Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1924, Page 60

OTORS Speein fr More Than Number Of Miles Speedometer Shows Mental Agility of Driver Must Keep Pace With Miles-an-Hour Dial or Accidents Happen, Tests Reveal. {ALAVANCHE OF TIRE Between Curb and Center of Street LORE HITS AUTOIST 7z half way between tho curb aud the | MUSt Unlearn Most of Bales Wiich =5 center of the street. Many cities Prevailed Durin; g Beign % == < ; Lave ordinances to compel cars to o . = ) ve as closé to the curb as possible, High-Pressure Types, / = _— but this is not always common sense. @ ., l; usr:lzdly'helpg to cpeed up trafic by / / i/ clearing the center of the street for A 4 ; Thene e are i o ey "t e | THREE STYLES NOW POPULAR ; / / their destination twelve seconds 7 ;:o?erhu;a;n necessary. but it means = at the slower-movin river is in greater danger of ruaning iato a| U S- Babber Company Opens Query y pedestrian who jusf happens to step + 1! off the eurb or around behind a park- Buresn in New York. THE MAN FROM THE CITY WHO DROPS IN UNEXPECTEDLY ON HIS SUBURBAN FRIEND WITH A WHOLE MOB OF PEOPLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ~—— est possible stop. out a speedometer actually failed in time to avoid a collision just because BY WILLIAM TLLMAN. t of the automobile accredited to “speed- " and with the average motori hdisturbed along the high- v at thirty to forty miles an hour, a few million car owners are begi to wonder just what speeding the davs when 1 ur was about as clip as the average person E limousines whi s up to fifty t as many to sameth magically n the speedometer hugs close to twe What is speeding? If it is the pr Wnary cause of majority of auto acc put a friend who follows 1bed e. T actual speed friend foll to fifte: er than he thinks was particularly noticeable downhill on the the straightaway. was dependent upon the there was @m much speed. owing ne, vibration a But on the w es driving faster he thought he was stopping quickly enough and never hothered to reach for the emergency until it was too late! The experiment may be interpreted to mean that the average driver has very little conception of acceleration. speed and deceleration and that he is always speeding when his conception of these points exceed the actual | facts by more than.an allowable mar- gin of safsty Speedometer Only Ome Guide. Tt is evident to him, and te those who have made similar tests, that the speedometer is but ona of the guides to the driver in obviating the possibility of such misjudgment. 4 driver, to be safe, has to know defi- nitely just what actual speed his car is running and what rate of speed it is accelerating or stopping. Heé must know whether this speed or rate of speegl change suits the particular conditions under which he is driving. And, finally, he must know whether this speed fits his own mental equip- meat” Obviousy the cpeadometer meets only the t raquirement. 1t is now belie that majority of | accidents are the resuit of inade- quate guides to these other points It there were two other indicators on the dash as gccurate as the speedom- r there might bs a considerable change for the better. What is shidding but ignorance of speed in relation to driving condi- tions? What is recklessness but ignorance of speed in relation to one's ability to handle the car satisfactorily in an emergency ? Slows Under Compulsion. The average motorist drives slow- - in trafic not because he is aware of the effect of the rabble upon his efficiency and ability, but because he has to. That is why so maay acci- denty occur when a driver finds a lit- tle opening ahead where he can hurry Speeding can happen at any time That explains why one man can run along at forty without mishap while another will get {nto trouble at fif- teen. 1f ons follows the comparison caretully one is likely to find that when the first driver is running at fifteen the other will be running at twenty-five, showing a vast difference 10 judgment as to the appropriateness of “speeds. Psychologists are cowing to find | out that where it is entirely safe for one mau to drive forty miles gn hour another man with the same o of car should not drive over thirly un- dsr the given conditions. This is be- The driver with- / / . /%/////////;L///; cause the former is at all times bet- ter acquainted with demands placed upon him as a driver by reason of the rate of speed he is traveling. His| that his speedometer is inacsurais, mental faculties being more alert he dulge in higher speed just as as a man with a better, safer( presents the same situation, aad I 10re easily stopped car whose | One cares ta go into the subjest in