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8.~ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. APRIL 6, 1924—-PART 3. | ————— thinu more important than blind |figures that hc is safer when the|specd of ihe engine for each gear |moto SEESGOD TMES [ The Sunday Motorist ||uinia i i S ftie S ERO NS ORIERSPAD 5622 y ! splays good judg- | reason for skid I 4 making the shift in order to free the FOR HELPING SALES om ment even if in doing £o ho has been | known that a light-weight gea {and aids in the work of b obliged to set aside a technical in- |skid quickest and be checked quick- | et An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. terpretation of the law, est, while, the heavy car will ho 5 Now You Kuow. i e LT S Muoblasitor Jaon | ground, but bs unmanageable once b 3 i be | “In this sense every good car boost has started skidding. rom th ifting from “hig o “second |gets we f ' ; | t London and New York. is evident that the reason a medium safety precaution when descend- IEortnn Says They Get Unseen Com.- | Aiter : ; siacao | ) g V. { when ho EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. That a three-month period showed |Weight car will often go into & bad | 1 1ills is always complicated by the | faian i o Pri i SRS 158 traffic accidents in London as!Skid whon the driver least expects it |, ' 1of the ear while the | i Il i . > - is because a rchound of its springs cre speed of the ea e the _ i Jordan Company President! lcarmine to drive a car is a wimple raiso the hood to see if the fan belt fx | 383inst 308 in Now York city may or | will cause (he rear to fly up off the | gears n neutral and tfe clutch and Higher Values. ® ¥ |matter compared viith learning to un- tixht enough, bui you don't have to|MaYy mot justify the conclusion that |ground, thus reducing its momentary | is disen Thix dificulty can be | ———— : : . {learn a lot of motor stunts that have |lct the engine go on heatin’ up in the | the American is more reckless than | WelEht and causing i to lose traction | overcome by cding as follow: | ’ nd skid. Shock absorbers and de- ciutch and_ shife into e 5 v v commina st Believes All Signs Point t0 |y oue e i . Test the belt by secing if | B English cousin. At the close of | Vices to checl vebound. oot kreas: |mocoiateh and shift into” neutral | Should car owners get a commis- ship, and Prosperous Year | t ¢ resistance to the turnin’ (1923 there were 335,000 i s lue to th StoTist us w Nafoty | b epecd of fiteen miles un hour by |37 0N every automobile they help el haY i { : ? 1t S Then make sure [ tered in New York city % preventing just this sort | pressing on the foot brake. W, he [sell? been p | Horn Regulations Next? You've got . And next look | against 655,318 for the wholo of spring skidding.” i e s S s local auto. |motor + Excessive use of horns by half the junder the car to spe that the radiator | Britain, and considering that a large i |'in nentral race the engine by operat- | C3p%. Harry M. Horton, local &uto- ,yi i "urore e bein Aratn coslathit aatin’ . | 237 498 cars : | : i 3 g are | oloilith anil Sesasetas | hedied ¢ {drain kl.nnllrfl».‘:nx;'wd } ”":‘o]nr’\::lor:‘::f (he‘l,~§‘A.¥_)8 cars of the Worth Remembering. | ing the throttle from the hand lnn-:’flflb:l" dealer, says that owners are |the wcame motorist wi hr s % o Ticgnantfy 10 wmans SHu Inoporas | The life of = cord tiro s uot in the | Skt oR eai Shd Tat Th i ui2n “SSond: |not only entitled to & commission. fon Lhe ear o masy = ut resulation hext e Without da g on' within the limits of New Yo o e e e f Bt o e e SEWIN. (pue thet they have been reccivins pest_of 1 oyt et |use of horns. This is the conclusion |Power pani it vow'li'ds everylnin® to | +1fy ak there are in"ail of ¢ eat Brits tseaa Bir Is the st walis i s A [vight atong withoot reatising it. |Betea e automobile indus- |! 2 e i U {keep the old bus cool. You've allowed | ain. is does not include the enor- s develop a crack as a result o URGE MI EE: | 3 every alto to Edward S. Jordan, |3FawR from'recent remar ade bY "r o cool a little during tho investi- | mous volume of traffic entering New | underinflation, riding on tire when GE MINIMUM SPEED. | e contends that cvery tuno L authorities who have noted the direct |gation »d enough. Now see what | York city from the New Ingland and | faq relationship between unwise horning|YoU can do on the run. | she middle Atlantie states. The only 4 ' P i o “I'd suy run at a speed that will sort | thing the London fatality statistics [ SUCh as curbstones, tle inner tube s a ing severely ecriticized oo isbuy- |2 lof keep the car rollin’. That is, don't | prove is that a better understanding | Will be continually pinched, resulting 4 students, who believe that | | Horning is required by law for|poke alonz and don't force ' In|{of the safo operation, use and regu- |iN One puncture after another, wWith|(here should be a minimum speed highway travel, as when p poking, the engine is always try lation of the automobile is needed, | fUrther breaks in the walls of the|limit as | as the maximum \a.J - ov ne a drag, and becaus since but eighteen of the 158 London | ¥ho¢. riety Driving between the two o Appross much air going through fatalities involved non-mechanically [ o o n be succosstyl. |IMIts is zoins to be something on | % 2 L. Yo x 3 . 