Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1925, Page 57

NEW SIGN SYSTEM | ADOPTED INWEST No Two Persons | Drive Cars Alike, | Policeman Finds According to a traffic policeman in THE SUNDAY THE SUNDAY MOTORIST An Abridged Magazine for Car Qwners EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. the central are no two mobil pass, notleing t Four Types Indicate Various Kinds of Danger Ahead of Autoists. wvolds othe: side stops long ing | Ter. while £ | his brakes us y Sys. om the in a distinct system of | zns by the State highway | partmer The system will be com- | pleted before the end of the present | touring season, it is said. It includes the use of distinct shapes to indicat different degrees of dunger, in addi tion to the appropriate wording. The system is now in use in Michi- zan, Indiane, Wisconsin, Minnesota | wnd Missouri and has been recom. | mended as a standard for the United | States, Autémobile to 1 “ Greater safety for motorists Troads In the Ohio Stat Then there 'FUNDS sed sts to, clubs have been teution of moto information The shapes and their general uses follows cular sings. Octagonal Diamond indica “railroad “stop.” “slow” or Square ention.” ich of these signs bears wording | J¢ appropriate to the condition or haz ard on account of wh n is used—for example, roads,” etc, indicating “look™ or Increases Signs' Value. be The 1 ad dition | crease the value of 1v at night Tt is pointed out that if the motorist will familiar himself with the meaning of the various shapes and drive accordingly il make but little difre: whether the wording | on_the s can be read or not The circular or ‘rallroad” sign is used for grade crossings only. Where ever the circular sig een extreme caution should be rved. The octagon or stop sign indicates that the ver shouid come t complete stop or proceed slowly under complete control used principally on at their intersect traveled main road: : The diamond-shaped s = to indicate I ced | member tl speed or c: use T inherent in the road me signs are used to warn the f | slow a curve. sharp turn, steep g - | and row bridge, repair zon: loose surface, etc of distinctive shapes in the lettering As a ually spe tior is equally t e ost is surist ths by motor E “A_party bile trip th: na | ing at This sign {s | Vacation secondary roads | Would at ns with heavily | $tar ns stop, driver safety, other: All re used to direct | worded ble danger arising | ard The from a condition onutside the road | very legib! itself but adjacent to it, such at the mi cross road, side road or school the nece Once the meaning of the four dif ferent shapes is understood. it is ex plained, the driver readily antici pate the degree of hazard. even though the lettering on the signs is obscured If the driver will but re. not Indicate Specific Hazard. | The sq attention to e slgns a pos: | it | it has been been made round. alike. he remarked, of driving all his own. making wide detours to avold possible cbllisions. | man plunges ahead with the ide: the other driver will do the stopping. ers—and they are the wo tually enjoy slipping past | sign Awithout belng ¢ ARE BUYING MOTORS New Plan for Proving Popular With Many per: viding the best possible souvenir of a vacation by spendin s for an automobi ph B. Trew of the So many persons are buying 1 their vacation money that it suggestion have an_enjoyable the end of it have something that will | of considerable use for the nnx\‘ matter a mighty good beginning a, first-rate vacation. everywhere s touring to a minimum. | are thus able to enjoy at will be for little mo home would cost without the ear the hat the round sign means a ilrond crossin , {he ¢ nd the square svern will have greatly phasize the warning section of th people who dr ity, there { n auto- “As T watch these cars 1 cannot help at each motorlst has a way | The shy man r cars on the street. often Ever sun, then jump into a palm beach suit The cautious man |Hot diggity! before he reaches the cor- | the impulsive driver jams on suddenly. The selfish | that strated that the safe di are the natural law-break. | WO avoids extremes. it ho ac- follows the average. The old maxim that ine numbers still average represents the If a motorist drives lled.” FOR VACATIONS to have trouble. |cur where one motori; |get_past them all {loafing along. If |tremes you're likely t even if you are not e ble for the extremes. The safest traffic, |keeps moving in_an {That can’t be done Enjoying Rest s Many People ons this Summer are pro- | It is clearly according to | resul c tryin row Moler CB. [Saror of CHEW SIS other at the wrong S |back to the underlying @ |will find that the real N flack of at | The safe driver as to how c vacation one and up with the procession not yield to the tempt of fa ss everything. Any the sum nt by the ordinary family ns will bu good car. It| rue that wutomobiie is | {IT L SRS B¢ in provid-| "1t even applies to Operat- | L oople drive 8o far on a ominal, and the automo- | PeoPle drive #o far on accommodations are avail- | g ¥ PEOONE LI S now at a low cost. | parjenced and out the expense of n of ducing of four or five persons a long aufomo- a real vacation e than the cost of sta The money that the When next you're miles an hour and speed at which you through space, just giv the parts of the car, a to their