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FARE

REE Firestone

STANDARDIZED

BATTERY SERVICE

1. Test battery with hydrome-

ter.

3. Add appeared water if mond-

ed.

3. Clean top and torminsí

posts.

4. Tighten, and grease term

nais. ..

•

5. Inspect and check cables. 6. Tighten hold down clamps. 7. Chuck generator charging

rate.

It is easy to neglect a battery until it gives trouble, but this is costly and danger- ous practice. You carrynosparebattery and should protect the one you have.

Firestone

Standard J

Batterien. 'Brake Lining:

The Dragon Motor

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

HIGH GRADE SMALL CARS.

Where Britain is Supreme.

BLINDING LAMPS. Suggested Amended Regulations.

HIGHER EYE-LEVEL

SATURDAY, AUGUST

ค

HAND

1931.

SIGNALS IN MOTORING.

Invisible from Motor Coaches.

MECHANICAL SIGNS NEEDED.

aize larger, then their prade-of transport between 7 and 10 h.p. Jago to the Ministry of Transport the design of lights, and is the most congested, but in which there are signalling device on his taxi-cab a

cokяors.

Let us take the advantages of present

one

WAS

about which

obviously be ridiculous to frame! regulations which forbade the use of such lamps when, in other respects, they fulfilled all require- monte. As the RAO. remarks, it is obviously desirable that there should bo

little possible in the wording of any re- ambiguity as

A motoring problem that has not "They (the signals) will help you gulation an infringement of which yet received the attention it needs to decide upon your own move.. In the last year or two a number|port; secondly, they want freedom (By John Priolenu).

have been from offort during driving. of now car models

In their amendments to the may lead to a prosecution.

is that of mechanical signals by ment.""" Draft Road Vehicles Lighting

A Higher Eye-Level,

drivers in traffic that is not only For want of a rear Indicator or announced with a power unit of a

Britain is supreme in the class Regulations submitted a few days

The second amendment lesla with

vehicles as far apart in size as the driver, በዞ I happened Cars of between 7 and 10 h.p. at the Royal Automobile Club have

interesting and

prac

of the four "baby" car and the long motoredach, see recently, nearly ran OVER This has been taken advantage number all others enormously made some valuable suggestions put forward. The

regula writes the Morning Port.

a pedestrain who tons,

it lay down that the Ow

-cross a road on

Ven of by a number of experts to fore: The second domand is not being which, it is to be hoped, the aluminating beam must not bol: Owing to the length and width of tó

De most motor coaches, drivers of there WRA ΠΟ traffic - "behind cant larger-powered cars and to met to the extent it might be, but thorities will seriously consider hind, at a distance of 25 ft, from | signalling’hand of a coach driver. | the taxi-cab was about to turn round

than 2 ft. 0 in. from the motor-cars could seldom decry the small car. My Laate am convinced that it will be met To begin with, they argue that the

see the him. There was no indication that runs to large, fast cars, and I am, sooner than most people Imagine word "blinding"

is a better de Therefore.. not #kainst Jarge engined cara, but I feel it is found to bring this moont. That caused of uncutrelle light or for themselves by brief experiment, signal that he was pulling out into device would have saved both per- One thing only remains to be finition of the trouble and danger the car. As anyone can discover In cases where the driver wished to and return on its tracks. signal neither fair npr reasonable to let in, a lighter form of easy genring."

this overdoing it by a large insinuations against the cheapest change davice suitable for cars of

power than the old

It is their view that margin. As the club remarks, the the road, many car drivers saw the sons a shock to their nerves.

signal only at the moment when it During the past few years motor form of motoring go unquestioned. 10 1

10 h.p. and under. Given that, the the word "dazzling In indefinite average height from the ground was almost too late to avoid accid-manufacturers have provided rod

of existing headlights

About 36 oals.

"stop", rear lamps na part of a car's the larger-engined car. It is idiomalilarity of the excellent and covers both the inconvenience in and this regulation' would en-|

This suggests that every vehicle standard equipment. Since the ears of 10 h.p. and and the dunger caused by hend force

downward angle of such de- that uners want power, which is under will be small compared with

should be equipped with some popularity of the saloon and closed with lights-two totally different gree that the light would strike easily available, and the effrelive their future popularity.

The matters. It is obvious that the the road at a distance of 160 ft. for signalling to following car their owners have added also

trafic. use of which does not depend on type is as reliable, speedy and new regulations are to be direct from the car, this reducing the

mechanical sigrials to notify change the skilful use of gears. If the sturdy as its bigger brothers, and ed primarily against the danger effective range of the average lamp usually fitted on the front screen. These, usually, are easily soon both Signalling devices on carn preof direction to other road-users. objection to the small car is goar-ita comfort has been improved out of "free" beans, the inconvenience by fifty per cent. The amendment Some cara also have an indicator at in front and behind. changing, why have not makers of all knowledge during the past being of much lens gravity. As suggests that a horizontal beam the rear. tackled the question of relieving two years,

the amendments phrase it, it should be permitted-as well as or the driver of the need for skilful

Why should not the Minister of In initial cost and cost of up-only the blinding effect which is an alternative to a descending Transport consider the question of Kear-changing?

