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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, · · MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

EUROPEAN

10,000 KILOMETER TRIAL.

The only Prifish cars in this very strenuous event were two Riley Alpine Sixes, driven Donald Houley and Mrs. Montague Johnstone. Both gained first class awards and also Mr. Johnstate won the Hungarian Muter (inb Cup.

Penetinily every country in Southern and Central Europe was enveresd nad the photos graph shress the two Hale a fa Mae yel

HIGH AVERAGE · SPEEDS.

CARELESS DRIVING.

U.S. Report on Railway Accidents.

DRIVERS TO BLAME.

The latest report just filed by the ralironda with the Interstate Commerce Comunission brings out the fact that 25 per cent, of the ac- cidents at highway grade crossingą in 1930 resulted from drivera of motor vehicles crushing Into the Bides of trains.

Of the 4363 crossing accidents in 1930, the report points out, 1276 resulted from this cause, with 248 persona killed and 1771 injured. This

was a slight reduction from similar figures of 1929, and is quite encouraging from that aude alone. But the noteworthy feature about

report fact that NO many drivers still are reckless enough to train. In fact, the same report shows that quite a few of the drivers actually crashed through Jowered crossing gates before ramming the trans.

"This

the

All the railroads, in co-operation with the states und municipalities, have been quite active in eliminat- g the more important grade cross- ngs. Yet it is peculiarly signific jant that just those less important

crossings, where, there is neither | gate nor guard, become more and more dangerous to the unwary motorist. There are the crossing? cutting the high roads where motorists are acsintomed to hitting Coo fast, il ean immediately be it up at a high speed, and

these hecked simply by lifting the foot are the places where daivers should From the accelerator. If thehe most watritul lor. corner be entered to fast. how. ever, a skid is often provoked by for a purpose.

A railroad crossing siga is there 1 should put the braking, yet the speed of the car motorist immediately on his guard, remot

reduced without braking.

whether he hears a train whistle or When

Stut approaching a bend ord Foss-roudly 15 anywhere where caution is nverssary, and owing

ME of Qué sometimes overlongs ex.

the driver Andsin perienced al

enable drivers' required in order to average high feessary to apply the brakes, hel frank lihelter

apes as a matter of course. It should keep a kern look-out ahead fellow-motorist's claim to have traes without saying That they for the beaf part of the road on! avcraped, sag 49 m.2.5.

over A must be averzeal with

which to brake, Sometimes the known stretch of and.

Such a

Indeed, nothing

arfare immediately before the wet

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Past Driving With Courtesy: Regards

for 'sers of the Roads,

to the

Chily by respecting such

by slowing down and looking carefully can we be assured healthful and happy life on

A certal at of knitch is traveline 41 which he has been the other side of the grade cross-

A CONTINENTAL COMPETITION.

motorist will exelain, Has you defegerion's eit on one's average danger mint j4 shining must have hopped it up "ilad chan to be held up and barges asphalt, whereas a hundred yards I when't with For bike some for considerable periods by a man or so before reaching it there other remark in a similar strain. in bio. Therefore, the motorists a good stretch of gritty or Fiats For all that he has driven for who wishes to get from one paint breed macadam, The driver will Seng and years and never had an to another as quickly as possible then brake a little earlier se 2 accident, he has erlaps not the goes to infinite pains to avoid to slow down the gur as much as Kife

of maintaining a high average doing anything which might possible while he is on a surfnee| speed, To him a high average attract the attention of the palice, which will afford plenty of grip must involve dangerous driving, or even of other motorists. or, at the least, unmannerly con- duct on the part of the driver Towards other road u817.

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Score a Distinct

Success.

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Tis

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Convertible Cabriolet

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HIGH BUS TAX.

USE MORE GAS,

MUST HAVE IT.

The longest and greatest motor in the world finished in Berlin on reliability trial ever run anywhere

June 7, the start having been made, Keep the revs. "up" is a good also from Berlin, on May 24. This

wking to

main-

Twas the 10,000 Km. trini organized spreda,

According to figures of the Na by the German Autoniobile Club, is essential that a car suit-mfortable 10 on third and youble clubs of all the countries Operators, special levies and taxer year increased more than 5 per first of 1931 specifies that all au-

other words if your car will do a with the collaboration of the auto- tional Association of Mator Bus Fable for the job should I used.

