Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1924, Page 60

PEDESTRIAN ASKED TO EXPECTDAN Indiana Association Issues Warning for Walker Well as Driver. Asserting that there “is as another side to this matter of anticipating danger,” the Hoosler State Au sociation follows up its recent message, which urged motor “anticipate that something ma; pen just ahead' caution to pedestrians. “Anticipation on the part pedestrian on the city or town or country roads ix just as sant as the motor vehicle driver,” th assoclation declares. “The moblle is blamed for everythi cluding epidpmics of mum measles, these days, and ut lea of the fime the automubil s ‘against th h do not belonx th Pedestriany in Error Ofte ‘“The pedestrian who day-d and jay-walks when epping @ public strect or h his friends to come o to his ke adly: ‘Doesn’t he loo! edestrian who suddenly darts sid street or hi vho starts ac uredly florist to come over in his silent hand “The pedesti cho tries ti the flivver a the 3 with the undertaker just a the A driver who trie notive to the cross nd place su to As- safety ists to ¥ hap- | with some words of of the street. impor- icipation on the part of e auto auto- ng. in reams is nviting house k nat- T a inviting the a lily o beat flirting rel Streets Exempt Children. “Children should be warned against running or playing in the streets or | Now that the bright da pla Bu! s of | tion to | t they there T 1 ;ant lot, but it must be rememb 'red y parents that no should b and the blic hi ed cautiously whe wlongside u road or street—b obligation of safety is not i on matter. It is a dual obligat ghway > told hildren are ut the ion on BER | | | the | valno c-sided | Fopair ol an TIE SUNDAY -STAR, WASHINGTON The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. It's the hunian element combined with the ffth wheel of the auto- mobile that causes all the trouble. Signs of the Times. According to recent developments in the billboard advertising industry, the motorist is soon to be able to America first” when he goes a-touring. Just now it is a matter of seeing the biNboards first. Some fifteen large users of outdoor advertising “pace have agreed to cur- tail their billboard messages, or at least use more discretion in placing them. That the Standard Oil Com- pany of New York and of California, Washburri-Crosby Company and the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company re among the leaders In this move- ment is hint enough that America shov shortly emergé from behind collar advertisements and liver pills ad:. The follow-the-leader tendency will doubtless be pronounced. That the California Standard Oil Company is taking down 1.200 signs in Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Ari- “sec zona and California does not mean that the country is necessarily to witness an end of the billboard. France and Switzerland prohibited the billboard from the highways, but American auto tourists are a prac- al lot. and it is believed that they 1 louk with favor upon the con- uation of signs that serve prac- purposes. Such: signs are hotel anr.or upon the Markin, -oments e city, s by bill- Ivertising but pract Signs that tell a litt mething of historical regarding points of interest also have their place, The Standard Oil Company of New York is also planning to furnish free to concessionnaires model designs for highway booth a_means of put- ting an end to " stands and other unsightly roadway . All in all it begins to look as though America will have a chance to be seen, and seen safely, by motorists. The 01d IEeuthic Says: Every now and again I lose a cus- tomer because I'm so blamed slow. Buat I think it to o easy with ean to prove it to the~e here folks. Down the rowl there's another me- chanic_who nds when they want some expert trouble shootin’, but just the same 1 feel that I'oughta slip them the tip. Just the other day a man came in here with the story that they had a ‘click’ in the transmis:on. 1 told him the trouble was in the speed- ometer, hut he-insisted that a speed- ometer expert had told him other- wise. That was where I stopped arguin’ and put on my thinkin' cap. 1 know the owner was sore because [ aidn'- throw myself in high and m lot of noise. But he wanted - didn’t he? And how can vou & sults without usin' your head? After I had studied th: 1hing a bit I located the noise in the spredometer gear that drives from the rear cnd of the transmis fon. Takin' it out I found it as dry as a Lon., sa0w- ing that a little greaso would do the trick. = Joe, my helpar, ‘ama right out with the news that the particular part should have been lubricated by the grease in the transmission. And| that's what the speedometer expert said when I told him what T had found. But that's ju<t the point. Here was