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French Inventor's Bid for World Records. TF a petrol engine could breathe
IMPORTANT POINTS. Alarm at the proposal to lines indicating this proceedure, more air into its iron lungs
Experiments are being made put on the road motor police but according to my own observa- Sir Denistoun Barnes, who de in plain clothes greater automobile effelency could
Is expressed tion they appear to meet with vory with a new type of racing car
designed by a French engineer, M be obtained, according to Charles signed the British dirigible R100, by one of the many readers who little attention.
which now from England to D. Hawley, an
Stapp, with a view to attacking May I appeal to all drivers of the world's American expert. America and back, and who later have writton to me this
spood Air, he says, is the limiting factor astounded the automobile world writes Sir Malcolm Campbell in a vehicles, especially in busy towne Stapp hopes to attain 376 miles an records. A. Home Journal. in automobile and aeroplano ch-] with his ulten modern streamlined,
and cities, to observe the sugger- hour. gine power development.
rear-engined_motor-car, received a
My correspondent does not ap-tion I have offered; that is, if
The car is driven by three 800 "Many people think that the very fine and appreciative hearing pear to like the idea. He says he your road lles straight ahead, horse-power Jupiter engines and it from American automotive experts regards it as tantamount to the never pull up at a crossing with also carries an ordinary 60 horse- amount of power generated by an
on the occasion of his recent visit institution of a species of high-out leaving room for vehicles to power angine for getting under automobile engine in due entirely to the United States.
way spy system, the main purpose pass on the near side? In some way and starting up the three to petrol." Mr. Hawley explains, į His address to the Society of of which is to trap the unsuspect places, I know, 'there are regula-racing engines. It is 32 feet long "but air is just an essential. It Automotive Engineers on "stream- ing motorist. He thinks that all tions against "filtering"--why, I and looks like an enormous blue more lining and rear-engine mounting" the deterrent effect of the presence am unable to appreciate-but even shell. It is fitted with an noro- is easy enough, to inject
is stated to have created a deep of uniformed police officers on the in such places drawing up fu pro-plane rudder. Power is transmit petrol into the engine, but in impression on the American ex-
roads will be nullided the moment per position will help towards aed through all four wheels which creasing the amount of air taken perts, for the fact was appreciated the plain-clothes men are subati- quicker "get-away" when the are independent. n at high speeds is quite difficult. that Sir Denistoun knew what he tuted; and he professea to find traffic is released."
was talking about. He scored a something "un-English" in the pro-
Another correspondent, Mr. A. direct hit with the definite state-posal, but he does not tell me how P. Okell, who writes from Man ment that the unscientific funda- he arrives at this conclusion.
chester, sends me a vary intereat mental design of automobiles is I AM DOTTY to appear to lacking letter dealing with several costing the American people sympathy with anyone who shares points affecting tho 460
In excess my Interest in the problems of highways. Ono suggestion he $100,000,000 annually
the road and its use, but in this operating costs, owing to excess wind resistance,
case I am unable to agree with my friend.
"Approximately 1,200 cubic leet, or about 90 lb. of air, are aken into the engine for every allon of petrol consumed. Bath ir and petrol are chemicals. The Irat la composed of about 20 per cent. oxygen. 79 per cent. nitrogen, and a small percentage of other Cases. Petrol in composed of com- ounds of carbon and hydrogen. t is the oxygen content that maken ir necessary in a petrol engine,"
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Salient points stressed by this English expert were that the weight distribution of conven- tonal cars is entirely Incorrect for safe operation at high specu, while waste of power due to wind resistance astumes huge prepor-one tions. He cited tests conducted by
of the
Succonaful preliminary trials have been made in Paris and the cars to be taken shortly to La Boul for tests on the sandst
makes la, to my mind, excellent. STRANGE REQUESTS.
He has, he says, suggested to the Roads Improvement Associa ntion that it should be impressed
11
I imagine that he has still his mind--he
may have been victim-an experiment carried out some two or three years ago in of the Midland countles, plain-clothes policemen,
where
springs.
upon the authorities concerned Magnetos or Main- that wherever tramlines now exist. and are likely to be removed in the near future they shall, during the months of November, Decem-claims, through its recognised
The Automobile
Association
Roll-Royce, in England, which in mounted on powerful motorcycles, ber, January, and February, main-bunefits of membership, to give a
pro- as con
dicated that at 77% m... only 4-4 h.p. was required for a perly streamlined enr.
exceeding the speed limit. trasted with 78% h.p. for one of Templation. conventional build.
