which will afford plenty of gripjla the world finished in Berlin on
The T "Keen the Frys, up" is a groune 7. the start having been made, imutto for anyone seking to maints from Berlin, on May 24. This
tain high averige
In the 10,000 Km. trial organized speeds.
consumption of It is essential that o par suite
other words if your car will do aby the German Automobile Chib,
per first of 1931 specifies that all au- able for the jole should be used comfortalde 4t on third and you with the collaboration of the auto-tional Association of Motor Busasoline in the United States lust went into effect in England the
mabile clubs of all the countries Operators, special levfex and taxcs year increased more than 6
about Cent, over 1020, the U. S. Bureau of tomobiles shall be equipped with top. It is god attempting touch a hill say, at 50 on
Mines reports.
nonsbatterable glass. average high speeds on a car with do not wait until the speed drops passed through: Austria, France, na motor bus averages A low maximam, poor brakes; down at. 805. bout 48 m.p.h., sougary, Czecoslovakia, Jugosla. I
to 30 or even 25 m.p.h., but change Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy. $576 a year. almost inaudible born and spring-
ggy as that of a sofa that by the time the ear has lost via
The competition was reserved for fiven the right kind of ear with slightly during the interval
strictly tandard touring pressures, shock torbered for gear hanging which had to keep up throughout would be thing the maximum the whole of the 10.170 kms. 16,315 and brakes property adjusted, the golden rule is "Keep point!"
Picomfortable speed on third when A far better average en the clutch is once more engaged miles of the course, an average speed of not less than 35 kms. (217 maintained, by driving at Exchrone.
miles) per hour, for not less than teady 530 mph. all day long..
28 kn. 17.4 miles per hour in the except when" frathe conditions
ense of the smaller class ears), a competa a lower spend, Chou, by
by no means low average when due mki bursta cat dù mph, or org.
Sme: the paterobike manu-consideration is given to the diffi only to have to brake heavily
practices (in operation is-day have culties of the course and the length because on
lil been in bushess since 19004, pr}98 |
The stages, nearly all of over gore. They
(G200 miles)
eech. maition behind a slow-moving in 1897: Packard
Oldsmobile, 1.000 kms. ar.
The chief pointh on the while.
driver shoul
18992. Devrless,
Callae, were: Berlin, Geneva, San Sebas dways look far ahead and seize : Frankl, 1902: Auburn. Han, Lisbon. Madrid, Barcelona. very opportunity. If he wants to us: Ford, 1981: Babekk 1901 Rome, Munich,
Budapest and teste, Zagabria. Man in, front. Shinrid
Stadehidre, 1961. start accelerating, chuaring down necessary, even before he en utnally attempt the nanoeuvre, For instare, both ears may have had to slow down for a bend or It is reported that fire"French from Berlin, completed the trial. obstruction in automobile manufacturers, two in beng inssified firlit esegu. In
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*The success of the Fiat cars that took part could not have been Core brilliant or significance. All three 514 Finls which started
B-
heenuse in the road. It is
is the 3 who is the low price field and three in the larger category, the only Fiat ready to get away fire who will the higher price class, are concar taking part, a 521/C enbriolet gain invaluable seconds in suchsidering the option of front belonging to Herr Loewengard, was
a case, and serous saved at the
rate of a good many per mile can make a considerable difference to the average speed over a run of
00 miles or so in a day.
Awerful horn is very neces!
a car is habitually driven
sary
fast. It is sly fair to those, in front to give them plenty of wars- ing to get to their proper side of the road where they should be, but, alas! nn seldom are. Corner should be done with care. itst Perfectly open corners with
nothing in view eun, of course,
He, be on either side of the road. deriving the maximum possible. help from the camber of the road. which can be used in a sense as banking. The art of cornering i consists of entering a curve'slowly and leaving it fast. One should ever apply the brakes when
actually in the bend, or one might ond
most tip
disconcertingly facing the other way or even] through u hodge inʼa, field.* .
Rounding Curves With Advantage.
If the corner to be taken int shurp it may necessitate changing down in order to make a fast getaway, in which eang all braking should be over and a lower gear.
■ Batteries - Brake Laing ongnged before the bend is enter-
ed; then all the Way round the curve the driver can be accelerat Ing an that he leaves it really
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TELLS TIME LEFT TO CROSS.
Motorists will have more of a chance when approaching a traffic light if the one shown here with ite inventor, Frank- Shepherd of Akron, Ohio, is adopted. The hand moves over 12 coloured lights, five red, five green and two amber, each lighting up in turn. In this way a motorist can see just how much time he has to make a crossing before the light changes.,
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