Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1925, Page 61

MOTORISTS' ETHICS - CODE IS PROPOSED | | A. A. A. Would Devise System to Put Drivers on Honor. code it Formulation of a thic which nerease the degree of safety t d highways, is being un’| the American Alllnmvvlnlv‘ sllowing a suggestion in At of is proposed | motor by of en b n, 1t its recent in City code erve drivers of and will drivers can mes ity meeting i dopted universally, standard of conduct motor vehicles ev be a rule by which their responsibil in the event of traffic jams or ac: on the highways. fety movement in Ameri. Thomas P. Henry, president A. A, in discussing the code, “hinges primarily on s we make in educating the highways to a sense responsibility. I am confident iccomplish a great deal by motori ccept a high lard of ro: onduct I am not hat in the last analysis this is en more important than obedi lations. fo where Personal Neglect Seen. i the ‘effort has been al entirely ‘along the line of devis sulations forwthe motorist a great deal of con lted. And vet these when enforced, ap- in restricted ar and »s of the traffic officer. portion of motoring mile- ed on the open hig is on these that a ve accidents occur element of personal. ne- tically all of them and a of some drivers precautions the establish- me system on the | road The promotion of such a sy: tem would be materially helped if | there was in existence such a code of ring ethics such as the American 1bile Association is now spon- Nothing like it has ever been | before and there is every believe that few simple | 1 on experience, common common decency would re- | immediate response from sts of the country. motorists, of course, apply or system to themselves now te code, nationally indorsed, would speedily secure the support of | 95 per cent of the motoring-public, @ proportion o large that it would soon compel the small’ minority that has no standards to come to terms or else be driven off the highways. Ethics Apparent. “Rules that might well be embodied code of motoring ethics will| occur to every one who has an automobile. For instance, recognized that it is actice to pass a car me direction near the | a hill, or at any point where the view of the road ahead is ob- structed. And yet, thousands violate this rule every day. Take again the nmon practice of ‘stepping on the gas' when another car traveling in the same direction at a greater speed attempts to pass. Then again there the case of the driver who habit- ually makes his horn say ‘get out of the way’ when nine times out of ten | he could achieve his purpose by a | more gentle request. | That the safety movement stands 1o gain much from the adoption of a code of motoring ethics, has been amply proven by the experience of A. A. Clubs throughout the coun so that greater s trav A e | in readily drive it is a de goi brow of | ont | camps, | the motorist to seek the quasi-shelter |FLORIDA TO WELCOME | | highway leading into Florida. There Camp Site Choice Is Important Item For Motor Tourist Place Near Farmhouse Best if Municipal Ground Is Not at Hand. Everywhere the motorist will find tourist either privately or municipally near cities and towns. Some of these are equipped with modern conveniences and provide an ideal place for the motor traveler to spend the night. In the absence of such public however, it is advisable for camps, owned, f a farmer by dbtaining permission | to spend the night on his wood lot. in his grove or in his orchard. It is! desirable to select a spot on high | ound, if ‘possible, and not too near | water (to avoid mosquitoes), where milk, fresh eggs and other edibles | may be procured. The farm pamp may be patronized for drinking water. If the camp is to be more perma. nent, it is advisable, of course, to select a site near a supply of wood for the fire and water for drinking. High, slightly sloping ground with some shade, but in the open, is the ideal location. Avold bugs and in- sects by avoiding the hollow places. TOURISTS THIS FALL Representatives to Be Placed on All Main Highways Entering State to Greet Guests. A movement to welcome motorists who cross the Flori line during the coming Fall and| Winter seasons is being agitated in | that State, according to word received from the Florida State Development | Board at Jacksonville. | The plans call for the placing of an | official representative of the State at the Siate line on every important ate will be hung ac the highways a| big arch, welcoming the tourist, while booths at the side of the road will | have on hand a supply of State road | maps, data on road camps and other tourist information CONVICTS MAKE TAGS. Maryland Penitentiary to Furnish Florida Licenses. BALTIMORE, August 1.