keep it has all other types beaten dangerous, and it is that which beim, I take it-which does not compulsory rear signals on motor Gear-Change Devices,

easily and the statement one should constitute the sometimes hears, that the saving "Dazzle" and "Blince."

rise above 42 in. from the ground vehicle to give greater aafety at at any point.

jail times? The free-wheel and three or in initial charges between a small We have been so long accustom- I recently tested and reported in It should be a simple matter to Every user of the road knows the four automatic, gear-change car and a bigger car js more thaied to accepting the definition The Observer upon a new type of arrange a standard type of Indica- difficulty of seeing signals made by deviers have been in existence for oitset by the expense incurred in "dazzle" 'as covering the whole lamp, which, throwing a flat hori- tor, which would be easily under drivers of large closed box vans, for several years, but only one or two service charges is'not justified. question that at first the distinctionzontal beam from a height of 27 in. stood by all concerned. The High-instance, so that only traffic coming firms have looked at them serious-j' I doubt whether an alterntion in may not be obvious. Yet there above the ground, gave ample driv.

Code

on preases

all towards the large vehicles are in a dy--though I believe most firms the horse-power tax. even the considerable difference between ing light and to all intents and pur-motorista

of position to read' the siguals made necessity are now realizing their possibili. abolition of the tax, will ever the two, and it is well that the nt: poses obeyed the draft regulations. giving signals in

good

time by the driver, Drivers following ips.

result

in the firitish motoring tention of the public as well as of 1 found that while there was a very before changing direction or such vans keep an clear as possible There is a lot of misunderstand public turning from the small car the Ministry should be drawn to slight (in the case of moving stopping. But what use

are for this reason. in the larger car. Ling in the idea that u, large bore, that

It may mean it. It is quite possible to be vehicles, momentary) dazzle at 30 hand signals that cannot be seen A signal indicator on the back the little “sevrus and lightly or momentarily dazzled by in. above the ground, the proposed by drivers of following vehicles? comparatively low-speed engin "eights" will lose some mensure

sure orcoming lights without any risk standard level, there was nane at Direction Indicators for a expensive to run, in addition to of their popularity, but, I belleve attaching to either party. A pro-all at any height above it up in 36 the Xtra tas that has to be paid that, in Britain, the must popular porly-designed lamy, with controlled in. This was the first lamp of its The tall power

Dircetion 431 the largest for several years will be

the ixams. engine in rarely called on, and in 10 to 12 h.p., with 10 hp, figured

may - produ80*** passing type I have ever tried which gave of vehicles would be helpful to other be small; the safety value great. dazzle at

distance of suy 200 ft.. [really satisfactory results, and it is | road users heridos motorlatu, “Get | just cases the petrol consumption as big ear, and expected to give but the point at which it does to be hoped that the R.A.C. ament to know the signals used by drivers

sunt areatly higher than that of that "delightful Cooling of ample is limited that no danger

Consideration is being given to a the smaller asputine with a similar reserve" which the advocates of anyone results, The effect is past promote further useful experimenit ting trafic." states the Highway tomatic lights for traffic control at to meats will be accepted so as to of vehicles and by persons regula. proposal for the installation of au- end performance,

The 25 hp. nud 39 h.p. now talk, almost as soon as it is felt. It would on the same lines.

Codo in its mulvice to pedestrains. | Guildford. The power of the larger engine'about. gives greater speed, hill-climbing ¦ and aveleration, and makes thei

or the parts.

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The British "Baby,"

ar casier to drive. The engine It is be fair and admit that, t working well within its maxi-promparatively, the srazdei holda mum with less stress, and there unthing so good us the British | Tore there is leva wear and tear!"baby.” An 8 hp. saloon can he bought for about £189. Tax and insuranée are low, maintenance is Some advocates of the large car, low, garaging is as low as 5. in scoffing at the small car, have werk, fuel gives 40 m.p.. teven trucle ridiculous comparisons with a hulivy-footed driver), lubri. between # 16 h.p. and an 8 ocation is somewhere about 1.600 Ah, and have spoken as if ever? miles a gallon, tyres are long- 33, Wong Wei Chung Road. Happy Valley.inary 16 hp, car will do 50,000 lived, and road performance is

Car Co.,

Ltd.

Telephone 30ZZA

without decarbonising. high. while an 8 or hp. is laid up! were 2,000 miles..

Three years ago, taking, capital and depreciation in costs as well

A three-wheeled-auto, the B. S. Two things the British buying, as all other things into account. A.. is catching on in Ewertund. It Doublie Ant before all lean 8 hp. car normally cost 3d. has two wheels The rear

and Firstly, they want a ear of the a mile to run for 10,000 miles u one in the front. I for, lowest horse-power and mainten-year. It should be cheaper still.

jence cost to do their job of trans- now. C. In Exchange.

about $500.

it

way

at the rear

The Minister of Transport may not wish to specify any particular form of signalling device, but thore seems no good reason why an Order in general terms should not be made to meat the need.

of a van would at onco give con fidence to the driver of tho van as well as to other road users.

The cost of such Indicators would

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