Reducing Air Resistance, An additional 22 h.p. would have
praca-
tain white lines not down the service capable of meeting every
tion of the auter tram-lines
in
denflitely became agents cateurs to lure the motorist into centre of the road but in the post-motoring
requirement. Despite this, the molto at Fanum House ench direction to acts as a traffic has always been "no reasonablɑ guide in foggy weather.
request ever refused."
had purchased
Recently an A.A. member who a Swiss watch. of under
terms of guarantee, wAB Banxious for it to be sent back to
It was denied that this was the
of the Intention
responsible
песерт been required in the to
the
statement
ny
He suggests that such lines could be run along the roads very easily and cheaply by the use I compressed-air spraying
been necessary if Himilar body authorities, and I am quite willing room had standard the body its in the accurate, but, whatever the in-aratus, mounted upon and driven Goneva for repair. A transaction that a motor vehicle and using of this sort would. appear simple streamlined one. Briefly, stream- tention, it worked out in lining reduces air resistance by way. Nine motorists out of ten whitewash or some like medlum.
enough, but repeated applications to various authorities failed to half, while at 60 m.p.h. the stand-when passed at a high speed by Night Gulden,
elicit the desired information, and ard saloon ear of today consumes any other vehicle are unable to no less than 75 per cent. of the resist the temptation to "have a ceedingly useful tramlines can be the A.A. for help.
Every motorist knows how ex-in despair, the motorlat turned to power given off at that speed in go" at the other fellow, and there on a foggy night. Living in the overcoming air resistance.
were many Canns
brought for country and driving to and from the result that the watch was sent
The A.A. communicated with exceeding the twenty-miles limit London every day, I have on very to Geneva, repaired, and re-ad- in which the unwary motorist was many occasions blessed the man mitted Into England. undoubtedly tempted by these who first thought of laying tram- high-speed policemen.
lines along the highways, even though I have cursed him mor than enough when the weather has been clear and the way obstruct ed by the juggernaut vehicles that une the raila,
Another important point em phasised by Sir Denistoun is that cverall weight distribution of
governs springing. aflects patching during braking and accel- eration, and largely governs the skidding propensities of vehicles while turning or braking; in fact,
roail holding and, passenger com- fort depend primarily on weight distribution. This is one of the major reasons why he advocated that the power unit should be fitted at rear of chassis.
Other advantages are freedom from engine heat, fumes, and noises, and more room for pas sengers. It is worthy
of note that many lending automotive engineers in Amerien endorse Burney's idens, but voire the opinion that the time is not yet ripe for such a radical change in car design, as its unconventional appearance might not find ready acceptance by motorists. The Burney type of car will eventuate, but the change over from present standard types will, it is predicted, be gradual.
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Quite justifiably, I think, this sort of thing was described as un- English, and the practice had a very short life.
Nor do I think white is the best
ing to see the near side line and driving along the other. colour for such line or lines. The ideal method, if it should he Mr. Okell's iden is excellent, but found practicable, would be to
But conditions are altogether There is no different to-day. speed limit, and it is impossible to believe that the plain-clothes I do not altogether like the pro- mark the centre of the road with motor police are to be used to posal of marking two lines on the a yellow strip, about a foot wide, enn imagine circums-so that there could be no mistake provoke the motorist into driving road.
to the common danger, which is tances which might lend to accl as to which side of the road the virtually the one offence of speed dent by reason of motorists fall-motorist was on.
which can he committed under the new law. On the other hand, I see more than one advantage of the new scheme. The plain-clothes men ahould be able to bring to book the real road-hog, who un- fortunately still flourishes and who at the moment gets ample warning to desiat from his hogging until he is out of sight; of authority.
Every decent motorist will ap plaud any means that may be adopted to stamp out the really inconsiderable and selfish type of driver, who is so difficult to catch under present conditions. If the new police achieved no more use- ful work than that they would still justify themselves. But they will, I think, be of inestimable use in assisting to put down motor banditry, which has recently as- Rumed such disquieting propor- tlons.
Uniforms a Warning.
Obviously the uniformed branch is at a disadvantage in this mat- ter, because the usual patrol areas are fairly well known to the bandits, and the patrol advertises itself, to the abvious profit of the wrongdoor.
No! I cannot see the smallest objection to the new motoring police, and even if there wero a little something in my correspon- dent's fear I would remind him that we cannot have it both ways and that the benefits will far out- weigh the evils of the plan.
Quite a number of readers' lot. ters refer in more or less strong terms to the lack of thought dis played by too many drivers who, In a traffic block at a crossing, pull hard into the left side of the roud when they intend to straight on. They thus prevent following vehicles desiring to turn to the loft from getting away, and so contribute to congestion and help to slow down the general traffic stream.
I do not like over-rogulation. and I am not at all sure that it would be possible to make work- alle regulations to deal with this problem. It avems to mo to be mostly a case for the good senac of the individual driver. Make Way on Left.
Were it a question of drafting a regulation to deal with the mat- ter I should say that no vehicle intending to pass straight ahead at a crossing should come to a stop less than six feet from the near alde kerb, thus leaving sufficient room for vehicles In- tending to turn left to pass.CRAJ a matter of fact, a good many of the principal roadsteroning in
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