1930-12-26 — Page 11

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1930.

WOMAN DRIVER.

As Considerate As A

Man.

AUTOS AND LOCKJAW.

THE CHINA MAIL.

OPEN OR CLOSED?

View Restricted by the

Roof of a Saloon.

B cor.

I

In spite of the enormous number. of cuts, scratches, and brulses for which automobiles are responsible each year, the automobile must be

To glance at the streets of Lon- "An amazingly foolish and perl-credited, believes Dr. C. 0. Sap ous person is the lady who drives pington, of the National Safety don one would imagine that this a car so it would seem from what Council, U.S.A., with a great de-question had been settled in favour one reads and hears." Thus the crease in cases of lockjaw in the of the saloon. I was therefore more

overseas United States in the past ten years. than interested to sao motoring expert of an

Not that automobiles or autorespondent voting for the open journal, and it is gratifying to find that he later qualifies this state- mobiling have any direct effect on tourer, writes a correspondent of s ment by giving as his personal ex- the lockjaw germ. What has hap- Heme-paper,

There are many factors; fashion have their perience that the average woman is pened, Dr. Sappington explains in a as careful and considerato a driver recent issue of the council's indus- is potent; the ladles as the average man. Nevertheless, trial bulletin, the "Sufe Worker,"vlows. I have, however, never been an open car that It must be admitted that the aver is that automobiles have displaced convinced that age man gets quite annoyed with millions of horses, especially in close up is not preferable to a any and every woman driver, and cities. The lockjaw germ, he conclosed car that will not open.

How not only accuses her of bad driving tinues is a normal inhabitant of the have just returned from a tour in in season and out of season, but if digestive system of the horse. In the Highlands of Scotland.

horses were I thanked my fortune that the ahe is involved in an accident he the old days when Invariably blames her. This came common these living lockjaw germs glorious views that I could see somewhat forcibly home to me one were scattered by billions every-above the windscreen-top were not shut out by a roof! How I smiled evening recently while I was wait-where in soll and dust. ing for a tram in Queen Street, Any chance injury, such as step when I saw on several occasions cars, with says a Brisbane writer. A woman ping on a rusty nail, or a cut with passengers in sunshine saloons was carefully, not to

most a dirty knife, or even a scratched standing up in their Bay cautiously, starting her car from band or knee caused by a fall, was their heads sticking through the the curb, when a man-driven car likely to become infected with these roofs, viewing the mountain-tops came tearing recklessly along, and lockfaw germs, which then multi-in places like Glen Urquhart! in passing grazed her front mud-jplled in the blood and brought on, guard rather badly. I don't suppose after a few days, the dreaded spasm any one but myself actually saw the of the jaws and other muscles, the disease its name, occurrence, but three men passing which gave by sald scornfully to their com-The lockjaw germs, Dr. Sappington enter the body panlons: "A woman driver again!" recalls, cannot Prejudice satisfied them that it through unbroken akin, Some kind

of scratch or cut is necessary. must have been she who was respon

Nowadays, with fewer horses to sible. It is high time acknowledg- ment was made that by the acid satter the germs, such accidental test of the always lengthy Hat of abrasions of the skin are less likely traffa prosecutions recorded every to become infected with lockjaw the battery from a car and operat- week women are not only as careful germs, although it still is a gooding the car while the battery is out, agrees, to how is the generator prevented As the men drivers, but they are plan, Dr. Sappington

and certainly more have all auch cuts cleaned and dis- from burning out by grounding the more careful, law-abiding. Perhaps they may not Infected by an expert physician or bo ao considerate, so perhaps one or nurse, and to take a dose of lock- jaw gerum if the physician 90 two hints will not be out of place.

First it is advisable when trying advises.

to get into à position by reversing

not to be too intent on what is hap. FAN AND WATER PUMP DRIVES. pening to the front of the car. It

is us well to bear in mind that

aware of what maneuvre is being effected.