—Florida automobile license tags for 1926 will be made in the Maryland State Peni- tentiary under a contract just awarded calling for 350,000 plates, it was an- nounced by Stuart S. Janney, State welfare director. | The tag shop, which has been manu- | facturing the Maryland license plates for several years, is equipped to turn | out 7,000 tags a day. The Maryland institution will receive approximately able show that it only in rare instances that members of these clubs {run foul of the law, and that a smaller proportion of them are in- volved in accidents than of any other | class. This is attributed to the fact | that the honor system is in vogue and | a standard of conduct that they en- force of themselves. “Just as this honor system is mak- ing our club members better and more responsible motorists,” Mr. | Henry concluded, “so it may be con- | fidently expected that a Code of Motoring Ethics, once it is universal- | ly accepted, will make for safety, for | better motoring conditions and for a | greater degree of enjoyment for the | users of the highway; i $40.000 for the job. i} THE SUNDAY MOTORISTS FORGET GONVENIENCE ITEM When Figuring Value of Car Great Factor Often Is Overlooked. In considering the rating of your car as a “paying proposition” judge the car by what it dees, not by what it costs you. This is the plan advocated by Oscar Coolican, local Packard dealer, as an aid to motorists who take enough in- terest in their personal transporta- tion to check up now and again on the investment and its yield. ““Motoring that costs very littlp, but vields very little is a poor invest- ment,” he says. “The car owner is then sacrificing the many services which a car could offer him. He thinks he is saving, whereas in real- ity he is sacrificing. “If you want to know whether your motoring is a paying proposition fig- ure out what it offers you, not what 1t costs. If the car is doing a lot for you. your health, your business and your family, it is a first-class in- vestment, regardless of the cost. “In stressing the cost of motoring there is a_tendency at present to over- look the fact that if the average man were robbed of his car there would be nothing else to take its particular place. It would cost him more to be without a car than to support the most _extravagant . machine, which, however, produces big results. “Just having transportation within a stone’s throw of your home, when you want it, is worth more than many people appreciate. For short runs the automobile has demonstrated its ability to outstrip all other forms of transportation for speed. That, 100, is often priceless to the man in a hurry. “onsider these points when you are placing a valuation on your motoring. The actual cost is secondary. Don't concen e only on trying to get along with less oil, cheaper gas and stronger tires. Make sure that your car is giving vou all the service it is able. The service it renders and the problems it solves represent its real worth as an investment.” s A Smooth Greasing Hint. When g the steering assem- bly it is sometimes difficult to force the grease through so that you are satisfled that the ious points have been properly lubricated. When this happens in greasing the spring bolts it Is customary to rock the car up and down a little until the grease has a chance to work through. The same plan can be applied to the steering assembly by getting into the car and turning the wheel one way and then the other. Main 7612 NASH Distributors Salesroom and Service Station 1709 L St. N.W. Wallace Motor CHEfiOj@]/ Jor Economical Transportation JNew Low Prices The Chevrolet Motor Company announces the following reductions in the prices of Chevrolet closed models: The Coupe - %675 former price $715 The Coach - %695 former price $735 The Sedan - - $775 | - former price $825 ALL PRICES F.O.B. FLINT, MICHIGAN These models also have been improved with many new quality features. Come in and see them. BARRY-PATE MOTOR CO., Inc., 1218 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Adams 6000’ LUTTRELL CHEVROLET SALES CO., 14th St. & Rhode Island Ave. N.W. Main 2483 OURISMAN CHEVROLET SALES CO., 629 H St. N.E. Lincoln 10200 AERO AUTO CO., 1101 King St., Alexandria, Va. Alex. 820 QUALITY AT LOW COST 9 = STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS (Prepared by the public information committee of the Washington Automotive Py Trade. Association.) “MISSING A GOOD BET.” There is much for the Washington car owner to digest after learn- ing from the United States Department of Agriculture’s recent press release that driving toward the center