a transmission that «udn't act arcordin' to Hoyle, and so fhe spredometer drive gear went .ry LA slow worker always gets the cad in trouble shootin’ becavse he takes time to t vha o] ket hink of what might Cov’s Day Coming. Coneestion h-s its difeulties far the trafic officer as weil as the drie. er, and the latest of thase Is ahout the St thing any one ever anticinated. The trafiic officer now finds that when he is all set to have mortorists carry out his well-planned directions there are a lot of cars hanging over from ||‘xr tie-up at the block ahead. Behind him are dozens of impatlent drivers urging him to let them by, while ahe~d are dozens just as impatient but helnless to get out of the wav Here, however, is@vhere the block sig- nal idea comes into the picture, 8o that traffic can be directed as 2 whole and not in independent, conflictine units. Just now it is pity the poor traffic cop. but Iater he may sit in state in the traffic tower and have things his own way, which will doubtless be the motorist's as well. Make Up Your Mind. Elaborating unon the theory that the only constant of existence is change. one might add that the most vitally needed reform in automobile driving is a change in changeable- nes: It is shown upon good authority that too many collisions and acci- sure just what he intends doing nat- urally gives no warning to others of his intentions. Thus anything that he does is likely to be 'a complete surprise for others, gnd perhaps a complete shock, physical as well as mental. Three Traffic Tricks. ‘When stopping at a crossing keep | to conduct a Lusiness? your brakes on tight until the car be- hind you comes to a dead stop. Should e stopped properly it might push your car ahead. causing you to run into a pedestrian crossing the street. Bet- ter takp a chance on having the gas tank punctured than have an acci- dent. Where there are no pedestrians crossing in front of your car, how- cver, just reverse this suggestion. 1t your car is one of three ap- proaching a crossing at the same time, one car being to your right and 'the third to the right of this one, the car approaching you has the righ* of way. While the car to your right has a prior right to cross before you it is a traffic economy for you to go right ahead and cross as the third car crosses, leaving the car to your right to the last. This car to your right cannot cross while the third car is crossing, but you can. So why not? In passing a street car where the streets are not in good order there is great danger of being caught in a rut that will prevent you from keep- ing a safe distance from the car. If the man behind you is sounding his horn and urging you to let him pass just turn over into ihe tracks behind the street car and let him try his luck. More power to him. He may need it. Did You Know— That you can try semi-balloon tires on the rear wheels first as an experi- ment if you do not wish to invest in a complete set without giving them a trial? That the throttle should be opened fairly wide in starting in order to have it cause as little interference as possible to the spray of raw gas? If the throttle is only slightly open the raw gas will strike against the throt- tie valve, collect together again and run back into thé carburetor. He Who Langhs Last. In discussing the pros and cons of automobile ownership a natlonal magazine that should have known better made somewhat of a joke of a situation in which a charity applicant suid that she coud manage to Sup- port her husband and family if the ZERESNNAENENRINERENILR PaYEERIE LIBERAL ALLOWANCE OLD TIRES a H] Bau. P yoor car with good cord ti] ESSENO AUTO = i 801 H St. N.W. cAr to the rear skid or not be D. C, APRIL 27 organization would assist her Jn meet- ing the time payments on %he car. This incident was offered with the idea of proving how utterly necessary a car can be, but in the way it was presented the item simply reflects upon the levity of the mind that recorded it. Why not clinch the argument for | ear ownership by telling readers why the woman needed the car? Was it the means of her getting about S0 as Was the car being used to restore her husband to health? Did she use the car for car- rying passengers for hire? Did she rent the car when not using it her- selt? If anybody is going to. use | space to tell why the automibile is necessary, on with the facts! IU's not a laughing matter. Price Tag on Safety. Depreciation, that worry of car owners,. is much less feared if con- sidered as the price of safety. Every new car that comes on the market, or new model of standard make, is safer ihan its predecessor, both in construc- tion and in new features of design. When a motorist_decides to his old car in ord new he is, In_effect, inv ditional security on the streets and highways. It is somewhat the same principle that encourages a business house to tear down its frame building and erect a fireproof structure. Worth Remembering. Old tires, provided they have no breaks in the w.lls, will stand low pressure better than new. As a mat- ter of fact, if a tire has become suf- ficiently flexible it will run under- inflated without 1 thousand miles. boe “educated* to running under nor- mal pressure after it has run about 8,000 miles. Results are more satis- factory on front wheels where there is less flexing. Thoughts in Passing. 