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15% of drivers cause all the accidents
HEY have discovered in America that
Trepeaters" are responsible for most
volved.
of the accidents in which cars are in-
According to Commissioner Harnett, the traille dictator of New York, 16 per cent, of the drivers cause nearly all the trouble.
"Repeaters," as the name suggests, are drivers who have accidents with more than the normal frequency.
They are responsible for a great deal more than their fair statistical share of crashes,
As far as this colony is con- cerned, we shall never know with accuracy the truth about "repeaters." Traffic Department issues an analysis of the causes of fatal accidents over the period of a year.
If the United States experience that certain drivers are accident- prone is borne out by the analysis, then it will be time to do some- thing about it.
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Road Sense
People we
all know
The family man who believes in "taking it steady "—and also taking the whole of the road.
to believe that there is something in it.
Said an Insurance expert vester
The United States figure seems
INSURANCE companies in day :--
Hongkong are inclined
This Age of
S.P.E⋅E⋅D
ASTER
motor cars, trains ships, planes, speed recorda broken, higher · standards, of efficiency all round. It's a remark- able age, but it is taking its toll of some people's nerves.
The general health of the com. munity has certainly improved · since the more leisurely Victorian days, be enus of the great care which Health Authorities exercise over the popula- ton. People are Hving longer and the lives of those who are in danger from saine form of disease or other are, 1 great measure, being saved.
But, all the same, nervous troubles- those hot due to any dieuse of the nervous systemn-are on the increase, and no niso.are various other minor disabilities.
Many of these are directly attribut- able to modern modes of living. Speed and noise are the erder of the day, and there are undoubtedly having barmful effect.
Zarge numbers De..ple have con- pletely lost the art of anursing themselves. They cannot sit still
for a moment. They
must be entertained
Make Some
"Time to Stand
& Stare"
for rest. It affects the nerves. Many workpeople in towns and cities pre- fer night work, and the renson which most of them give is that they miss the crowds and lize bustle of day- time by so doing. Of course, these people live and sleep in areas which are comparatively quiet. If they didn't, night work or any kind of work would be very nearly unbearable.
Bulltould not be forgotten that Fome are not disturbed by raise and would sleep through
by a
PHYSICIAN
by somebody or something. They can not bear to be alone. This xa
state
of stars is due to the modern craze for crowls, speed, and noise. Red-hot news and views, these they must have,
Over-Stimulation
Now, of course, constant stimulation can't be good for anyone. There comes time when the best stimulant caNNHOL Aud that is the time do any more, when breakdowns occur.
The hectic life that most of un lend insy be quite all right when you nte young, but in tine R definitely has an
effect on one's well-being, as uge ad- vances.
In
It is now said that one of the com- monest causes of the conlillan knowu as high blood pressure results from the wear and tear of modern te, this condition the pressure inside the arterics rises, throws more work on the heart and eventually lends to trouble in other organa,
In towns the noise has become so constant and so marked that most townnfolk suffer more or less seriously from deafness. They acquire the bubit of shouting to each other, and this sort at thing doesn't help, it doesn't make
regulations
New use,
knig
of
the
regarding trleyeles iti Hong- have come Into force
it
LL beesbnrthinesst necessary. but they
ure the lucky ones.
Rest is essential to the majority of people,
and would beneilt not
a few. There is no need to be afraid of being
alone." "Someone has kid that no one is less alone than when he is by himself, and there is a great, deal of truth in the saying if you work it out,
time to
when you are by yourself titen is the
to think about things, to work out plas, to read for enjoyment or for the good of your mind or for both.
If everyone spent sume of his spare time by himself in one of these ways there would be less of what is called
neurasthenin about. There would be
much less chance of courting a break- down. After all, this constant craving for excitement and for entertaloment is merely a habit, and habits can be broken.
4
To Be Alone"
There are still in this overcrowded country plenty of open spaces. These are the places for spending a contem- plative week-end. There is no need to jostle one another in road houses and the like when all your evenings are spent in the company of crowds. It is good for you to tie alone for once in while, even if it only makes you cujoy, the herd the more.
Instead of dashing out immediately alter your evening meal when the day's work is over, spend an evening or Lab per week over a book-or staring into It do you spice if you prefer it. Food."
to me a little exaggerated, But and after dark is an accident-prone our experience in that some drivers period. do have more than their share of
Other professions are penalised trouble. Only a small minority is by insurance companies, but this responsible for road accidents. is due to exceptional circumstances That is why Insurance companies rather than road neneo. The are able to give bonuses to drivers time may
come when insurance who avoid trouble.
firms will charge premiums accord- ing to their estimate of the driver's capabilities,
"It is diffleult to explain why, unless you put it down to that rather indefinite phrase, lack of rond sense."
Stern Test
tors.
THIS
MIS is rather the experi- ence of driving instruc.
When I went through a driving test to describe how drivers were trained, an instructor said:-
"I can tell within a few moments of a man taking the driving sont whether he will be of any use. It is not a question of failure to observe actual rand rules or the Inability to use the controls cor- reetly. It is just some indefinite quality that is Incking.
"A driver may be able to pass A road test and a mechanical test. But for lack of rond sense Just the same-small things like lack of confidence, hesitation, slow think ing.
After Dark
RET
Learners Pay
OVER $1,000 Is collected by the Police in Hong- kons each year in fees paid by learners for their driving tests,
A small item compared with the $144,000 per annum we pay in taxation and not nearly as much we pay in fines for petly offences.
