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SATURDAY, 12th OCTOBER, 1929.

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In law, the ownership of a car PETROL SUBSTITUTES involves many responsibilities.

The legal view is that the owner

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la motor fuel famino through ex- person is driving it.

Recently, in the US. a motorist haustion of the world's supply, had to answer a charge of fuel manslaughter arising from an ae cident caused by his car when he was not driving it but was sitting beside a friend who drove.

Although the law in New South Wales is not as drastic as this it

research experts in the nited States have been ean- centrating on the production of synthetic petrol.

If the present supply of crude petroleum were drained, enough

brings home to an owner liability substitute fuels could be produced for damage which he might not

In civil to keep pace with the actually have caused. law, in the 'U.S.A., an

owner tion.

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CURRENT

COMMENT

The Chevrolet that made a record run from Kingston, to Port Royal, Jamnica, found this part of the trip very, dimonit.

cas.

CLUTCH SYSTEM.

The Erdelen Patent.

GERMAN'S DEVICE. -

ITALIAN BLACK- LIST.

Foreign Car Ban.

CLUB'S DRASTIC ACTION.

In order to check the importa-

A curious-system of clutch operation has recently been patent- ed in Germany by Herr Erdelen. in which the ordinary clutch pedal

entirely. eliminated. The tion of American cars into Italy, Erdelen device incorporates the the Italian Automobile Club pro

to issue a blacklist of vacuum servo system of operation poses

connexion familiar "in

with members who buy any but Italian Dewandre and Westinghouse cars. brakes, and the clutch is operated This direct action, is the aut by the accelerator pedal. A come of the idea that Italian cars rotary valve introduced into the are the best in the world, and is pipework connecting the vacuum no doubt inspired by the best reasons. But what cylinder with the engine induction patriotic pipe is operated by the accelerator would happen to the motor in- simultaneously with the opening dustry in Italy if other nations and closing of the throttle, whilst followed suit, and blacklisted ali. the piston rod of the vacuum ap- buyera of Italian cars, is easily pliance is linked up to the clutch.imagined.

SPEED KING.

car is now a

is responsible for damages in

The arrangement functions in by accident caused

the following manner:-When the car if a friend is driving it

accelerator pedal is at rest, the while the owner is 2 passenger.

valve between the induction pipe In criminal law he cannot be

with manslaughter

soon as the engines Joins Motor Company. develop- A stock model Chevrolet recently and five of the party standing on and the vacuum cylinder is open, the same circumstances, though he great

started the suction automatically disengages the clutch. First may be called to answer a charge generally. of being accessory before the actments in the conversion of coal made the trip from Kingaton to the opposite running board to and so

All went well until they ap-speed can thus be engaged without if he has aided or abetted any to liquid fuel have exceeded all Port Royal, Jamaica, a route never counteract its rakish liat seaward.

proached Plumb Point Light House difficulty, and, then a slight touch NEW BRITISH, “EIGHT. improper driving or breaking of expectations in Europe, as well before attempted by automobile.

Port Royal is at the end of a where the sand suddenly gave way of the accelerator pedal will cause

London, Tuesday. “ traffic regulations, which may be as in US. In Germany a plant for treating coal is producing 20,000

narrow sand-spit which and the Chevrolet slipped in the

It was announced at a luncheon a contributing eause of the

toms of methanol, and 120,000 tons long

pedal movement suffices to close cident.

cently that Sir Henry Segrave, the to control the driver, and he is/has been installed for producing bordered on its inner side by albe done the undertow had caught the air valve and so allows the given by Hillman Motora, Ltd., re

The owner's duty at all timesis of crude oil annually, and another consists of low shifting dunes breakers. Before anything could the car to move off because a small

holder of the world's motoring speed strip of mangrove swamp that the car. Still it continued to run, clutch to engage. forms the barrier of Kingston Har- making noticeable headway. Its

In order to avoid too violent record of 231,36 miles an hour, bour. It is the old home of the driver took a desperate chance, not buccaneers and pirates in the West only of swamping the car but of an engagement, two spring-loaded was now associated with the com

shock-absorber pistons are provid-pany which had also obtained the next to a probable purchaser who was driving the car to test it has "GOLDEN ARROW." Indles, once reputed as the richest turning it over,

and most wicked city in the world. been held liable for the intending)

Toward this historic goal, a A great deal of wreckage haded working in small parallel services of Captain Irving, the de vacuum cylinder. These machine in which the record was purchasers negligence. But if the

Chevrolet set out with six passen- been strewn along the strip of cylindera at the forward end of the signer of the Golden Arrow, the

cylinders'

are made, dashrat contract of sale had been com-

gers. Arriving at Harbor Head, coast and added to the perils of main Boulders were en-small

It was also announced that a pleted, the purchaser would have,

the party left the main road, turned driving. been liable evon though the vendor

The "Golden Arrow," Sir Henry south to the so-called Palisadoes countered which caused dangerous hydraulic and not pneumatic in Sergrave's famous speed car, has been shipped to New Zealand and rounded the summit of the skids and delivered terrible blows action, being filled with glycerine "straight eight

harbour without encountering any to the exposed mechanism on the or other suitable fluid, the circulat-marketable proposition..

ing speed of which may be govern- ed by a needle value regulated friend who was killed in an at-

It will be shown at the British serious difficulty. Again turning underside of the

When Rocky Point was reached from the exterior. cident to a car which was being

not always desirable. In order through the mangroves, and after

it seemed impossible to continue, driven by a friend of the owner Motor Car Exhibition, which will south, they chopped their way

covering 150 yards of very heavy owing to the large concrete but The Erdelen system embodies to avoid this, particularly long recovered damages from the owner. be held at Wellington soon.

sand, made for the outer shore.

