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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1931.

CAR ECONOMIES.

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either "low," "medium," or "full" of its electrical current.

Actually When the pointer falls on the red part of the scale the bat- tery is discharged and when on the blue is full, with a special indicat- All patriotle persons to-day willing mark showing when the cells are

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ballery.

MOTOR TRAFFIC.

Subways for Manchester?

The attitude of the police towards

take reater care to prevent wasta, ly charged. One has to bear in high speeds by motorista on roads | mind when switching on this instru- such as Kingsway, Manchester, was That is true economy, and applies ment, that the dynamo must not be criticised by Mr. T. Boulger, secre- capecially to motorists who feel that charging, or that the battery is dis-tary of the Peak District and North- they should run their cars as much)nnnected from the charge circuit; ern Footpaths Preservation Society, when the driver requires to know in an address to Manchester mem- as possible yet not extravagantly.

It is so much easier to-day to run the current in ampere-hours con-bers of the Pedestrians' Association, "I would challenge. the Chief a ear economically than it was even tained in the battery. Also all the

lamps of the car should be switched Constable," said Mr. Boulger, "to a few years ago. many ways of preventing waste that momentarily to put a load on the issue a statement showing the num ber of prosecutions against were almost unheard of by an ear

Battery's Increased Duties, motorists for driving to the danger Rer generation of motor users.

Should the pointer move from the of the public in cases where no ge- Take the engine for an example.

The ruld ap "Wellfound" cars-to use a nautical charged position of the scale and cident has resulted.

gradually fall after all the car pears to be that where there is no expression--are provided with a

no danger. thermometer to register the tem-lights are on, this definitely indic-accident there can be perature of the cooling water, and ates that the battery is not in first- We would say, remove the danger with appliances, either manual or class condition or that the plates and there will be no accidents, or at automatic, to keep that engine at its are not covered with the correct all events they will be considerably Even where there are pro- specified gravity of acid, as specified fower. most economical temperature. · By

secutions, the penalties imposed, by that means it uses its fuel only for by the batterymakera,

Nowadays the battery has often certain magistrates seem to be al- developing power, and the minimum

They do not of petrol and oil is wasted in heat-supply current for a large num-together inadequate. ing up an overcooled radiator and water system.

ber of units, besides its original job seem to realise that the offence for of lighting the lamps and starting which the motorist is being tried the engine. Lighters for tobacco might have resulted in a serioue In- But economy does not reat here, smokers, windscreen wipers, elec-jury or the death of a pedestrian, Anys H. Thornton Rutter in the

trie horns and car-heaters draw and having regard to the latter pos- Morning Post. Besides controlling the temperature of the engine, the extra current from the cells. Con-sibility we are asked to believe that well-equipped car should also have sequently there is greater need for a penalty of 21 or £2 is adequate."

Recalling the association's auc- means. provided to the motor for instruments to warn the driver not

to have a street re- preventing waste in oil and damage to neglect these electric cells, either ceasful effort to the cylinders by

abrasive dust. by over or under charging them or fuge erected near Manchester Uni- picked up by the air inlet of the car-by not keeping the liquid at its right veralty, he went on: "As soon

specific gravity and properly cover- the roadway in Market Street has buration system.

heen widened, consequent on the For economical running cars ing the plates. must have both an efficient oil filter and all cooler; also an air filter.

Easily Obtainable.

The latest types of motor-car- riages are provided with all these necessary accessories. Any car can easily be fitted with them. They are obtainable at most garages and the price and cost of fitting are rea- sonably small, especially for British

carH.

We have developed in Great Bri- tal such a desire for the joys of motoring that a very large propor-j tion of owners find-even in most prosperous times the need for great economy, as to be frank, I am afraid that a great number car barely afford to run a car. For that reason the British motor engineer has devised a multitude of acces- sories to prevent waste in order that the popular taste for motoring can be indulged in cheaply.

No part of a motor-car can be so wastefully used as the power unit. Gullons of fuel may be wasted by overcharging the batteries, especial- ly during the long light days. Equally wasteful is the neglect- too often amaunting to utter disre-: 'gard-to see whether the battery is! being properly charged or the cells) given the right amount of acid and water to cover the plates.

So far motor manufacturers to- day provide only an ammeter to show the charging or discharging rate of the electric accumulator.

Few motorists.can obtain 100 per setting back of Messrs. Rylanda's cent. efficieney from their batteries warehouse, we propose to submit for want of knowledge of the true] plans showing the places where re- condition of the cells, and thus they fuges would be of considerable help I am rather increase their cosis by wasting to the pedestrian. power in petrol, by unwanted surprised that Manchester has not charges, and by the purchase of new made use of subways to divert foot batteries, because the original cells passengers from the busy street! have had lives greatly shortened by neglect.

FOR NEW DRIVERS.

