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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 26th. 1931.

Being The Official Organ Di

THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION `

SIGNALS WHICH CANNOT BE MISTAKEN.

GO

CAUTION

STOP

Shown here in action is the new stop-go light which Charles Adler of Baltimore has In- vented for the benefit of colau r-blind motorists. A green light shows through the vertical glass, amber through the diamond-shaped glass, and red through the horizontal oblong. Baltimore, Aug. 23rd. Charles | The green light, at the top, shows road even when there was no cross Adler, of Baltimore, youthful In-through a vertical oblong glass, traffic.

A 450-MILE TRIAL.

70 Finishers Out of 71 Starters.

The Riley Motor Club 24 hours trial-the first of its kind ever held in Britain-was brought to a. excecasful conclusion at Llangollen. Seventy out of the seventy-one starters completed the course; this is a remarkable tributo to the re- liability of the modern car.

The event was divided into two aoctions, night and day. Various starting points were fixed throug!!. out the country, and competitors drove all night to the rallying place. Brecon, in South Wales. Most of the distances from the starting" points to Brecon were nearly 300 miles.

After breakfast the day section began with a 160-mile course, large- ly over rough tracks on the Welsh mountains. Staylittle Hill and Bwlch-y-Grocs were included, und to avoid loss of marks competitors had to average 22 miles per hours over the timed sections of each of these hills.

The premier award was won by ventor who amuses himself figuring slightly mindful of a railroad sem- Adler's light is operated by Mr. Crosthwaite. who started from out unique types of traffic-control aphore arm upraised for the "all microphones mounted at shoulder Leeds, and the best performance signals, has efected a new stop clear" signal. The amber light, height on polos at either side of the by a woman driver was made by to fight for the benefit of the which heralds a change in traffic intersection. A motorist approach- Mrs. Harold Goodwin, who set off colour-blind motorists, of which, direction, shines through a diamond ing the intersection along the les-from Southsea. Air. J. Hobbs, start- he auye, doctors have assured him, shaped glass below the green lens, ser-used road simply blows his horn

iog from London, received the there are about one in every hun-The red light is seen na i horizontal at the microphone--and the lights Directors' Challenge trophy for the dred.

oblong.

change. After An interval they best performance in the trade class The Baltimore police department,

Adler's first contribution to traffic change back. A pedestrian, wish. All the cats, of course, were of Riley

manufacture. which has tried out virtually all of control was an automatic signal in-ing to cross, any achieve the same Adler's inventions, has ok'd the newstalled several years ago at what effect simply by speaking into the light us entirely successful.

knd been

always n "bad" corner, microphone in an ordinary tone. * In appearance it is much like the The bulk of the trafle flows Borth ordinary three-light standard in and south. Molorists wishing to general use. The difference lies in cross were forced to wait unreason the shape of the glass through ably long for a break in the stream which the three successive colours of cars. The usual automatic light, green for "go," amber for "caution" governed by a clock, wasn't suc- and red for "stop" are shown.cessful because it held up the main

NOTES AND NEWS.

Oil Cheaper Than Repair Bills.

POPULARITY OF 150 C.C. MOTOR CYCLES.

The light has been entirely suc cessful except for a brief period when astray dog discovered the mic rophone and amused himself a part of each day barking into it. Each time he barked the light obediently changed.

been standard on every ear for the past-twenty-your£>--

After the event competitors and passengers were entertained by the Riley Clubs and, despite the fact that most of those present had covered some 600 miles without sleep, festivities continued until a late hour.

U.S. DEATH ROLL.

Strong Laws Save Many Lives.

MOTOR CAR TOLL.

auto.

With 160 C.C. motor-cycles becoming so popular following the 155. tax concession, one might ask for what Bort riding are they intended? What are their abilities and their Imitations What constitutes fair treatment for the amallest type of motor- cycle?

These and similar ques-During last year 32,500 tions need to be answered; other moblie deaths occurred in America, From what a London motoring (become dilated with A curtain wise owners may expect more from 4 per cent. increase over the 1929 record of 31,216 lives. Reports journalist has been able to gather amount of petrol, due to the usu auch models than they can per- from thirty-three States and the in conversations with deniers and of it starting air-strangler, er enr- form indefinitely wit of machine District of Columbia, repersenting makers, the next London, motor bur

burettor flooding, and are gradual "When any new type of show will be remarkable for at ly contaminated by dust, minute comes on to the market there are

Safety least one important new feature particles of metal, carbon, and always enthusiasts who of engine-design. For the first other destructive agents.

lily Council's estimate, which has just Yet it anxious to demonstrate publicly time since ears have been in is a common thing to find that its maximum performance, a fact been announced. This 4 per cent. general use, proper attention is to owners, dreading the dirty job of that may have the unfortunate fact that there was less than 1 per increase occurred in spite of the he paid to providing the owner.emptying the sump by the crude effect of giving a false driver

with means of conveniently means at their disposti, allow of its normal capabilities," says cent. Increuse in motor vehicle re emptying the sump, a certain

num-their engines of turn three or four Motor Cycling. "A 160 ct. Inotor- gistrations during the past year.