more detail disregard for the limita- tions of the car is also & form af overstepping the limitations of safety. limits are overstepped the driver is them speeding ins its mental true meaning mental active. cquipment Is perhaps less | Mental Speed Vital. I When thess | ‘To put the matter in 4 graphic way. the driver Who oversteps equipment is catagary with the driver who doss net kuew or who does not care. Disregard in the same driving conditions A drtwar may pot realize it, but he Usually depends upon his speedometar ta guide Rim whea -lanpuzfi He seas danger ahead, notes that he has abeyt three hyndred feet in which to stop and then presses on the brake Pedal. If the speedometer does not drop frem thirty to fifteen in short order he presses more vigorousiy upen the pedal’ or resches for the e But he has no sulb c t guide to tell him how quick- 1y his e¥es have reported to his brain the fact that thers is danger ahead or that the car is Dot stopping as quickly as it should. There are 3s many sluggish minds a8 there are sluggish brakes quick are you? How careful are you to drive within your mind limits limits of gofe nditions? you what speeding is and whether you're guilty. (CopyTight. 1924} Or within t prescribed by That will tel ed car at the wrong time. When driving all the way out to the cen- ter of the sireet there isn't much opportunity to get by the car ahi (if it stops suddenly). because there is traffic coming In the opposite di- rection all the way out to the center of the street. A safe plan when driving in close traffic is to follow cars equipped with rear bumpers. It is good insurance against an accident. SR WORLD MOTOR SHOW DELEGATES ARRIVING Foreigners Demonstrate Interest in Transport Congress Set for Detroit. Tbe German delegation (o the ‘world motor transport cougress, to be held in Detroit, May 21 to 24, ar- rived carly this week on the steam- ship Albert Ballin and is ayrangiug to take an active part in of economic factors underiving auto- motive trade and trapsport in all parts of the world. ‘The German dclegation is headed by Ludwig Buchkremer, who believes that there will be an expanmsion in commercial country and the U fied by the United the present embargo on automobile tmports is lifted The delegation will tour the United States to make studies of traffic regu- laticns, retail automo e finapcing plane and imanufactaring methods. The deiegation, besides Mr. Ludwig Buchkremer, who is president of the German Automobile Dealers’ Associa- tion, Cologne, includes Johannes Buschmann, director of the German Automobile Associ Berlin; Hermann Beissbarth Waldemar Dittman, Weima: Glueck, Dresden; Friedric Aix-1a-Cha- lefeld welcomed by George F Bauer, secretary of the for- eign trade committee of the Nationa Automobile Ch; Commerce ral Motors Ex- port Company 2 ngust Zimmer- man of the United States automotive division With the coming of balloon tiresan avalaache of nesv tirs lore bas beem let loose om the car owuer. If he equips hls car with balloon or bal- loon-type tires he finds he must un- learn most of the rules that prevailed during the undisputed reigm of the regulation high-pressure tires ang Tearn an entirely new set of reguia- tions. The taszk is not a formidable o once installed and properly ad the new es require no more tention than high-pressure tires. & it is very essential that the pr start be made, and that wheels inflation and all the other subjects of importance be correctly adjus e at the beginming. If ali the pr liminaries are carefully worked ou: the car owner will be able to emjos his new tires to the full and get 1 lot of pleasure out of telling bi friends about the unapproachable o« iight of nding on balloons. Three Distinct Types. The first thing to understa clearly is that there are three tinct types of tire on the marks today: First, the regulation W pressure tire: second, the balloom ¢ and, third, the balloon-type tire Th regulation high-pressure tire is of course, a simplo matter—this type of tire been in use by all motorict } for so long a period that there & mysteries about it But the balloon tire and the bs loon-type tire are tire is found chiefly o requires a wheel of small than that used on all tured in recent ye: owners will not go putting on new wheels loon-type is made for the kpurpose of being used on presen: | wheels, and for that reason will b |2 big seller in the balloon Geld for some years. Will Answer Queries. Practically all of the tire deale: of the country are in a position & now to advise motorists on the gt eral facts about installing ether b. lcons or balloon types. 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