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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 19th. 1931.
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ASIATIC MOTOR CAR COMPANY LTD.
| REPAIR SERVICE,
This pleture shows the extensive premises of the Asiatic Motor Car Co., Ltd., who are the agents in Hongkong and South Chinn for the "Auburn" cars. Three of the latest models are shown outside the showrooms. It is interesting to note that for the first six months of this year (according to the Automutive Daily Newa), "Auburn" cars registered the greatest increase in regia- (Photo Mee tration Agires in the United States. Local motorists have expressed themselves as amazed at the value offered.
CURRENT
COMMENT
Pedder Street,
Chen ag).
MENACE OF THE "MY ROAD" DRIVER,
Crawling Cars That will Not Make Way.
[By Chiltern.}
I noticed
motorista with
.
the centre of a wide rond, one eur taking the space of two, making it
possible for only one lue of tra- ffic to go in either direction.
Because many motorists dis- regard the rights of others, and roam all over the place, the Great West Road, one of the widest roads anywhere, is becoming one of the most dangerous, and eventually will have to be made into a two-way road.
There is certainly a large num
must admit that the "cutter in" cannot be condemned wholesale. ber of local residents who are of
b the hat few days I have spent the opinion that Pedder Street is
No motorist has a right by his wasted now that parking is ph many hours among motorists using rentre-of-the-rond crawling to deny
It may not come in the next five, The roads to get to their closet hibited. mnd from observation
to hundreds of his fellows the right since the new rule came into force, coatry and seaside resorts, for we to travel at reasonable speeds, and possibly ton, years, but I am con- It does appear that some use might are nearing the height of the holi to hold up the normal traffic flow fident that eventually the only be made of part of the thorough day and touring season.
until people behind lose all patience solution of the increasing traffic- fare. A surgelion has been made
and decide to get past, no matter problem will be two-way arterial zonds, with slow-and-high-speed to us which is worth considerin
for what the risk or cost,
"une" marked by broad yellow for it aims at establishing a singh Passiveness I have not seen
There is no shame in crawling lines the whole of their length. rank of taxis, end to end, so dividers, pirviously meandering along,
that half of the rank would nature-loving seeking a complete or in speeding at the proper time change from their normal way of mul place, and there would be less hend towards Des Voeux Roa), and living; others with a restless urge discourtesy and more safety if those the other ha in the direction of to get os, displaying evidence of a who desire to travel below the Queen's Road. Under such a system.holfday badly needed and nerves out average of their fellows would drive There would be ample roo u for
of shape; and between these ex-doser to the left hand kerb. pass ng traffle, while the Incontremes a solid volume of motorists venience of having to cross over by rarely touching a high speed, yet the beacon for a taxi would be making a fair average. eliminated. People desiring 单位
}
One Taking Space of Two. It is certain that motor transport, take vehicle in the direction of I suppose most of this hust class through the prevalence of slow Queen's Road, would go to that would have called their drives drivers, clinging to the middle of end of the rank, and the same pro-pleasure motoring," but that is the road. is not receiving the full erdure would apply for Des Voeux the way 1 would have described it. benefit of arterial roads. Road passengers.
This
would
Less Litter.
After talking of the discourtesy of the increasing force of crawling, | centre-roud hugging drivers. I pass
to mention the behaviour of other; motorists which, was an unexpect- ed as it was splendid.
I refer to the parking of the cars of wayside plenickers. In Angust last year business look me
into much the same district, and on Times innumerable in Iong main roads and secondary roads make available for private park I have never quite seen so much drives during the last week, I have stationary vehicles, left at the side Ing, the space at present occupied churlishness in driving, I do not seen ultra-slow drivers straddling of the highway while their passen- by the taxis opposite the Post say it was "dangerous driving" as (fee.
must people accept the term. bat,
the
THE PEAK OF ABSURDITY!
Direction Needed.
it was unpleasant driving. Posting Indian traffic police on The trouble lay not with various parts of the Peak is, or speed man or the decent slow dri- should be, quite useful, providing ver but with the many hundreds that the officers on duty display ni who utterly ignored the one greut certain amount of common-sense. rule of the rond, "Keep to the left,"te The other morning, several cars and would not give the right of were turning at a certain place. and the Indian constable
way to anyone who desired to go on duly faster than they. stood by watching. From higher
There has always been up the rond, the horn of an approa ebing, car sounded, and instead of guilty of this practice, although I stepping out to warn the oncoming fail to understand why it has be- vehicle to slacken speed, the con- conte se prevalent in the last six stable mechanically raised his ba- months.
ton to signal it on, without the
slightest attention being paid tol
Obstruction.
a class
the other valleles. A most serious) We have, generally speaking, smash might easily have occurred. wider roads, many arterial high- of traffic ways taking six lines thousands of miles of roads broad
and enough for safe
pleasant travel-by-twice the number of cars.
Queer Museum.
In a little room off Piccadilly owned in Britain, and yet there has
is a very queer museum. The x-developed a habit which is nothing hibits Include 11
(cow 1 and A
dhorn less than obstruction, and even horn arterial roads, costing millions of (doer) stuffed pheasants, part pounds in the last ten years, have ridge, a duck from Regents Park become too narrow to cope with the and a swan. horse-shoes, stones trafic. and a selection of golf
Mr.
balls.
The "curator of the museum is The authorities, who know of the Reginald Delpech, Sales troubles as well as I do, have taken Director of Triplex Safety Glass, no action. There is a law against Ltd., and the exhibits are objects obstruction. I have criticised bad manners and the dangers of "eut- which have crashed into the wind-
veting in as severely DB any Reroons of motor-care, and have been sent by grateful owners who motorist, but when earoful, ex- might have been seriously in perienced drivers cannot average 22 Jured if ordinary glass had been miles an hour on wide roads alm- ply because others, will not "keep Atted to their cars.
Mr. Dolpech is proud of his to the loft" but peralat in hugging the, centro, of the road, then one
museum.
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gera had a meal on the grase, were else driven right off the road, a general nuisance and danger. field gateway or similar space be-
ing used as a "park." ;" This year, whether the result ofIt was pleasing to see such con- the Road Traffic Act or not I do not siderate behaviour for others, for know, I saw hundreds of parties in most cases the driver had had having meals near the roadway, but to take a lot of trouble to get his not 10 cars had been carelessly car into his "park" to free the drawn in to the side of the road.
road from an obstruction. Nearly all had been drawn al-|-· Further, I saw less litter than most completely off the roadway, or ever before.