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NOTES OF THE DAY

STREET MANNERS

MAY

22, 1935,

MOTORING LESSONS FROM AMERICA

By SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL

The Very Idea!

A LITTLE TALK

ON NAMES ULLIAN, we read, is the

my visit to the United Wich G popular name of the

States I had leisure to study the trafle stream to get away, you

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Attention has frequently been drawn to the thoughtless habit of promenaders of standing conversing In groups in the middle of the pave- ment, to the annoyance of others. Commonsense should tell them to withdraw to the kerb or the shop

in some degree the road traffic may stand there all day before moment. The "G," by the side of the street and allow the

way, like the human heart. stream of pedestrian traffic to flow problem and American ways of others will stop or slow sufficient-

ly to enable you to move. on unhindered. The practice has dealing with it.

You simply have to wait until. can be either hard or soft. Most of my experience was con- Apparently not diminished, and the

Funny, how fashions in names police may have to give their at- fined to Florida, with a very alight for some reason or other, there is

change. Peron, that's a new name; ? tention to this nuisance, here as acquaintaince with conditions rula break in the traffic.

I have been held up for a quarter we heard it firat the other day. elsewhere! It in interesting tong in New York. As every State note that this act of stupidity is has its own legislature, making of an hour waiting to get out of belleve it's Spanish, or something: now included among punishable. Its own traffic laws and regulations, the rates of a golf club situated at any rate, the proud mother,

these laws and regulations, of on a busy main rond.

when asked what the kid was offences in a new code of street be-

There is no legal code of signats called, did a sort of flutter with an havinur, drawn up by the Town necessity, vary in their incidence,

our imaginary fan We went all Council of Madrid. The fine im- but so far as I was able to discover-nothing approximating to posed is not heavy, only three- not grently in their fundamentals own Highway Code. Very few old Castile.

The problem as a whole is vast-drivers take the trouble to make halfpence to threepence, but the Very good throughout $700 mere intimation of the penalty by greater than that in this coun-signals at all, and when they do it should have some effect. There is try. In the United States there is a shade of odds that the signal vehicles will convey no reliable indication MORRIS MINOR SALOON

are 23,000,000 motor an amusing diversity in this code One careful owner, low

of civic manners, and there is good actively registered, or about one of what the giver intends to do.

You may be in the act and fact: mileage

$700 sense in them all. Fines are In-vehlele to every six persons.

Alicted for crossing streets clse- Of course, the country, in of of overtaking another ear, when -Deferred terms to suit clients where than at marked crossings, huge, extent anil at first sight it suddenly it will turn sharp to the

Recma that even this number of left, right across your for cycling on pathways, for throw ing frult aking any sort of vehicles--more than ten times the (The rule of the road is the op

number owned in this country posite of our own). does not present the problem con-

Ash is a nice name, too. At least fronting our own authorities.

The astonishing thing is that it has nice nasociations-and fan't The United States has registered there seem to be few accidents as it by their associations that names

for each

Ash doesn't eight motor vehicles

a result of this desultory system, really stand or fall? square mile of territory, whereas and it certainly says something for spell cinders for us; it brings to this country has approximately the general alertness of the Ameri- mind the woodland tracts of Somer- sixteen for every square mile. can driver that collisions are so set. where the meadow-saffron But figures which stand by them-

krow. But we haven't seen mea- selves are notoriously misleading.

dow-saffron for twenty years.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1935.

THE VOLUNTEERS Major-General Borrett must have been gratified at the res ponse made to the invitation which he issued for a friendly discussion on the Volunteer Defence Corps, with the object of ascertaining whether it is possible to make service in the

Corps sufficiently attractive to

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rubbish into the street, for couraging mendacity by giving alme to beggars in the streets; and the heaviest fine of all, five shillinga, is for being drunk or singing songs with political allusions. Not that Hongkong would mind a bit of that sort of politica!

CORALLING CRIME

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courne.

Mimrys, which we met with in

us. Mmrys-it's a shado "arty"-- film circles, is another new one on let's hope the gel can live up to it.

If she has a face like her step- Biater-but, there, this isn't a sewing-bee. We thought, at first, by the way, that they'd said her name was Mimulus. The Monkey- flower. An apt description of her

another.

UP TO ROOSEVELT Two little boys were talking Everybody drives-on the open about the President of the United in use is concentrated in and near rond at 50 to 60 miles an hour,States. One of them said:"My

good," '

The other boy replied:-"Oh, I don't know he hasn't closed the

the great centres

of population, and so you get a long procession father thinks he has done a lot of with the consequence that conges- tion in the large elties is much of cars all proceeding at a uniform worse than we can even imagine is no overtaking or cutting-in.

speed, with the result that there

here...

cars following in stately procession You do not overtake queues of

Yet, by a policy of co-operation between all cinsses of road user

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hour, a steady 25 miles an driving nose to tail and making it dangerous to pass.