1t's true that a lot of people are discovered allowing the baby to hold the wheel “while daddy drives” but h the difficu o tell which is w 1924—PART 3. TEAM WORK ABSENT IN AUTO LINE; FUTURE . TREND HELD UNCERTAIN (Continued from Sixth Page.) purposes at every hand, and yet the automobile rapidly advances into a position where it is not only indis- pensable but far more useful and ix teresting than it has cver been be- fore. People arc buying cars on time with no consideration of the fact that an increasingly higher rate of depreaiation due to neglect and the mania .or new improvements means that they will soon be obliged to start payments on their new cars before the payments on the old ones have expired! Just where all this is going to take When it comes to driving over grade crossings most motorists are certain- Iy in the first grade. Many a week end trip is the be- ginning of a week’s trouble. (Copyright. 1924.) -AUTOMOB OVERHAULED Painting and Trimming Bodies Built to Order 24-Hour Service Central Auto Works and Garage Wm. Beuchert, Prop. 449-51 Eye St. N.W. _ Franklin USED TIRES ** SALE! ESSENO AUTO _* CO. Supply Main uan 801 H St. N.W. Fpuis the average person who buys an au- tomobile and thinks it is the bright- est spot of his life no onc knows. But it's interesting. (Copyright, 1924.) TIRE SALES IN CALCUTTA ‘ During 1925 nearly 120,000 pneu- matic tires solid tires were shipped into Calcutta, India. Nearly 1,500 motor cycle tires were also used | in that city last year. and HOW TO DRIVE IN HIGH GEAR, Because raw gas during the chol process cleans the cyinder wal lubricant care must be exercised no: to drive the car slowly in high gear, Let the engine run moderately fast for z time, though do not race The purpose of this is to show extra spray of oil over the wal compensate for the cleansing action action of tho raw gas that is leakir t the rings. Just figure it out for yourself —a Willard Threaded Rubber Battery never needs to be re- insulated. Any wood battery must be reinsulated in time. Yet you can buy a Willard Says Little Ampere: “It_takes battery specielists to build Tou riaht.I've got ‘ve go! my degres.” only § Threaded Rubber Battery for + How’s that for economy? Washington-Battery-Company 1621-23 L Street N.W. Main 180 Or Any Authorized Willard Service Station STORAGE BATTERIES RE AR PATEY 2 the part of both the prete to work . I think he means he had the right idea about this ed business mebbe I wouldn't have to do so many of his jobs over again. I've got enough business without tryin’ to convince car owners that pays to pick out a slow worker like | dents are the direct result of indecis ion, and that there must be an effort made to stand by one's decisions with regard to passing other cars, turning, parking. stopping and starting. The driver who slowly but delib- erately drives through a line of ped- estrians who won't obey the traffic cer is much less likely to injure | them than the driver who starts to assume his right and then change his b owner would only affiliate with mind. Soon as indecision enters the nization that is working for | mind of the party of the first part - | the same mental attitude is found in the mind of the party of the second | part. There is confusion, and finally | an accident. { The automobile driver who is not | 3 hain lightnin 3 well, but if Automobile Instruction New Owner's Course Starts May 2 EIGHT WEEKS Monday and Friday Evenings 7:00 to 10:00 , Y.M.C.A. Automobile School 1736 G St. N.W., Main 8250 rds that are a . anywhere. about us and if the accident reduced ¢ pt It we keep pedestrians do toll can and terially The autn associatic its camp: states that it| &n for more auto | complis We are growing, be | but the need for our work Erows owner wishes v vy | faster and the lesson is plain.” sufe” the association - Your Next Car Will Le this Light-Six, if you learn the truth HEN you buy a car in the “thousand-dollar” class, here are some things you should know. We made a canvass of men who bought rival cars in this class. And we found that 96 in each 100 bought without knowing these facts. So, for your sake and our sake, we want to present them to you. 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