A friend of mine recently toured Switzerland in a saloon; it was uncless except

as a conveyance

from viewpoint to view point; with tourer it la viewpoint all the time.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

L.S.-In the event of

terminal?

removing

The ordinary car type of genera- tor already has one brush ground- [ed. When you earth the insulated terminal which is connected to the

insulated brush you have both sides

of the armature earthed. When the On quite a number of present-machine starts up it will generate there may be some one behind un-day cars the fan and water im- a slight voltage which will send a pellers are mounted on the same small current through the wire you shaft, and driven by belt from a fare using for the earthing connec- pulley on the crankshaft. On cars tion. Except for the alight voltage such as this the adjustment of the needed to send the current through belt is of extreme importance, as a this wire, the two brushes are at loose beit not only slows down the the same potential or voltage. This

that hardly any fan action, but impedes the flow of incans

Again, women are not apt to give correct signals. "Whenever I see woman driver in front of me way ing an arm out of her side window Д well-known I pull up dead," motorist admits. "That is the only safe plan." The remedy for this

tault is obvious.

Another fault is the rather gen eral. uno of spasmodic driving speeding at one moment and dawdl- ing the next for no apparent rhyme or reason. And lastly, there is the die- lady who shows manifest approval of nearly all the other drivers on the road. Haven't you met the type who threatens to "take your number; and I'll tell my hus- band," while you are blissfully ig- norant of your shortcomings?

A Steering Phenomenon.

voltage

never

LARGE - GARAGES.

cooling water, with the result that difference is developed in the ma the engine often overheats. Keep chine, and accordingly there is prac- the belts tight enough to drive the tically no voltage available to send fan and water pump at their cor- current through the shunt winding.. rect speeds, and see that grease or The machine continues to send a email current through the short circuit. connection, oil is not allowed to get on to the very belt.".

builds up any appreciable voltage, and never has enough current in the shunt winding to amount to hand, if anything. On the other operated without any outside con- nection it builds up an abnormal voltage and sends all its current through the shunt winding, causing It to overheat in a very short time. If operated in this way very long current usually the short circuit

In Germany the questions rela- demagnetises the machine. After tive to the most practical method in driver is really so good and capable African correspondent of the Au.the battery is put back in the car of installing large garages

the generator can be remagnetised

the big towns have been exten- Four of us were tra- by shorting the two cut-out for ever dispel the prejudiced opin-velling in an old-type car which terminals together with a screw-sively studied by engineers and ion that she is "amazingly foolish had knuckle joints on the track-rod, I driver or a pair of pliers. This architects, a good many of whom blem thus presented their exclusive energises the generator fields with have made the solution of the pro-

speciality. the battery current.

Some of these faults may be due to ignorancs; others are caused by temperament. It is, however, a pity not to remedy them wherever possible; for the

average woMAN

A Track-rod that

Disappeared.

I wonder whether the following occurrence is unique, says a South

that just a shade more care would tecar

and perilous."

for

• FITTING BUSHES. Accurately fitting apare parts the car ara to-day the rulo rather than the exception, and in most

Problem in Big Towns.

While we were turning out to pass another car the right-hand wheels

Opinion seems to be largely in struck a sharp bump, but, as every- A.R.NA few weeks ago I had

favour of those types of large gar- ·| thing seemed all right, we kept on the commutator on my Buick gen- et a steady 30 m.p.h. for some four erator trimmed down and a new set 4gca in which individual boxes are inflos father, when, as the speed of brushes fitted, and now, after dispensed, with, because they occupy connecting it up, I cannot cut the too much space and will therefore began This generator is atted to a 1920 Garages in small towns or in the outlying quarters of large cities. violently, the left four-cylinder model, and I used to

cases one can get bushes, etc., which dropped below about 15 m.p.h., the charging rate down below 8-amps, have to be more or less confined to

will fit into their respective posi tions without the need of special front of tools for "Anishing" them. This to jerk

the car

It there remunerative. Garages containing advantage in that the number of several storeys possess a great storeys may be increased so as to get the utmost value of the surface extent of the site,

has led to a number of motorists wheel swinging so much that be able to get the rate much lower A garage, if it is to pay its way, delag their own, replacement work, the tyre could be seen from the than it is now. When using the must economise in space to the and it is for these that the follow-running board.

car I do a lot of long-distance work, limits of possibility. Single-storey and if I forget to burn the lights Brages are practically always un- ing hint is intended. Difficulty is

In some alarm we examined the the batter overcharyges. often found in removing an exlat- ing bush prior to fitting a new one. front of the car, and were amazed any was by which I can reduce this

can be solved by tu and the track-rod completely charging rate? This diiculty

The normal output of this gen means of the following tool Tako mlasing! The owner's bouse being a long bolt or make one up, ein. or near, we got the car home on low erator is 7-9 amps, at 825 r.p.m. 7in. In length; it should be thread-gear, two of us having to keep increasing to 12-15 amps at 1,500

