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RUBBER IN CAR DESIGN
The problem of road accidents has for some time perturbed the authoritics
of many countries and with reason.
ear
Two recent contributions in an American medical journal are of interest in that, apart from the safety suggestions made, they display the grow. ing concern of the medical profession in hop- penings wherein they are involved in, usually, the tragic end-results.
deal with The comments
rubber "rubbing strip" on the denisen and equipment and thus front and rear bumpers,
The strips are set into the safety of the driver and pas-
recesser Bengers.
the bumpers and would appear largely to serve the purpose of protecting the Anish of the bumper against accidental scratching rat her than affording serious pre- disfiguring tection in the event of collisions. facial injuries due to the violent There is, these days, little objec Impact of the head against the tion concerning the colour of Windscrochorlashboard, and cubber bumpern
and the art of
Results of detailed examination show that the place besidu the driver is much the most dangerous sent in the car as it involves the
risk of serlous
ar
The adoption, for example, of flexible safely belts would, It is Auggested, prevent injury due to forward propulsion an deceleration.
Structural Rubber
A recent competition evolved form of car body construction of which an expanded hard rubber cellular sheet is used,
This is a materia! having many advantages. It is light in weight and possesses considerable strength when used in "sandwich" form.
It can be readily moulded at low pressures and is being used for
You Should Know This!
The Highway Code
(Continued)
Speed-Carefully repulate your speed at all times to suit the cir- cumstances and weather prevail. ing. Always have your vehicle under full control and be ready and able to pull up well within the distance which you can see to be clear. (This is in addition to the strict observance of any spoed limits which may be in force).
Signals. When you intend to stop, slow down, or change direc- tion, give the appropriate signal clearly, definitely and in good time. Where the appropriate signal can be given effectively by device 篇 suitable mechanical or electrical
En-
there is no objection to its uko. quiry at the Traffic Office whether the equipment is suitable should be made before fitting such device.
Keep a sharp look-out for signals
| by person regulating traffic and for
traffic signs and signals,
(It is an offence to fail to con- form to the directions of a police ennstable wigen engaged in the re- guintion of Irallie or to any diree- tion given by a light signat or other trafic sign where special ar- ringements for the regulation of traffic are in force).
t
OvertakingNever overtake un- Jean you can sen aufficiently par wheed to do so with safety. Re- member that the brow of a steep hill or a hump-backed bridge is as dangerous as a sharp bend because Do it conceals on-coming traffic. not overtake at cross ronds or rond junctions except when there some system of control in operation "roundabout" which such as makes it possible for you to do so with safety.
After overtaking go back to the the roofs of buses on account-al--left-side-of-the-road, but not before.
theso Injuries tend to be more compounding rubbers 10 meet its favourable heat insulating pre-you can so this without inconveni- frequently fatal that those stain-special requirements has so ad-perties. ed by other passengers,
It is suggested that the car body should be a welded unit, near porating crash struts, as In alt craft, to withstand collisions, and that the bumpers should be of rubber and should extend all
round the car, the front bumper being especially strengthened and | mounted on shock absorbers, again | utilising the experience gained in aircraft landing gear.
The
#leering-wheel column should be a built as to move for ward under a given pressure and thus prevent serious injury to the driver's chest, while all projections from the dashboard and rear seats should be replaced by rubber crash pads.
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vanced during the past two de
cades that little difficulty should be met with in fabricating on efficient
und handsome bumper.
ence to the person overtaken. Babber panels of this nature
(From The Hong Kong A might well be compounded to be specially flexible for use at signi- tombile Association's Handbook ficant parts of the ear body—the | Muturista) Inquiry suggested earlier would probably also indicate which parts of a car body were most frouuently damaged.
The question of rubber bumper and other Stinenta u being vigorously pursued by the British
Rabber Development Board, Lon- don, who hope to foster the pro- dortion of a suitable and inexpen- sive bumper, for there can be no douby that rubber, used in this fushion, can do much to reduce the effect of cultisions, prevent injuries and imbue drivers and passengers with confidence,
Rubber wings have, of course, 44 been used for
damaging to
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"Rotodip,' Victory Over Rust
commercial vans and lorries for some yenes, they have the obvious advantage of fexibility and of instantly spring- ing back into shape on impacts which, seriously metal wings, do not affect the rubber ones. The wings have n Similarly, the question of a smooth Anish in their natural stalu steering wheel and column which and can be painted or polished.
coming off would move under a given impact
A further safely development can probably be answered by the lies in the use of rubber fuel tanks, assembly lines at Cowley head-
now quarters
receive 100 per rubber, the ability of which which consist of an inner lining cent anti-rust treatment from a use છ
bund securely with metal gives of rubber, rendered impervious to special plant England more than 20 years ago at the time when the it a special adaptability for con- Increase in traffic rendered it exstruction design of this nature. Hential that cars be fitted with a
There is for example, no fear of form of protection against the rubber parts leaving the metal to dangers of collision.
which they are attached.
Rubber bumpers were first in- troduced in
While steel bumpers afford a certain amount of protection there is a strong body of opinion that a far
leas
rigid member should be provided and interest in agal focusing upon rubber ns the for resilient, natural material lexible bumpers.
At the present time small rubber strips and moulded sections are atted to a small number of cars, amongst which may be mentional the new Bristol, whleh UBON A
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Foamed latex is so much used for ear seating that the extension of its use in the suggested form of crash pads is a simple and logical matter.
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One of the drst of its type installed in any car manufactur er's factory in the world, the installation is operated in con- junction with one of the The Novi racing cars used at up-to-date paint plants known to Indianapolis, for example, are engineering selence. using the new type of rubber
The whole project, which is an It would be interesting were a crash-proof tank, the adoption of
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