Ten States with strong

drivers' bor of cara boing fitted with some times the dlatance (on one filling cycle will, for example, haul a very license laws showed an average de- form of tap or drain-plug which of which represents the safety light sidecar; such outfits have

cent. In decided crense of 1.5 per can be opened and closed

been built and have achieved, in above, without necessitating the trying business of crawling under should be changed a

ard drivers license laws show an At the same time. fo increase of 8.3 per cent. If the

forr It is one of the in-possible, as least once in every

use by ordinary people, entire country had done as well as

the enr

75

per

cent, of the

the basis of the Nationon,

murin reasonable limits, the oil the hands of experts, remarkable contrast, the States without stand-

explore features of accepted 1.000 miles.

often as

If anyone should combination of this power would these ten license law States during that so far not more than doubt this, let him carefully note not be satisfactory. We have half-a-dozen, European makes, at the performance and "feel" of his noticed a slight tendency of late 1930 1700 lives would have been the outside, have been equipped engine immediately before each to 'stunt with 150s, and even with saved last year." with one of the most important change, and. .compare them amme machines having smaller engines. details of all. There are two diately after.

difference Such demonstration can be quite

that manu

to renew.

The

that its owner

plug-in the base-of the sumangilt oll, and the latter very definitely by fnat riding over freak little points mentioned in the

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British makes to-day which are so shows that, in

in plain words, the fatoresting but let it be remem fairly casily capable of correction.. equipped, and onu French one engine in not being properly bored that they are stunts and In certain cases, of course, the car used to be-may be stili,

lubricated, and that can lead nothing more, The capabilities of that passes us may be quite de- One of these British cars costs the ruin of the bearings and the 150 and its oven smaller finitely "hotted up" It is more less than £300, proof facturing costs have little, if and warte walls, the most expensive brother are vary considerable. It probable, however, in its per-

ners will do practically anything that is one who takes thing to do with it, for on not

not seem to think that so

so long as fresh a full-size motor-cycle will Recom foranee and who never neglects THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE £1,000, has there been anything everything is safe. It is a serious should not be asked of it, nor giving of its best. The owner who one of the cars costing up to oil is added at frequent intervals; pllah, provided that it is given to go over the chassis periodically ilme. High averages, however, in order to make sure that it is less archale than the usual screw-error. The fresh oil does

does very sump, little to improve the main body of should its frame be punished In-pays regular attention to those dating back to the dark ages of inotoring. The result, doubtless quickly neutralises its offect. surfaces."

makers handbook is always well welcome from the point of view of The modern engine is the most When slogging steadily up a

repaid for his trouble and gets the repairer and the service astonishingly reliable piece of hill, with engine working at its infinitely better results than the station..: Is that a very large num

made, but, like ber of cars, espacially those owned lean, perhaps.

hardest, have you ever been passed motorist who regards his car a by the less experienced, who form it cannot do ita work most by an exactly similar make, and bla slave and treats it accordingly.

similar

nilar model to your own and Most cars have starting motors last long, unless it is in a wondered why? Have you ever fitted with a Bendix drive. If the constant state of perfect lubrica-

"Well, I ing.

don't know, but it contact the pinton

may remain [the importance of

flywhool goar. of periodically and ell. When, if ever, easily operat appears to me that some of these stack contac regularly changine, particularly the

changing the oil-supply ed sump-emptiers become general,thers?" Probably you have switch will only make, matters the gear lover in reverse, than. gel engine ignition-la.not switched on.

models are much faster than Repeated contacts of the starter In a modern

life of the

Average owner

but few of rse

worse by ono whose working engine-spood driven car will be much increaand fact most of us have, which tight jamming the wean somebody to give the disabled car during this operation. Unless the fe high. The very finest olla made and the bills for its upkeep us arrive at the

To remove the parta so sudden push. This will cause teeth of the pinion of the flywheel. begin to deteriorate from the sensibly decreased. It will do is correct in nine cases out of ten that access may be had to the the flywheel gear to revolve the are badly battered this, procedure, moment they are in use, not so interesting to see how many of the namely, that the car we are quick method of releasing it, put it out of insch

offending platon is no small task. pinion on its threaded axle and will save many n dirty job or the much because of their quality or 1982 models will be equipped with driving is suffering from a lons of

Ono should time and cost of hirings the lack of it, as because they la feature which ought to have power due to causes which are

sure. however, that the mechanic.

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It is impossible to axaxxerute tion from a full supply of cleaned up the altuation by say-engine does not fire on the frat

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