Ian hour. In Such garages, although contain- ed for almost its whole length and the left front wheel straight by rpm or 20 miles arranged as shown in the diagram; hand, after which we took another other words, at about 10 miles an ing a considerable number of a large washer is located under car, and, after much searching hour it is perfectly normal for the floors, need not attempt to rival or the head of the bolt, which is found the track-rod a few feet off generator to produce about 8 amps, dinary skyscrapers. At Essen, for then passed through the new bush the road, almost opposite the bump, it is possible, however, that the instance, an underground garage turning down of the commutator has been built which in addition and through the bearing, the new and bent rather badly. bush will rest on the old one which

ap, the nut the new bush will grad

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is to be drawn out. A third old the track-rod should elope and the brush, making it slightly In additional storeys below the ground

accum-acter of the garage can be largely bush or a small piece of tubing is car yet koop straight? The only vance of where it formerly rested. as well. It seems likely that a com located underneath the bearings, conclusion 1 can arrive at la that It may be necessary to slot the third bination of both types, L.e., garages constructions has already and a nut screwed on to the bolt the blow on the right wheel caused brush holder back a bit to let the with a number of storeys bothulated in America, and now that added to if it is provided with steel and drawn up against a washer at the slightly worn right-hand brush, come back against the direc-above and below the ground, will the demands on space are constant- furniture and if all "sunitary ar

cities find it more and more neces- the lower end. Then by tightening knuckle joint to jump out and the tion of rotation, Dolug this will prove the most practical solution of ly increasing, our own towns and rangements are also made of steel.

loose end of the track-rod would probably reduce the charging rate the problem, knock on the road, causing another to 5 or 6 amps., which is as low as The conveyance of the cars to the jerk sufficient to make the left-hand you can expect after the machine various storeys can be effected by

An Important Item in connection elevators or sloping platform. In Joint Jump out as well as cuts in.

order to get rid of the annoying with large garages no matter amake nuisance which, Indeed, is whether they are bullt of steel or

ons nuisance HAYA 2s well-the

under their

ually be drawn into place, and anal ly will force the old one out.

SAVING PETROL

In fact, some friends who were directly behind me, and saw the

When the greatest economy ingesc tinck-rod flapping under the REAR WHEEL REPLACEMENT. conjunction with a consistent drive car

for a moment, think

ing average is desired, the pressure tale was the case. I can also

as rauch es possible when driving

On cars fitted with external con-of-movabla on the accelerator should be rented understand that gyroscopic action

on the rear from elev

with could keep the left wheel (the right fracting service brake so as to obtain the economic opan would be pontrolled by the steering wheels, acting in ong internal expanding

park- of the throttle Full throttle wheel in any case) stra

buting, difficulty is ofte nsumption, and the speed remained

maintain the what puzzles one fairly attle

sary to proceed along the same lines

THE RIGHT KIND OF PLUG. Much more depends on the use

LOCKING NUTS.

A good method of preventing nals from loosening under the in- fluence of vibration la to fit a wash-` er of large diameter under the aut (this when a split washer of the correct size is nož obtainable). When this has been tightened home

If a danger other materials is the choice of of the right sort of plug thar not moved the most suitable gates It Is many motorists imagine. Olling up, as far as possible a part of the ans desired to banish successfully every scoting-up, and pre-ignition, ervátic protruding edge of the washer yed kind of combustible from the gar running, and loss of performance should be bent up against one side vice vera age and to secure a maximum of can all be attributed frequently to of the nut. If another part is bent safety against burglary, the gates the use of the wrong plugs. There Cown over an adjoining - flange- and Intermediate wails must be fore, whet ordering a new set, no where this is possible It will ensure made of steel, corrugated iron matter what the make is, study the that the washer cannot rotate. In gates, and vanishing, gates of the recommendation chart of the plug order to undo the nut, the washer, revolving shutter are some of manufacturer, and be sure that only when necessary, will have to be.

hammered flat. Yet another way the kinds

usca.. the correct type is used. A

of making a vibration-proof nut is to tighten the nut as far as possible, AMINOR AS A GIFT

and then drive a centre punch on the faces of the nut which touch the Frame The resultant punch marks. create small fanges on both the frame and the nut, and,

Hid

coincide the nut will not come loðna -In unless It is under the Influence of