In spite of the much greater volume of motor traffic on the main "Across the border" in the West

What complicates the American ronds. speed generally is much higher than it is hyre and driving has meant escape for desperados

problem is that vastly greater is much safer. and criminals ever since the swag-proportion of the 23.000.000 cars | kering days of "hud men" down to

the present high-powered age automobiles bearing criminala acroga state boundaries in the United States. It has not been necessary to flee further than the nearest state line, an easy distance on the West's good ronds. But the West has decided to stop this abuse. "It is preparing to wipe out afford protection to criminals, the state boundaries in so far as they Christian Science Monitor relates, At conferences in Sacramento and Portland, representatives of five western states have hammered out the pattern for a teletype system to nk law enforcement agencies Extradition state lines. proceedings, often delaying the pulice until their fugitive has escaped, and other points where the mechanisms of interstate law enforcement have failed to mesh, will be co-ordinated if this plan is finally adopted.

across

and the authorities themselves, it any is possible to drive almost where in America with far less of the feeling that one is Ishmaelite of the road than we do have here.

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schools yet." *

NEW DEFINITION

A teacher recently asked a pupil to describe the duties of a "ton- Of course, American main roadssorial artist." are generally straight, wide, and "Please, sir," replied the young-

fine surfaces... This maleesster after a pause, "that'e-a man ————— for much higher speeds than would who takes people's tonsils out!" For one thing, the primary co-be- anfe on some of our British cern of the authorities is to make main roads, which are as sinuous the roads as safe as possible for a the trail of the serpent. all, and not to persecute and harass one kind of road user,

induce a greater number of young men to join up. The ex- change of views produced some useful suggestions, which will no doubt be fully explored,

In this action, the West gives whilst results of even greater value may be obtained if, as is

Added body to the movement for likely, the members of the interstate "common fronts" against the common onermy of organized Corps are called together for the

crime. There have been similar purpose of giving their own

conferences in Chicago and New views on the issues raised One Jersey. The tighter law enforce

interstate proposal put forward at Mon- ment resulting from day's meeting, however, must be compacts and the co-ordination of regarded as entirely out of the state criminal codes offers a strong to recent federal question namely, conscription running mate for service in the Corps of those drives against the underworld.

A point that should always bein of military age. This runs kept in view, however, when offer altogether contrary to Britishing a deserved salute to better law tradition and would not for one enforcement, is that this activity moment be endorsed by the strikes only at the secondary Imperial Government, even

face In the direction" the if, causes of crime. Every drive for as is most unlikely, it were

law enforcement should have as its

penetrating seriously put forward by the companion n

pro- gramme of social umelioration to authorities here. There was a

forestall the development of young criminals who later cause all the costly anti-crime machine.

A TRENCH STORY One of the "extra" navvies dig- In the big towns, where there is much traffic congestion, the great-ging in a particularly soggy trench, The laws and regulations are ad-est danger is the dawdling driver, finding the task heavier than he ministered more in the spirit than who ambles along at 10 or 15 miles had expected, took rather longer in the letter, although in certain an hour, holding up the rest of the rest apella than his mates.

Nothing much, however, escapes directions-those that really mat-traffle and citing everybody's

Nerves on edge lest he should the cagle eye of a ganger. ter--the police are instantly and properly down on the offender. suddenly do something silly. How- On making his round the ganger the police of any American city

I cannot imagine, for instance, ever, he is not peculiar to America. ran his eye over the group, but said

A I was impressed by the strict- nothing and passed on. few

returned and, . attempting to enforce an arbitrary ness, and at the same time the minutes later he

the new worker, speed limit by methods which avem elasticity of the parking regula addressing 19 have become fashionable heretions. You can park anywhere ordered:"Op out!"

my absence. during

But they except in places marked with the would be instantly down on the sign: "No parking."

There is no such an offence #8 driver who was seen breaking the rules of safety, which, after all, is that matters.

I believe it is true that in spite of the tremendous number of cars use in American "bullt-up areas," which there are compart fively few accidenta,

time, during the latter part of the Great War, when the Corps was converted into a compulsory service unit, but that was in a time of emergency, when or- dinary considerations had to give way to the supreme neces- sity of taking every possible mensure for the defence of the Colony. No such conditions prevail to-day. Various reasons were given at Monday's meeting, as to why more young men do not join the Corps. Probably one of the chief of these is the prevalent belief that there is no great necessity for a volun- tary force in a big naval and military station. That belief, however, cannot be said to be well grounded when we have Major-General Borrett definitely stating that it is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the Corps in the defence scheme of the Colony. Counter-attrac

TO-DAY'S MOTORING HINT

CLUTCH ADJUSTMENT The clutch normally is a heavily stressed component of the ear and Home motorists treat it rather severely. Careful manipulation is requires advisable. This part

adjustment occasionally.

