1925-03-07 — Page 11

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1925.

PROBLEM OF THE WINDSHIELD.

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SUGGESTED DEVICE FOR OPENING OR SHUTTING.

Straight ahead of you, ahead of the car, and up to lo as you sit in your car, is the part foot above the ground. that has gained little attention! and nooda much corroction.

It's not the engine. It's the windshield.

Windshields, at the most, are a disadvantage. Thoy impair clear vision. That's most important in driving, especially in bad woather and in congested dis tricts.

At the same time, a design has boon formulated which, when opened, would also keep out raia and dust. The visor helps that.

THE IDEAL.

INCORRECT BRAKING. AUSTIN

CHIEF CAUSE OF SKIDDING.

Motorists use their brakes too liberally.

"That's the elief cause for skid- ding:

An automobile will skid on slip. pery pavement when the front wheels are furred the slightent out of the forward direction, the clutch is out and the brakes are. applied. The back wheels, sup- porting the heavier half of the auto in most cases, become lock- od, cannot hold against tho pavo- mont, and carry the car on in the original direction regardless of front whool'direction.

Even when the front whorls| aro directed straight forward, if the car is riding along on a slip- pery road that slopes to a ditch, releasing the cluth and applying the brakes moan danger. The back of the car in this case takon To prevent rain being blown in the easiest course-toward the from the lower half of the wind-ditch-and the best drivor can't shiold, it is suggested that this stop such a slido once it's started. part be tilted slightly forward,

BLOTES DANGEROUS: while the upper half ho made so

Here lies the roal dauger. But, for the comfort of the that it should tilt inward until it

aperture one inah Motorists are told to stour their driver and passengers, the wind- affords an shield is a necessity. It keeps high.

care in the direction of the skid, out wind, dust, rain. It bolps

This is considered the ident But if the car is skidding toward It is rarely soon, a ditch, and the motorist tries to koop the car onolosad, if it's a wind-shield.

and thon chiefly on high-priced steer his car that way ho is suro llow to compromiso t'ose two closed cars. points is the problem automotiva To engineers are facing to-day. afford clear vision, and yet koop the car enclosed.

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MOTOR OILS

GASOLINE

ONE-INCH GAP.

The most general type now into ge in, one way or the other.

There is no ascape from such a uso is the kind that has a slant of about 5 to 10 dogrors toward skid. There is a preventive, as the driver, from bottom to top, thura is for any kind of skid.

That is-drive carefully, turn and that opens practically mid-

Blowly with cluich in keep Clear VISIOO requires no way. obstruction of glass between the Another suggestion for im-the engine pulling the car, apply driver and the ground ahead, of proved windshield design, is the the brakes slowly and carefully. lavico that With the clutah engaged, tho him. This means an open wind-installment of a

Brakes would help the driver open or engine controls the cir shield.

the windshield with the my then be applied easily, with Το praduce

effect, shut engineers have decided that ale ist bother. A cranking device, out letting out the clutch. Then, slanting windshiell of a certain worked from the dash, might if the rear dogs bgin to skid, design cau ba opened an inch achieve this. It would relieve the ongine will keep the wheels fort to drive hotween the upper and lower the driver from taking both his turning in an halves to give the driver sufficíon hands off the steering wheel them out of the skid. clear vision. It has been figurer while driving, in order to open or that the pri per windshield, open-shut the windshiel el on inch, would afford clea vision of from 50 to 100 fee

thin

FIRST-AID RULES FOR THE MOTORIST.

It is a troublesoms task to-day that can be remodied.

SERVICE DEPOTS.

TAKING CURVES.

Carves should be taken with The clutch engaged, and the Rours i in second, or low. The brakes need not be touched.

If the car is going at a good rate of speed and necessity for, slowing up or stopping is soon) ahead takȧ your foot off the WHAT THE A. C. DOES. throule and let the engine slow The brakes may to up the car. MANY HELPFUL HINTS.

In the past, the service policy applied and released with short, The following "first-aid" sug- which forms so acceptable an easy strokes of the pedal. But gestions are applicable to thejassot of A. C ownorship has beon the cluich should remain in until most common forms of accident. hampared by a ervice depot the driver in certain just another As it is the duty of every one to which was inadequate to meet light touch of the brake pedal. know what to do for the injured, the needs of the rapidly growing would bring the car to a complete| you should study thoso rules numbers of owners. corefully:

Bruines and burns-Cover with any kind of clean grease or oil: wrap parts with cloth to keep out

the air.

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this stato of affairs has beon remedied in a mest satin-

manner. by the skidding is to avoid a suddon factory establishment of a new depot change in direction. Turns should which is at least stood in its bo made alow and as widely as facilities and reope as anything possible.,

IN EMERGENCIES.