Sir Malcolm, Campbell Advises

You To→→→

(1) Learn as soon as you can to change gears faultlessly.

(2) Keep spare lamp bulbs in the car if you are driving at night. A complete spare set costs less than a police-court fine for driving without lights.

(3) Never start your engine with the electric starter when all the lamps are alight. It is placing an unfair strain on the battery,

(4) Test your car battery once a week.

windscreen (5) Keep your clean. It makes driving, es- pecially at night, much easier.

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NERVES.

Middle of the Road Drivers.

crassings. I stl. maintain that a subway constructed at the bottom of the London Road Station ap-| proach would save a vast amount ofį time for both vehicular traffic and pedestrians."

stricted its efleient and economic working..

Instead of a long schedule of speed limits from eight to thirty miles per hour he advocated three, of sixteen, twenty and thirty-five. There was no logical or, technical grounds for distinguishing between goods and passenger vehicles, and thirty-five miles per hour, which wn8 recommended by the Royal Commission, should be permitted to all commercial vehicles fitted with pneumatic tyres.

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A job with the Southampton.

But to be seriously restricted in its police will soon be no career for a The motorists in activities, immedir'e steps must be modest man.

dashboard tells the driver how much; Rond Tryffe Act held at Olympia inaf

taken to secure amendments to the those parts have been complaining that at night they cannot tell the. speed schedules.

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the middle of the road and bumped|

An important cause of traffic con- difference between a policeman and a gestion was the crowding towards stretch of road paving-zo the con- the middle of the road, mainly due stables who have to stand in the middle of the road and control the to the nervousness, incompetence, and thoughtlessness of inexperiene purblind traffic are to be "floodlight- Current In the Battery.

ed drivers of private cars. Qne of ed" for all the world as though they

architectural exhibits Every owner who wishes to avoid Criticism of middle-of-the-road the first duties of the mobile police were

The next move waste provides on his car a battery drivers and insistent demands for should be to check these middle-of-music-hall stars.

Is with the motorists-who will pro-i capacity ampere-hour meter, or at higher speed limits for motor-the-road drivers. least an accumulator capacity in-naches and lorries were made at Mr. C. Laurence King, presidingbably say that they were dazzled by dicator. No ammeter fitted on the conference on the effects of the at a luncheon given by the Society the brilliance of the apparition in

Manufacturers and current is available in the battery.connection with the Commercial Traders, said that the repercussions bang into him, even as the be Neither does the cut-out incorporat- Motor Transport Exhibition. of the Road. Traffic Act had been wildered moth bumps against ed in the electrical system of Mr. F. G. Bristow, seereinry of felt by manufacturer and user alike. lighted window,

It all seems rather hard lines on a car prevent the battery from being the Commercial Motor Users' Asso- The omnibus and carriage business overcharged,

clation, said that while the Aet had had been affected to such an extent the paliceman who has no love for A battery capacity ampere-hour undoubtedly done a great deal of that there was only the same num- the limelight and would rather get meter tells you exactly the condition good in many ways, such as improv-ber of hackney carriage vehicles in on with his job in ordinary, every- However, reticence day obscurity. It consists of a ing the general standard of driving use to-day as there were eight years is out of date, and he, like many of the battery. moving coil meter. Besides a dial and forcing irresponsible operatora ago. That was due partly to tho

power of the others, must pay the penalty for the calibrated in ampere-hours, it in-of coaches and 'bures to realise their decreased spending

modern passion for high lights. cludes a scale provided with three-obligations to the community, there public, but also to the uncertainty coloured divisions, red, yellow, and was much that bore harshly on the on the part of operators in obtain- Perhaps he ought to be blue, showing that the battery is transport industry and seriously re-ing a running llcence.

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THE MODERN "SHIP OF THE DESERT”

"Automobiles are rapeily dispiscing panis and Arus borsos in the desert. -cary the domest mnil ná well as furnish fam iransportation for the Arab shelka.

for pup and the old and now Äible numerali on the licensà plate,

Buleks am helping to Note the plumed radia-

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thankful

that the Southampton authorities have not taken him out of his sober blue and put him into a pink domino, with a green hat and a false nose.

ROAD AND RAIL JEALOUSY.

Sir George Beharrall, speaking at the Society of Moler Manufacturers and Traders' luncheon to the Rail- way Companies Association at Olym-" pia said he believed there had been a feeling in the past that there was a kind of antagonism between the road Interests and the rail interests. There certainly was some envy and Jealousy, but things were changing.

The railway companies. them selves, felt that they must go on to the road. They asked for powers to do so, and Parliament in ita, wisdom gave them those powers. "But we are moving away from those days, and there is now a re- cognition that road moter transport fulfils a definite public need Some services are pro-eminently suited for the road and others pre-emine ently suited for the rail, A third kind of service is pre-eminently suited either for the road or the rail, and we have got to get to gether and study the public interest to know which is best."

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