It is

at 50 01 and attempting to Ponch a hill, say,

2011. average high speeds on a car with do not wait until the speed drops passed through: Austria. France. on a motor bus averages tabon.

to 30 or even 25 m.p.b., but chan

Portugal. Switzerland, Italy, $576 a year.

***** ****, zecoslovakin, Jugosla

strictly

a low maxinum, poor brakes, an: down at, say, about 43 mph. so ins almost inaudible horn and sprint thtly during the interval cap se soppy as that of a sofa.

by the time the car has lost via..

The competition was reserved for Given the right kind of car with!

standard touring

cars, tyre pressures, shock absorbers required for gear changing you and brakes poperly adjusted, the sould be doing the

(which had to keep up throughout maximum Colten rule is "Keep going!"

comfortable speed on third when the whole of the 10.170 kms. (6,315 A far better average

the clutch is one mot engaged miles) of the course, an average. can be

Exchange.

svevil of not less than 35 kms, (21,7 unintained, say, by driving at

teadly 50 m.ph. all day long-

¡mile per hour, for not less than .xexpl wha traile

28 kius. 77.4 miles per hour in thế, conditions

ycase of the smaller class cars), a by no means low average when duo

cumpel, a lower

hast

making hurts at 60 mph, or over

.1

OLD TIMERS STILL REN.

nly to have to brake heavily Factured in nation day have culties of the course and the length

Sine the 15 automobile manus consideration is given to the dif because one's sudden accelerati, een is usines in Tod, or of the stages, I has placed one in sa unfavourable before.

Tearly li of over maitim behind a

are: Oldsmobile, ¦ 1,999 knes. (6200 miles) each. Sehicle. T driver should which started in 1997: Packard. The chief pointh on the

slow-moxine

They

1889: Peoples.

course Cadillac, were: Berlin, Geneva, San Sebas-

always look far ahead and seize : Franklin. 1902: Auburn, tian, Lisbon. Madrid. Barcelona. , every opportunity, if he wants to: Ford 1983; Brick, 1994. Bonie, Munich, Trieste, Zagabria.

in Trant, for

h

1 Thanging down

urcessary, even before he

star

12 and Stradelenker. 390073.

FRENCH FRONT DRIVES,

can

Budapest and Vienn».

The success of the Fint cars That took part could not have been pure brilliant or significance. All three 514 Fints which started

In

actually attempt the manoeuvre, For instance, both ears may have

to slow down for a bent of! It is reported thai five Frencin Berlin, completed the trial, because of some

automobile manufacturers, two in bi ng classified firkt ex-aequo. obstruction in the road. It is the man why is the low price field and thren in the larger category, the only Fint rently to get away first who will the hither price class, are concur taking part, a 521/C cabriolet gain invaluable see

seconds in suchsidering the adoption, of front belonging to Herr Loewengard, was a.case, and seconds saved at he

drive mits,

classified first ex-aruko. rate of

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many per mile can make considerable difference to the the average speed over a run of 100 miles or so in a day.

A powerful horn is very neces-1 sary in ear is habitually driven fast. It is only fair to those in Front to give them plenty of warn- ing to set to their proper side of the road where they should be, hut, alas: so seldom are. Corner- in should be done with care.

corners open

withi in view can, of course, be taken on either side of the road. deriving the maximum possible! help from the camber of the road, wich can be used in a sense as

QUICKER banking. The art of cornering

consists of entering a curve slowly and leaving it fast. One should

START never apply the brakes when

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Firestone

BATTERIES Tires - Batteries » Brake Lining

actantly in the bond, or one might end up most disconcertingly Facing the other way or eveni through a hedge in a field.

Hounding Curves With Advantage.

If the corner to be taken is Ishurp it may necessitato changing town in order to make a fast getaway, in which case all braking should be over and a lower poar engaged before the bend is enter- ed: then all the way round tho curve the driver can be accelerat- ing so that he leaves it really fast

control all the time. This method or cornering has the vory great advanture that, should a skid bo {started through taking the cornor

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TELLS TIME LEFT TO CROSS.

Motorists will have more of a chance when approaching

a traffic light if, the one shown here" with its inventor, Frank Shepherd of Akron, Ohio, is adopted. The hand moves over 12 coloured lights, five red, five, green and two amber, each lighting up in turn. In this way a motorist can see just how much time he has to make s grossing before the light changes.

The domestic consumption of A new motor vehicle jaw which gasoline in the United States last went into effect in England the zent, over 1929, the U. S. Bureau offtomobiles shall be equipped with Mines reports.

Ironshatterable glass,

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