MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
· SATURDAY, ⋅ 9th. MAY, 1931,
Being The Official Organ at
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
K. L. G.
THE SUPER-PLUG
Bole Agents:-
The Hongkong Motor Accessory Co.
Bank of Canton Building 1st Floor
Kowloon Branch: -
470, Nathan Road, Next to Yaumati School).
FOR ALL CLASSES OF
MOTOR
Insurance
WRITE
FOR OUR PROSPECTUS
China Underwriters, Ltd.
HEAD OFFICE Hongkong Bank Building.
4 Des Voeux Road Central, Tel. 28121:
B.S.A
FOR BEST
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Peak Tram Station.
Some drivers will persist in stopping outside the Peak Tram Station, in spite of the fact that
stopping place has been provided In few yards below the station, off the main traffic stream. The rond outside the station is very narrow, there being room for but two fears to pasa each other, and it is, not only most Annoying when a vehicle obstructs the upward How of truffle, bu! is also dangerous. The Trafie Department should inke firm steps in the matter and, if necessary. ]}?{}${r]{4 offenders after due warning. Cars which do stop outside the entrance, fre quently lack down the bitt order to turn, and this again con- stitutes a danger. For years this particular place was considered unsatisfactory, and we believe that suggestions by the K.A.A. had the effect of inaugurating the side stopping system. It is useless to spend money on improvements and the upkeep of white lines, if motorists are to be permitted to totally disregard sieli schemes. Lady Drivers
in
During the week we received a complaint against lady drivers, alm- ply because one was noticed to be "powdering her nose" while driving a car. We think that the charge that Indy drivers
Ara! not careful is unjustifled, in fact, some are very much mure capable than Hote mere men motorists. Of course. It may be a temptation to the fair sex lo drive a car Bitterl with mirror, but it would be somewhat frivulous to suggest that mirrors should be forbidden cars driven by Indies.
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NEW STUDEBAKERS POPULAR IN HONGKONG.
The 1931 Studebaker models have been enthusiastically received everywhere, and local niotorists who have has an opportunity of inspecting and trying these vehicles here, speak in glowing terms of the vase of control and beauty of line. Free-wheeling. claimed to be the greatest advance in automotive engineering, in- volves u basic engineering principle which engineers have developed and perfected over a long period of research and bestwork. It is interesting lo note that Studebaker is the first American car
to offer free-wheeling.
New models are now being exhibited by the Hongkong Hotel Garage, and a number of these have already found purchasers.,
ROAD SIGNS.
A survey by research engineers shows that highway markers exert a paycology on drivers which
TYRE CARE.
Tests Prove that Drivers then take more cure than Thousands of Pounds
Obey Warnings.
FEWER ACCIDENTS.
New York, March 25-If it
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
they would without the presence. of such signs.
Wasted Daily.
TRUE ALIGNMENT.
1931
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Tests have proved that drivers are beginning to respond more satisfactorily to road markings, and that there is a psychological
walls of the tyre. and possibly hole forms o rke to keep within traffe lanes. Every day thousands of pounds causing complete collapse early foreign matter, including water, passage for all are literally thrown away by tho in its life. It has been observed, for In-ever-growing army of motorists,
into the carcase of the tyre. The
said,
Colour Rules the Road,
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blotting-paper. This eventually
Maximum Expectancy if Cared For.
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A little time spent on inspect-
Europe's largest garage has just been complete in Stockholm, Swe- den. It has a floor area of about weren't for the highway markers 340,000 square feet. Space is pro- dotting the roads of the United vided for 1500 automobiles in States, there would be thousands stance. addition to numerous workships more traffic necidents.
that a driver travelling and a further huge sum is added An over-inflated tyre compels greatest enemy of all is water. and offices.
to highway authorities.
according on a raud that isn't lined down to running costs through neglect the trend to assume an incorrect in normal running, the injured the middle is apt to drive. niilor their tyres. A motor vehicle contour, which does not allow the portion becomes filled with water, on a road that isn't lined down functions only in proportion to the full tread width of the tyre te and the cotton in the carcase as soon as he reaches a marked time, care and inspection given it; come into contact with the roud soaks up some of this water like road, instinctively stays in his but how many motorists include surface. Thus the tyre load is causes the wet cotton to separate traffic lane.
tyre Inspection under this hond-carried by only a portion of the ing?
actual tread, That portion from the rubber, and Boon overloaded, and, in consequence, section of the tyre has no resis It is dangerous to run an engine generates excessive heat.
tance to the internal air pressure Colour has a great effect on the short of oil, but how many people
beyond the rubber forming the caution of drivers, highway en-realize it is equally dangerous to the trend of a tyre is a section This very often takes the form of Now, immediately underneath tread of side wall of the tyre. gineers contend. From the techni- run their tyres short of air? cal viewpoint of colour scientists.
of what is known as "cushion"-a blister, and eventually causes B the present use of red to signify tyre suitable for every vehicle at around its circumference which is both the tyre and tube.
