1932-05-24 — Page 3

SPARKS FROM THE PLUGS

News from Everywhere

Morris Air Force Fleet.

of

Periodically

is taken at

random from the production lines, in its finished state-upholstered and fitted with Triplex glass it is mounted on a chassis frame and is conveyed to the Shaker, a vicious instrument capable of imparting 100 earthquake shocks per minuto.

..

necessary to guard foring of spare whools, patrol, and tool kits Special ftinga onn be obtained so that the fillor cap of the main petrol tank, can ho looked and a short steel chain with stout padlock will give reasonable protection to the sparo

wheels.

Neglect of Brakes, It is unfortunately only too evin] Companies under tar com dent that some car owners are most Sir William R. Morris, Bt., have

Trailers and the Transport Act. reckless as to the condition of their provided 73 per cent. of the ground chr's brakes, and a good example fleet for the new Egyptian Air

Diagonal corners of the body are

Thors is still much uncertainty aaj of how widespread is much neglect Force The actual units have been

Decessary for. was the experience of well-known supplied through the local distri.fixpd solid, and the other dia. to whether it is

the Transport professional man who pulled up at buters, the Cairo Motor Company, gonals are reciprocated to different motorists to apply to

muburban petrol station, which is comprising the following models:-

amounts at different speeds. Thus, Commission for a special licence situated on a moderately steep hill. Morris Isis Six Baloon, Wolseley

one corner will be lifted thres for ordinary motor car trailers, saya He was about to leave his cur some

inches very quickly, and the other the N.R.M.A. The association 30 or 40 feet beyond the petrol pump, when the proprietor asked

four inches more slowly. The body points out that, if the trailer in him, Por his own protection, to

is tortured for twelve licura or more used only for carriage of the thove forward still further, because,

before it is released, inspected-andowner's private belongings, such as as he explained, many of the

found unhurt! One body, indeed, camping equipment and elothing, motorisin who drove up to the

was subjected to no fewer than and that it is in no way used for pump for supplies had cars with The works of the Pressed Stee million shakes before it was fitted such badly adjusted brakes that Company at Oxford have au inter

"consideration," any

it is not to" a "works chassis. Since then is they habitually over-ran the pump and then had to reverse into, posi-esting test for bodies, known as a

has covered 30,000 miles-in silence, necessary for the owner to take out

licence under the transport Act.

tion.

Telephone:

21/60 h.p.. landaulette, Morris-Com- mercial six-wheeled truck, Morris- Commercial six-wheeled ambulance, Morris-Commercial six-wheeled fire tender.

The Shake Test..

Shake Test.

MICHELIN

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dar Thieves.

Some motorista through their carelessness in not securing their cars against theft not only bring trouble on themselves, but also often put the police to a great deal of inconvenience. If a vehicle is left unattended for a long time in a secluded spot the expert els this may succeed in overcoming uny such precautionary devices as an ignition or gear lock.

Children and Traffic Safety,

The Beadmastery of a number of important metropolitan schools have conferred at the Education Department on the subject of the

extension of the safety movement, including the organisation of patrola to assist school children acron busy traffic thoroughfares, as advocated. The RA.C.A. suggests that

for a long time by the N.R.M.A. drivers should, in all circumstances. It was stated that the police; take full precautions, even when

paronts, and motorists regarded the leaving their cars in city streets.innovation with full approval. The Telephone: In addition to the conventional experiment has been tried out. locking device now provided on successfully in a number of schools, most cars more obstacles will be and other schools are now parti thrown in the way of thieves by

cipating. It is expected that full turning off the petrol at the vacuum official authority will be forthcom- tank, removing the rotor of the

ing shortly, and that the organis ignition diatributor, or perhaps it

ing of safety leagues and patrols in most of the schools will then be undertaken systematically:

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Trouble-Seeking Pedestrians.

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It says much for the general standard of careful driving that more pedestrians are not injured by cars as the result of thought- lessness or folly, Ofiste, many motorists have complained that in city and suburban streets the in- difference of pedestrians to the or dinary rules of traffic safety scome. to have increased.

Commenting on this, the RA.CA. observes that, although the greatest duty devolves on the car driver, it is neither fair nor practicable" to expect him to assume full res ponsibility for the safety of pede. strian traffic, when individuals are frequently careless. Most com plaints concern pedestrians whe walk into the roadway without glancing at the traffic, or make a wild dash across an intersection in opposition to the direction of traffic flow.

Lective Tail Lights, Tately, the police in certain suburbs have been paying parti cular attention to the tail lights of motor vehiclesjiland,a good, many car drivers have been in trouble, because the tail-lights of their cATE "did not." gomply with the regula- tions.

official

While depreciating any notion which might officiousness, the EAC.A points out that there are good reasons for the authorities attitude. The law prescribes that the tail light, ha well as showing a red light from the rear of the vehicle, must also illummate the number plate so as to make the figures clearly visible from a distance of 16 yards. It is in respect of the latter requirement that many car owners aro. remiss but the necessity for its entorno- ment cen

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