But still an additional burden.
Suggestion
SUPPOSING you were ask
ed by the motor-ear industry for advice in regard to any new models they are propos ing to put on the market.
do
If you have any ideas send them
may along. Manufacturers something about it.
Here is my requirement. It is made more urgent by the approach uf summer and sunshine and warm, fresh air,
J should like, to see a motor car that can be used conveniently both as na open and closed model. True, such cars exist, but they are rare.
●ETURNING to the in-
surance expert, Apart from "accident-prone" drivers there are certain drivers who, by virtue of their profes sions, and others through their We want all-purpose bodies temperament, are more able to closed body that can be opened up hanecidents.,
or closed again with the minimum The reason some companies do of labour. not like to insure evening workers.
We should like to see them
Radiophone For Sydney Ambulance Wagons
FIRST IN WORLD
IN
Na few months' time, Australia will possess the only radio-equipped ambu- lance service in the world. It will be possible for head- quarters to maintain two- way radiophone, talks with cars up to 50 miles from Central railway station.
The latest tests proved that in two-way communication be tween Sydney and Katoomba, 100 per cent, efficiency was secured. When the car was at Medlow Bath the service was 76 per cent, efficient.
Though the control station will probably be erected at tho Ryde branch of the brigade, nine' miles from the city, dt will be un- der the direct charge of Chief- ofcer Mitchell. Deputy Chief-of- ficer Wilkinson, Station-officer Bolger, and senior officere at hend- quartera. A landline will be run- from Ryde to the city station.
All ambulance cars attached to n few the Central Brigade in months' time will probably bq connected by wireless telephone. OUT ALL DAY
Cars and erewa will then return to their stations only when required or at the end of the day's duty,
The executive oilcers will transmit their instructions to drivers · រ
stretcher-bearers over the air; and thus hundreds of miles travelling daily will be saved.
A settled population of 650,000, in an area of 700 square miles, is served by the Central District Ambulance, which also has to care for u daily moving population of approximately 1,000,000, in the city and near sub- urbs.
SPEED IN EMERGENCY
In the case of a major disaster, Superintendent Mitchell would be able to concentrate every ambulance car at any given point merely by issiting his instructions through a radiophone transmitter at headquarters, would acknowledge the instructions
The officer-in-charge of ench
Cr
in the same manner, while en route to his destination.
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6 The kind of fish to find fault? 9 Epithet for Punch's advice
those about to marry.
10 Intelligence.
12 European capital.
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nd.
17 One of the deer fumily perhaps. 18 Decorative medium.
21 The sort of looks men may get
from their wives when upset. No, this part of a harpoon is definitely intended.
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A rebuil about four is distinctly dluplensing. great
20 A
container.
26 This movement is not in the way
of progress.
27 It takes time to start this kind
business.
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food to make this artist.
London, June 6. SOME years ago the Negus had the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles printed on his own private printing press and a copy was presented to every
be part of a clack, or of (two words). Cobb, of the Bible Churchmen's 34 The fall of this was used to Missionary Society, Ethiopin, mark the 26 across of time. disclosed this fact at the annual 35 Covenants made by mere agents. missionary breakfast in London'
and in some enses ask higher standardised, and not produced as church in Ethiopia. Miss C. J.33 premiums is because they usually special models at an increased drive at night (from the theatre), Lost to the buyer.
Famous aces tell
you how to drive-
of the United Society for Christian Literature.
She explained that the Emperor did this because he realised the the need among his people for Scriptures in their own language. When sending his ecpies to the
T. Rose Richards on CLIMBING churches he requested that they
THE whole art of hill-climbing depends on changing gear at the
.correct time. A change in time saves a bad climb.
Change carly. As soon as the engine slows the least sign of labouring drop into a lower gear. If the hill is very steep and it is obvious that you will have to "come down," then change at the foot of the hill.
HILL-CLIMBING NEEDS SKILL
THIS IS BAD DRIVING
should be read every Sunday,
Italy's Babies
Rome, June 1. are 42,438,104 THERE
Italiars now living in Italy, according to figures, just published, of the census taken on April 21.
an
increase of
Hill-climbing is one of the few tests left of skilled driving-that is, from the mechanical point of view.
You will see good ears that
The figure is Keep up the engine revolutions. should make a fast elimb labouring up hills on bottom gear simply be This can only be achieved by using 2,000,000 since the last census in cause the driver has delayed dron. the gears that have been put there 1931. Soldiers and workmen
present out of the country are not ping down into a lower gear until for that purpose.
included in the Agures. the engine has been put right out of its stride.
You will hear drivers boasting that they have climbed a certain steep hill in top gear.
at
It is estimated that Italians living in other countries number You will see these good ches If they have just managed to approximately 10,000,000. passed by old crocks in the hands struggle over the top in this gear Rome is now the largest city of of drivers who know how to make they should not boast. They have Italy with a population of 1,178,- the best of them.
given an example of bad driving.' 491.-Reuter.
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An outing with a relative.
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8 A man of many letters.
11 This insect comes to a bad end..
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16 Members of this society are not
necessarily peculiar people.
16 A theory to work upon "perhaps. 19 Number
20 Sharing in with Royalty ap-
parently.
24 A piece of furniture. es Dodge.
20 This is used metaphorically for
the best part.
10 Suitable colour for sycophanta. 31 Poet's work.
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