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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

AUSTIN SEVEN

Stock Carried. Salesroom at la, Chater Road, open every day (sun- days oxcepted until 5 p.m.

Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd.

Bank of China Building and 1A, Chator Road.

FAKED CAR SPEEDS.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

which nothing is more simple to ensuro by maladjustment, the work being child's play, by com- RECURRING MALPRACTICE, parison, for example, with the

BY 1. MASSAC BUIST IN THE.

"Observer"

proposition of faking the taxi mister.

SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1926..

University and, secretary of the same committed."

DRIVERS ARE TESTED, "There are personal factors which can be rovoalad by psychol. logy laboratory test of the up, plicant for a driver's license," answers Dr. Binghamt. "You can determine exactly how long it takes to act after an emergency is percoingd

"The average driver, wa havo, found requires about one-half a second in emergency to take his foot off the accelerator and put it on the brake. This means the our travollng at 30 miles an hour would go alour 22 foet before the driver acted.

Moreover, there is a difference between running a demonstration, car with a false speedometer rend From the earliest days of motoring and losing standard cars ing, when discussing alike the to buyers with spoodometers set maximum and the average speeds to give false roudings. It is a

which ut

they travol onbad phase, like that which was standardised cars, a large propor-very rife for a spell in regard to tion of owners have pursued the fuck consumption. Thus, as are policy which has made the warra-nult of a high premium being put tives of Ashermen' proverbiul. In-on economy by certain of our deed, in the quite early days of tourist trophy competition rules, motoring I had already gathered half a generation ago we were certain impression that

.. out the

every really turning

"Samo types of nörvous dis- standardised ear was capable of standard cars of about 20 hp.orders unfit a person to drive, travelling at least 10 per cent in present Treasury rating which while other have no such effect excoss of the speed of which the nevertheless carried thair com-Ono eminent psychologist says designer intended it to be capa-plement of passengers twenty-five that a person suffering from acuto ble-aave when the given owner miles to the gallon of fuel. Thero molancholia is one of the safest was held up on a charge of having upon a number of foreign cars of all drivers, because he takes

of exceeded a speed of 20 miles an particularly troas-Atlantic extreme precautions against acci- hour!

origin, were marketed in this coun- dents."

Dr. Moss has made extensive When the earliest speedometerstry by salesmen who alleged they

their very could do the same thing here, teste into the ersonal factors became available,

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to encourage such generous over One owner, in ten who took his tests was simple device of estimates of the capabilities of enough interest in the matter to "What's wrong with this picture" their cars as enthusiastic owners discover the fraud gut upon him to determine a person's judgment entertained. When anything went would be merely asked blandis, and perception of danger. He has wrong with the speedometer on bringing the fact to the notice applied the standard intelligence that the pointer fell to zers, the of the vendor "Well, what can test to drivers, also. owner understood thas the acou expect now, that everybody clse is tellitig" the Hame lie; do cessory

not functioning. was whereas when anything happed you really think any car can do to put it out of adjustment in the such absurdly economicul fulgence is not necessary to be n "naumption?" Of course; several opposite direction, so that it, read

did; but they vastly toe highly the mere sug-nakes of cars

re not of the types so acquired. gestion on the dial caused the owner" really to believe that he Unfortunately, no prosecution was was driving at such a speed, on ever attempted. The Cone principle:

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A high grade of general intell-

good driver, he demonstrated, but. a subnormol mentality makes a dangerous driver. Ho found axicab chauffeurs with the minds of seven-year-old children, and they were having trouble,

Speedometers appen to be. "A small number of people he faked in various ways to-day come chilled and quite helples Sametines you come across a car from fear when confronted Tyl with a speedometer, the cumula-suddene ergency," says Dr. e mileage on which totals up Moss. "We have locnlod them correctly when the machine's per- in tests on students in the univer formance is checked from inile- sity.

hand

Of course, when a premium began to be put on ear, celeri- tion and speed up hill, un- fortunately there

a strong commercial temptation to make the speedonicter tell a tale which the actual performance of the fort to pilepost; yet the actual "It is possible, also, to judge vehicle on the road was unable to speed at which the given car will one's Dye and match. Therefore, *In these he alleged to be travelling atordination by tests. columiis years before the war given points "between them will warned the motoring public un

be provid to be wrong by running more than ont occasion against rainst another ear with a

demoistration

Accurately the known2

adjustou speedometers of which rendered, speedometer. Thus recently one in terms of miles what the vehicle driver travelling at 55 miles an was doing in kilometres.

hour actually overtook a car the

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This is Passing ritis and driving ar to curts. Tiese Losts are quick and retial d will locuté danigamus smits

* Women AND dangerous as drivers than ma, given egun practice.

tendency to accidents.

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Many times since the campaign speedometer of which was re-havo no distinctive psychological ones cone across examples, gistering 64 miles an hour at which have also been commented that moment! Unhappily, these on in these columns, of ears experiences are by no means in standardised with speedometers frequent

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The influence of falinne on' automobile accidents, according to these authorities, is marked.

accidents in New York state last A tabulation of 28,00 trac

year showed that more "titan"

less than a fraud on the public, and an injury to the honest motor 1wice as many accidents ecqur- trader, is to give it the maximum red during the opening 10sh publicity. Admittedly,

in the morning h a large hour as section of the motoring public hous. deliberately seeks to be, imposed on in this style. For instance. among a couple of dozen of one's car-owning acquaintances at least 10 per cent. allege regularly that. their machines travel at rates which even the vendors of them. in their catalogues do not make- believe that they can attain. And

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THE E PERSONAL FACTOR.

TESTING DRIVERS.

"pecial to Honglang - Trie graph by George Britt.

Washington, April 11th. The average automobile driver may expect to have a serious accident about once in 20 years.

But 1 or 2 per cent. of the drivers should thank their special guardian angels if they don't smash a car or run down $ pedestrian every six months or oftenor.

This is too way drivers classify under to-hay's standards and cor- dition, according to Dr. Walter V. Bingham of New York, director of the Personnel Research Fedoration.

One of the large problems of highway safety, he says, is, to ro cognize incorrigibles before they do any damage, and to banish, them from the steering wheel.

Accident reporters" cannot be picked out by outward physical appearance, psychologists agreo. Thoro probably are just as many blonds among them as brunettes. They have no distinctive facial characteristics, or other ear- marks."

'How, then, can you determine who will be predisposed to acci- dents before the subject bogies driving?" The question was put up to Dr. Bingham, who wAD chairman, of the committeo on onusus of accidents reporting here. at Secretary Hoover's récent safety conference, and also to Dr.. F. A. Mass, professor of psychol-}

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