of the road is merely a desire to avold the dangers of inadequate shoulders on the roads. Here is a good word In favor of the automobilist's judgment. Tt is not the only good word that has been said for tne driver. Every now and again some one comes to the fore with the statement that ‘the auto driver isn’t so foolish after all, that apparent acts of carelessness are not at all what they seem to be. . Things take a ‘turn in favor of the motorist. The road ahead looks brighter for car ownership. Some one suggests reducing taxes or repealing legislation that needlessly restricts the driver. Officlals commence to co-operate with the motorist, rather than to regulate him. And then the motorist himself misses a good bet. For some un- known reason he makes a foolish move, steps on the gas at the wrong time, tries to violate simple regulations or makes himself a nuisance generally. The undesirable things make a quicker and greater impression than the desirable ones. Like bad news, they travel quickly. This breaks up the combination that is calculated to make life easier for all concerned, and it keeps motoring from going ahead at the pace that it is entitled to go. New Tires for 0ld Tubes. The soaring price of crude rubber at the present time will mean a scramble The wise car owner nowadays buys | for tires within a very few months. new tires to go with the old tubes, | It Will save rotting and deterloration P | of the spare tubes to put them in pew even if he has to buy extra rims.|gpee: 5 f 1925—PART 3. THICK NICKEL PLATE HOLDS FINISH BETTER | Thin Coating Wears and Does Not Protect Iron and Steel From Corrosion. The minimum thickness of nickel plating when used on exposed steel parts of automobiles should be at least one-thousandth of an inch, ac- cording to the findings of the Bureau of Standards. If the film of nickel is thinner, the finish will not be durable. Nickel plating as ordinarily applied has long been recognized as not yeld- ing satisfactory protection against the corrosion of iron and steel parts. This was confirmed by investigation by the Bureau of Standards, and the faflure to protect was shown as being due to the fact that the nickel coatings are almost invariably porous. It was not found possible to produce by any prac- ticable method coatings which are en- tirely free from porosity, but it was found that if the nickel plating is made considerably thicker than is nec- essary or customary on brass parts, the protective value can be very ma. terially Increased THE OLD, MECHANIC SAYS: Like a good doctor, I never pre- scribe the same medicine for every patient, even if the symptoms and troubles szem to be the same. car, llke humans, is different. 1 know one owner whose motor carbonizes too quickly. I know him well enough to be sure it's the de sign of the engine and not his own | 828 vapor into the cylinders at a cer 5 " "Wn [tain speed of the car. Unless the carelessness. Well, there's & way to | owner presses out the elutch for an cut down carbon deposits by pouring | instant when passing through this into the cylinders, through the pet |Speed the whole car bucks, so I told * ittle P him to go ahead pressing out the cocks, a little bit of a mixture of| \iton” T've another customer with kerosene and alcohol. So I suggested | the same trouble, but T can't tell him this remedy and told him how and|to follow the samme rule. because the when to do it cluteh in his car won't stand it. I've I know another owner whose motor | got to think of a different remedy for carbonizes just as quickly, but I'hym or I'l be giving him more wouldn't suggest the same remedy be- ‘ trouble than he's already got ply the remedy correctly, while an- sther might overdo it. But I don't even have to go this far. 1 just con { sider the difference in the cars, just Every jas a doctor considers the difference |in constitutions. What's tonic for one is poison for another. One of my customers has & chronic defect in the carburetion. There is a very annoying break in the flow of cause 1t is a different type of motor and it 1s in different condition. The | % piston rings are badly worn. If T| suggested this remedy the owner Tceland Buys U. S. Cars. The world is riding in American might find himself diluting the oil in the crankcase instead of softening |motor vehicles. During the past five and loosening the carbon in the cyl-|months 16 motor trucks were shipped inders. {to Greenland and_seven passenger There's the difference. Also I have | cars to Iceland, while Belgian Kongo, to take into consideration the differ-|in the heart of Africa, took 29 pa: ence in owners. 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