In many cases the adjuster is quite accessible, being close to the clutch pedal. In other instances, however, a cover has to be remov ed before the adjusting screws can be reached on the withdrawal levers.

Generally speaking, there are three of these levera. Adjusting one point which must be emphasis- is quite a simple matter, but the

ed is that the adjusting screws must all be adjusted to exnetly

tions were cited as another the same extent. If this is not cause, and these undoubtedly do done the pressure exerted on the -play-n-part, whilst another fac-plato is uneven. If the clutch tor is the feeling that promotion slips when this part is properly within the Corps should be adjusted the cause may be the based on examination, and not presence of oil on the plates. on mere "friend pidgin." Το these reasons may be added a spirit of indifference which is rather characteristic of so many young

Alternative enumes are undue friction in the withdrawal gear or between the pressure plate and the pegs on which it slides.

men of the present generation, coupled with the as has been suggested, aonie effect of anti-war propaganda means could be devised of bring- which is evident almost every ing in Indians and Chinese who where amongst civilians nowa-ure British subjects, as well as days. Figures quoted at Mon such foreigners as would be day's meeting do not altogether willing to take their part in co- support the idea that the Corps operating in purely local defence is unduly weak in proportion to measures. Such a step, if the number of men of military feasible, together with reason- age in the Colony, but it is able measures of reform within possible that there is some dis- the Corps, in such matters as the crepancy somewhere in the selection of officers and care in statistics quoted. Further illu- seeing that too high a standard mination on this point would be either in efficiency or in dis- of value. That point aside, it cipline is not insisted upon, should-be possible to increase should be productive of the the strength very materially if, I desired results.

This relative immunity is, think, due almost entirely to the acknowledgment of the fact that every rond user has duties as well as rights.

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It must be so, for if my observa-

The man got out of the trench. "Op in," said the ganger. The navy did so.

"obstruction" in the sense in which

"'Op in" "'Op out," the orders the word is interpreted here. You proceeded until the navvy pru- may be fined for a breach of the tested:-"li, guv'nor, what's the regulations, but that will be en- game? I ain't a bloomin' acrobat." tirely your own fault as the for- "That's all right," he was told. bidden areas are clearly marked. "Keep it up all day. You're fetch- But in no circumstances may youing out more with yer boots than park on the off-side of the road. you were with yer shovel."

That is to say, the parked car must

ANSWER THAT!

traffic is moving, Which is a very

Vkar (concluding story)-"And sound and salutary regulation. Nor may you stop abreast of

now, children, would you like to hydrant.

ask any questions?" Leaving the towns again for the Bobby "Yes, sir. Please, how moment, one finds that one rule is do you get into your collar?” most rigorously enforced and obey-

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tions have any value at all, I am certain that the general standard of driving in America is very fured by everybody. That is the com- below that of the British motorist, pulsory stop before entering There is not the same give and main from a subsidiary road. take as there is between one motor- ist and another here. Say, for instance, you have parked your ear by the kerb-side while you do a little shopping in a busy street.

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I have many times advocated the adoption of this regulation, and

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"I have a barrible time keeping my parents in shoes. You

-- should see how they klok-them-out.

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OBEDIENT

Teacher (to new boy)-"What's your name, my lad?"

New Boy George."

Tencher "Always say 'sir' when you are speaking to your teacher. What is your name?"

New Bay (apologetically)~"Sir George."

now that I have had further op- portunity of observing its working 1 am more than ever convinced that it is a good one and that it does make very greatly for safety. The reason alleged for its non- adoption here seems to be that it would be impossible to enforce obedience to the regulation. I am strongly convinced that not only would it be obeyed but that the majority of motorists would wel- come it as a real aid to safety.

One hears a great deal of acci- dents at American level crossings, and I believe the toll is fairly high. There will always be people who will take chances, and it seems to me that most. of the fault for these occurrences lies at the door of the motorists themselves.

Naturally, I disagree with the whole idea of a railway crossing a rond in the way our own cross- ings are arranged. They are an anachronism for which there is no excuso, in such a country, as our own, but as the United States have been developed I do not see how the level crossing le to be avoided. However, such crossings do abound, but certainly the railways do everything possible to warn tho rond user of the approach of their trains.

There are no gatee, but there are flashing red lights which come into operation as soon as a train enters the section, and the train whistle is sounded several times for a quarter of a mile or more before the crossing is reached. It is by thinking they can just get (Continued on Pago 4.)