Cuts-Clean out the cut with strong warm salt water to which of the same nature in this country. bas been added a drop or two of It is the aim of the manufacturera

If the emergonoy arises at carbolic acid; draw edges to to make this depot 100 per cent. rother with strips of plaster; efficient, As regards staff and which a sudden turn must be bind with a clean bandago

equipment, for the handling of made, take your foot of the Dialocations-Don't attempt to overy class of repair work, from throttle and apply both brakes, sot dislocated parte; send for the minor adjustments and overhauls emorgonay and service while the doctor. Place part in position to coach-building and painting, clutch is still ongaged. You will easiest to sufferer; apply wat this aim is cortainly achieved. skid, but not as much as you) cloths.

Special provision has been made would if the clutch were out, Electric shock-Apply cold to for spoody service to obviate the Don't try to shift. suddenly intoi head; mustard plaster to back of necessity for lengthy delay in the low or rovorse." There would bo neck and another over heart; cars of acidents or damage to nothing left of your gears if you wrap patient in warm blanket and one's car, and las an exampe of did.

the manner in which this sorvice

Keep ahy of stroot car tracks, Yessir:-1 Know Just Who Can resort to artificial respiration.

organisation studios the owner's Foreign bodies in car-Syringe interests, the following itoms are but if you happen to slice into Doctor Up Poor Little Flivver. "with plain warm water. If an instructive. Spring leaves are them, thie is how to get out:

Inacet, lot patient lie down on replaced if brokon, at ones, free -Slow down, shift into low goar, opposite side side and fill the car of charge, as the manufacturers and when you have clear space to with warm water. The insects consider that A.C, springs should right and left of you, suddenly will font out.

nover braak with ordinary usago, worve your wheels to the right. Foro ga bodies in eye-Pull If a front axle is bent through You will skid a little, but not down eyelid soarch out the accident, a new one can be sup enough to harm, and the car will. object and remove it with the plied and fitted iman ediately, bo out of the tracks. anrnor of a fine handkerchief, or pending the repair of the damaged

and I know that when the DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY cures a car's aches and pains that car stays cured.

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BRITISH SUCCESSES.

CONTINENTAL RACING,

BUCCINKOS

in

with a little brush made by one, The same applies to dynamo wrapping the point of a toothpick

or magnot failures, and with absorbent cotton.

Tho Саво of wing damage Fracture-Place patient in r In the same way, temporary. clining position, bind limb in wheels or radiators are loaned to pieces of thin board made wot owners to tide them over the with arnica or salt water until period of repair. the doctor arrives,

An instructive le flet on the Sprains-Perfect reat. Applyubject of A C. servio, has been co water cloth to joint; finally prepared by the manufacturers, usa gontlo mation and liniments and will be forwarded to any to prevent stiffness.

FRENCHMEN PRODUCE SYNTHETIO GAS.

intero-ted motorist upon ra quest. It should bo montioned for the bon fit of visitors to the Metro- polio, that this servico station is convenienty situated within five minutes' drive of Rovent's Park, at North Road, Cale fonian Road.

CENTER OF WEIGHT

Two forms of skilding aro

Paris. Two Frenchmen report June 14th and 15th. Following

of British they have succeeded in devising As in the case of the works shown here. Upper sketch shows up n the AUCCOBA Sunbeam cars in the French a process by which synthetla oil themselves, owners and others how the back of a car tends to Grand Prix (this firm is again and gasoline could be produced interested are cordially invited slide off the side of a crowned (antering a

strong team for the cheaper than the modern variety, to visit thin servios depot and to road. The only way to secure it 1boy aro Andry Bourgeois and see for themselves the effolent is to turn the wheels in the direc- Kamo raco

Strasbourg on at

O. Olivier. They hava boon work method employed, The outstanding feature on the August 3-d), theso sporting side of motoring during cannot fail to do much, says Then on this process for several Just your

was the sweeping Autocar, to enhance the prestige years in their laboratary success of the solitary Rentley of high-grade British oars on the 3-litre car against forty French Continent, where high speed extreme reliabilty. rivals in the twenty-Four Hours allled with

tho widest possible Endurance Rago for the Rudge-attracta Whitworth Cup at Le Mans on attention.

tion of the skid-the ditchi-s the arrow in front shows. Lower sketch shows how the rear of a | and the ofl could also be obtained; moving oar tends to continue tho The fuel and oil are said to be at ohospor cost.

original direction, while the front

Annieros.

at

derived from water and carbon. Plans are being made for son-] wheels are being turned. Skid- The gasoline obtained could bestruction of factories in various ding results unless the rear is gold at one-third the price asked parts of France, where this oll controlled by the engine and the

turn is rande slowly enough, for it to-day, say the inventors, and gasoline could be made.

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