The tyre manufacturers make a in other words, a layer of rubber burst which in many cases raine danger, with green safety, is a poor use of colour in printed form, information show-This acts as a shock absorber. to denote present manufactured, and issue, nofter than the outside tread. when designed to regulate motor-ing the correct load which any Should the tyre be over-indatud, tyre should carry, and the right the shock will be absorbed by a Yellow as a stop sign with blue air pressure which is necessary to small percentage of that gushion, as a signal to go would be a much produce the maximum of riding and not only are the Lonents the tyres of your car will in more efficient combination, it is comfort, and the minimum of which should be
fatigue in steering the vehicle. eliminated, but the shock and heat built into them at the factory.
obtained all probability be amply repaid by.
your obtaining the maximum life aro transmitted to the carense of The reason for this is that, ac- tyre la carcase of cotton, which mentioned, deteriorates rapidly, points which, when checked re- Beneath the rubber tread on the tyre, which, as previously The following are the major cording to accepted theories of is built up to carry a definite load. in proportion. to the increase in gularly will go a long way cufour vision, yellow and blue are The side walls of this carcase are far more prominent in the spec-so constructed as to flex without temperature.
towards achieving this end: tram to the human eye than oiker fracturing the cotion. The tyre
1. Remove all tyres porfodically. colours. When placed aide by pressure recommended for any
rimè side they are seldom confused. vehicle is such that a motorist can
2. Inspect
for truth. Almost no one is blind to yellow, take advantage of this flexing
removing rust and giving a coat blue and violet, but colour blind- without causing any damage to the important factor, is not every-
very ing of stock black or similar solu
ition. ness often happens, when red or
tyrea; but, should the pressure be thing to be considered when green are observed. **
3. Inspect the insido of the maintained at a higher or lower caring for the tyres. Very few covers for pieces of foreign matters level than that recommended, the motorists appear to appreciate or small fractures of the carcase motorist laya himself opon to that it is possible to wear the tread due to concussion bruises Incurred An authority point out that serious trouble at a later date, the completely off any tyro in an during running. colours Melected by raflronds, red by the extent to which the tyre has the wheels of the vehicle bo run-rust marks, damaged or * Jeàky Interval of time being controlled extraordinary low mileage should i 4. Inspect tubes for porosity, and green, arc unfortunately those most confused by the colour recommendation.
been inflated over, or under the ning out of alignment. You can-valves, loose particles, and so on, blind, although red has an age-
not see, in many cases, by'
by looking 6. Reft, the tyre and inflate” to at B vehicle whether or not the correct pressure. wheels are running in.
7.Test, wheel alignment and is necessary to live line, and It
*** steering connexions in order to In the case of an under-inflated ad by the agent for your car or ascertain whether any excessives new colour combinations should be sets up friction, and this friction maximum life which is built into of the road wheels. ever, are uncertain an to whether tyre, the flexing of the site wall by a garage proprietor if you wish play is to be traced between the to obtain from your tyre the steering wheel and the movement used in traffic signals and highway causes heat. Rubber is a bad them by the manufacturer. Your garage will n markings, despite the fact they ara conductor-of-heat cotton-natural
Although his father leads a fast life, Gar Wood, Jr., son of the famous motorboat speed, demon, is following right in his footsteps. Here you see Gar Wood, Sr., loft, above, in his intost racing creation, Miss Amorlen
IX, with Duke Schiller, noted speedboat pilot. Gar Wood, Jr., is shown. below in his not-ad-fast boat equipped with an outboard motor,
Red Used for Centuries.
old paychological effect as a warn-
ing.
Students of road marking, how-
Friction and Heat From Under-Inflation.
Correct Alignment Essential to Economy. Air pressure, whilst
check-
more readily seen than those in ly loses its flexing qualities with There is also a further condition you small, inclusive, se at present. It le doubtful increased temperature, the which requires your consider this service mushkres whether motorists could be swing obvious result is that either the tion, that isoula in tyres, po doubt be any lover! from the psychological effects cotton cords will fracture jor, the | Should a tyre resolve a cut which fykily by, the foru conveyed by the firmly establish- rubber will separate from the penetrates the tread rubber and achieved.minally at ed, systemą now in use.
Leotion, thus weakening the aldo.exposes the darcase, this out or sur pice MENE
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