For some distance it was pos- tresses from the Fort that ran far certain refinements which are of slets are arranged in the yoko sible to proceed along the ridge into the water. The first of these importance, as, for instance, the which moves the throttle lever. which offered precarious traction was taken at a speed of 20 miles possibility of using the engine at As a result, the accelerator pedal but which was preferable to the an hour, the car charging over the a brake. With a contrivance such may be depressed suficiently to four-foot mass of masonry on a as this the car would normally open, the air valve and engage loose aand on either side.

bed of sand which had been piled freewheel when descending a the clutch before the throttle com- Suddenly this comparative to form a crade runway. The next slope, a state of affairs which is mences to open.

on three were rounded on the south firmness gave way to sand

car was ee which it was almost impossible to side in a rush to avoid the heaviest walk without sinking and there the waves, although the car could proceed only a few feet thrown from side to side by the An encouraging note in this cra

at a time, under enormous strala surge of the sea. of hustle and bustle comes from.

The modern car is capable of a to every part while its former pas traffic reports covering various parts of England, showing that the high turn of speed, and yet this in-sengers shovelled the loose sand fatality rate is showing a decline increased power in no way represents from under the sinking wheeld. : spité of the increased number of a danger, excepting when the man motor vehicles on the roads. This at the wheel is unmindful of his is generally ascribed to the widen-, responsibilities. The comfort of ing and improvement of highways, powerful car on such a route as

Chevrolet's and to the greater skill of motor Stubbs Road is indeed refreshing, was no longer too steep to prohibit Royal, It had been successful in drivers. During the last few years, and there is no reason why a good driving. The car turned down an epoch making run and once much work has been done in elimi- turn of speed should not be indulg. the grade and ploughed its way to more established nating narrow and crooked road-ed in when the road ahead is safe. the beach, proceeding parallel to supremacy as a product of creat ways which have been such a Overtaking slower vehicles, how-the water with one side in the sea lendurance and ability. menace in the past." Main roads ever, on blind corners is quite un- and where forgiveable, and there are some have been widened, possible, alternative routes provided local motorists who frequently take to those which previously proved this riak. Other motorista would a source of danger owing to blind be acting for the public good if they corners and narrow thoroughfares. would only report every instance of Not only in England is this impro-road recklessness, and it is clearly vement recorded, but in the United their duty so to do. States better motoring conditions British "Mystery Care," have been recorded nécording to the A feature of the Motor Show Report of the National Automobile which opens at Olympia on the

17th, of this month, will be a num- Some of the letters might have been chamber of Commerce.

ber of "mystery cars" which have.

From streets long-hallowed by our been specially designed for over "Most dignified and noble sir:

feet... The proposal to abolish speed scas conditions. These have been The words of wisdom that you utter limits was at first strenuously op- produced in connexion with the Make spasms of hope within me This evil-emelling upstart car

stir, posed, but it has been found that British manufacturer's attack on the adoption of the proposal has the overseas markets, and ery So joyed I am, I almost stutter

In heaping praise upon your head. in no way increased road risks, in great interest has been arotised in

It is stated that For I'm about to cease from driving fact, they have been considerably consequente. lessened. Of course, wider streets one well-known factory has re- Because of slow, and almost dead do not serve as a substitute for com-duced a car which will sell at a Pedestrians who're always striving mon sense and road courtesy, but low price, the bodywork of which To kill themselves beneath my car. has been designed on American the motoring communities are lines in an attempt to compete in My nerves are wrecked, my. pocket You'll have, at least, one happy awakening to the needs and res the markets now held by the ponsibilities of motor travel.

Saner Motoring.

Speed Limits.

Recklessness.

ment in the interest of the majority of cautious and sensible drivers, The Modern Car.

:

After plunging through a stretch

of brush and bramble, the party reached the track of a light rail- Some distance farther it was way where the car was driven into decided that the sea-pounded beach the exposed ties of the road bed would provide safer ground and and bumped, its way into Port

POINTS OF VIEW.

"A London coroner expressed the opinion that reckless pedestrians He received hundreds of should be fined if injured by "motor-care. anonymous and abusive letters."

drained,

:

That tries to main

with heat-

us. Yours,

I'd like to see you, full of gout, Attempt to cross a busy corner, Just tell me when, I'll be about

I'd love to see you fattened out.

mourner..

"You must be a callous and horrible

man

The kind that no woman can trust,

United States. An official of the I'm almost classed as addle-brained, makers concerned recently stated But hepe returns or very nearly. that it was useless trying to force Again I thank you. Yours sincere

Ty" In certain districts of the United a customer to buy, a car, built to States it is now compulsory to tra suit English conditions, and there vel at a speed which could have pre- ford they were combining Arceri- "Dear Bir: I claim the right to rll move out to Bourke in disgust. viously resulted in the driver find can appearance with the best fea-

walk

ing himself before a magistrate, tures of the British and American On muy street just how I please, but it is now recognised that it is chassis. It was further stated And you have not the right to not speed, but recklessness which is that overseas agents have already baulk,

the great danger. Of course, ordered 25,000 of these cars. Curb, halt or hinder liberties there, will always be some, irrespon- There is also a big export pro- So dear to ev'ry British heart. sible and reckless drivers, but for gramme for "baby" cars which you should; instead, attempt to these thore must be atern punish-have become so popular abroad.

bar

If Sydney should practise your

nasty old plan,

I've met auch nice follows through

being knocked down,

Why should I be careful, or shift?

You really need laws in your silly

old town...

།

To make drivera give all girls &

lift,

(Sydney Sun),

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