10 a point where you'l ave | York must of necessity be already | o8 oLy h " land the deep blue sea. | Sl were overbuying we |lation is neces: articularly with | If you force the car it re-|{making progress in this direction. the road, however, increased speed| i . vould h se for apprehension o Louy U5®he opinion of one|1UITES more power, which means more e PRl e s a0 Jatanssiie) EYES THAT SEE NOT. Cantions, rvative buying means |prominent. police oMcinl o larsely | K48 burnin® in the cylinders and more | Two Parking Pointers. i t0 ton hop siion cexpose che T 8| . ont 2 of an even curve ldue to the fact that no law states| e » = m shut | 5 T | The tor vehicle department continuation of an even eurve of Ll {8 Lhin the horn warning should | o LYCTy time you go down hill shut| _When stopping the car at a point | the tube itseit. | Connectisut has reparted to the Ey roughout the year y."civen how long it Shoutd Ia | off the ignition and keep the car in | where there is a question as to the le- Is your bumper pro | n nt business Which |how often It sheuld he repeated. As|E¢ar. This will circulate the water|gality of parking the driver should | 1o tha fornt op Ton Suo . effect that approximately in the fall he explains, this results in highly | 204 cool the engine better and more |remain awhile at the wheel and al-{ers are put on hastils. or by amate e t of the applicants for li- : al of horns, with drivers|Syenly than to let ‘er idle and low the engine to run. If ariticized by | go that in a collision vould t s drive cars must be refused |Fonnte to Svery Toeiile. cxtonm un with spark fully the police for his action the fact that | yeeicae. | Tost W oUld be | S result of poor vision. The next actur to the ¥| A'pian is needed, ho believes, where- | & Tunnin’ start on hills to avol his engine is running helps him put | standing it against co wall [Step i5 to determine what percentage | ng production e {by drivers will sound their horns ond gear or slow runnin’ in high, P {over the story that he was simply |and letting the ear b Cir the|of drivers clearly see an impending | the right time and plac ften as time wil rmit, a stopping, not parking. There is a dif- | bumper is not 1 5 '} | hazard but fai! to understand what | |essary perhaps to n ot | 8 ' off the engine and coastin’| ference, B Taoes arecDicberly W Wil lit signifies = paving the words, “Ho : a stunds Never park the car in such a way | pumper in & blanker s es are noy } The chances are you'll reac LHAL the HoRH onA 1o TAOher Foora o t so 2 == e —— lines are now used to mark ond is er from the | gorate o { 5 7or pedeatrians. | " |rage without ¢ curb than the front, except whers | T2l the mickel AU I O G has also been = c a angle parking is the rule. Leaving| Making Your Getaway. | horning be 3 : i the car in this position not onls v that & s Lessons From Accidents. makes it extremely difficult for any- Boae FOR_ WINDSHIELDS OR_BODIES. ; a quic % ay this winter the drive: one to park in a space behind your e, The trouble aiinl Installed While You Wait, ! ¢ ice s u a misdemeanor th w light delivery car learned a let car, but increases the probabillty of | the majority of drivers is that they | Taranto & Wasman N Roadster. 50 Touring 50 dldicars |rrckiess” driving. Any driver who| that is worth passing along to the | thelr decorating tho left rear fender | are too anxious. This means that they | 1017 NEW YORE AVE. N.W. y R ’ B affor: ay |sounded his horn in such a way as to(Test of the motoring fraternity. of your car. give'er too much gas, resulting in , , ST A ’ 1 " pedeatrian ‘Info eTplesse | ile was coming out 3 side street me— Fae heocmni” " efswing don cor | INSTALLED! INSTALLED! ould be treated as though he|and by th the state 3 s3d; ‘ear of ramming Into the rear of the | | - - . had rushed up to him at Lop speed. | right of wa Nearing the ”";“‘"'{ = Spr:ng_stud Shd:hng. car ahead. Whilo tho speed of the car | | We do NOT use readymade covers! Every top custom It would m that a lot of improve-| he 2 coming al 'ew motorists ever 5top to con- | is decreasing theyv try to shift out of 2 % I v 2 i f s {ment in horn ve: o i lip along the inter- |sider what the springs of the car |“low,: only to find that the eeace |N tailored to your car. We are open day and night. If so , |to be hoped tha o £ st But since-this ma- | have to do with skidding. A skid to | stick. By the time they make the desired, your top can be installed WHILE YOU SLEEP. will result in more in horn- | ch approaching from the left |the average driver is supposed to be [ shift to “second” the chances of 4 SERVICE TIRE co. | 2 ' ng. Clearly a warning about warn- |t river of the delivery car as-{a mere matter of a slippery pave- | good gotaway are nil. The experi- . {IN SAVE THIS AD! hat the other driver would | ment coming in unison with a sudden | encd driver accelerates moderatel 1336 14th St. N.W. the rights of the man to the | stop, and as a result of this he often ' making his shifts at the maximu 6F Lvens The 01d Mechanic Says: I s I i it overbu, | ewit is & usl o er, 1 1 self th 1, D trls Spaine maeD oOf Torx o : Dl o net N A LL T H E W O R L D N O i Ay off to tell you how Which newspapers (havin trouble when you've r | Iriver to the left smashed up sensatious that ~Car owners have been the tory bu hornine on the part of the re int of g | é 2 2 T 2T LT E} N poke” who makes a fu Motor Car aer the highways ou | or striking sharp obstructions In Accordance with our policy of specialization and due to ou ume of top work, we will make NO SEAT COVERS this Spring. Our patrons are referred to HANES, 903 N ST. 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