speed. Think of the piston W one of ‘emi—ap) inches for each rev crankshaft: 2,500 revol ute of a shaft means iston travel per min | bined speed of eight | as high as 2! The a that sucks retor through the air from 50 to 150 mile The valve tappets make a sub- any car the very least it on the octagonal sign amond sign s ign means look himself accordingly, he contributed to the only to himself, but of of this svstem are indicate specific haz lettering in all cases is and the wording is kept imum required to convey ry warninz. The stand heme is black on a white In a few cases where deemed advisable to em- | the signs have with red on a white back also 50 miles an hour Remember that moving parts in dead and rever: the &p every fraction When an engine shaft 500 revolutions per n ton performs this stopy ling stunt S3 times ever From a dead start ma an au ve your car stand in the seat yourself with only the thickness natomy and the sun-warmed seat? Safety in Average Speed. More and more it is belng demon- |able to any motorist, because it means | the. traffic |that he will be safer the more he holds good. speed of the avenue he is not likely The accidents orderly fashion. | | drivers trying to go fast and the other | quit | Ealt trying to go slow. demonstrated in the | matter of hill climbing. thelr vacation | gocidents that occur on hills are the uniformity in hill is the one who has enough power under the hdod to keep keep in line with drivers who repre- sent this safe average is, of course, re Know Some B.;al Speed. or 30 miles an hour. 2lve stems sometimes at hour in considerably less than a sec- ond! And you think it's wonderful to accelerate from nil to 25 miles per hour in 9 seconds! it quickly and between your Explaining the Water. Many motorists have been puzazled of late by river is the one This is valu-|haust pipe when the engine is just starting up. now that exhaust pipes run the length of the car, and many motorists are |wondering whether it is a new thing {or something they never before noticed because exhaust pipes were concealed | under the car. The truth of the mat- ter is that a certain amount of water from condensation always has been found in the exhaust pipe, but since there is safety The “numbers."” at the average oc- st 18 trying to while another is|the longer pipes have to make a lit- you're in the ex-|tle detour over the rear axle they have trouble|create even more water. All the actly responsi- | water that coilects on the imside of the pipe as the latter rises to go the kind that| over the axle naturally runs back to the muffler, or near it, the pressure the | of the exhaust gases thus forcing out a little water when the motor with ehalf starts. pily - More Than Gas Gauge. These gasoline gauges on the instru- | ment board are more than a safeguard against driving with the tank dry. First of all they are u constant re. minder to drive nearer the center of | crowned road rather than off to one [side of an angle. The gas gauge tells [this by the way it registers a_ gallon lor so too much or too little, depend- ing upon tho slant of the car and of the gas tank. If you become accu tomed to reading the gas gauge It is possible to tell when you are climb- |Ing o steep grade. This information is often valuable when you are travel- ing a strange road on a rainy, dark night and do not realize the engine is struggling because it is being required to climb tuo steep a hill in high. Motor lore—v:And Why. The man who sounds his horn and smiles idiotically when you toot your horn as a matter of safety and law | before overtaking him. He thinks proximately 10| each motorist who passes is trying to ution of the | d@monstrate the superiority of his car. tions per min- | The man who speeds up just as you 5,000 inches of {are trying to pass. He does not te. The com-|know that he is jeopardizing you and sistons will run | the driver of the approaching car, and that he is never any safer than the into the carbu-| other fellow. intake travels| The man who sticks out his arm s per hour. after he has stopped. He hasn't read rise to hit the the story of the man who decided to a speed of | buy a padlock for the stable door | after the horse was stolgn. of the fast| The man who spreads the news engine stop | that such-and-such car is an out- ir direction of | standing failure because he knows of a_ second.|some one who has had a lot of trouble is running at with one. He has a poor memory for linute each pis-| his own repair bills ping and start-| The man who travels an abnormal v second | number of miles on just 10 gallons of to 25 miles an| gas. His tank has a very generous to pass each time. But go cause and you trouble is the climbing. n but who does ation to try to driver who can mileage. Some day's run that areles O w practi clipping off 50 marvel at the| ure rushing e a thought to nd particularly s that travel n. 1t Worlds Greatest | — CHEVROLET J CHEVROLE = Jor Economical Transportetion Now You Can Get —a fullyequipped quality touringcar for 3525 —a racy, streamline roadster for *525 —a fine coupe with balloon tires and disc wheels for 675 —a Pisher Body Coach seating five people comfortably for '695 ~a handsome sedan beautifully up- holstered and with full equipment and appointments for *775 " All Prices f. 0. b. Flint, Mich. . QUALITY What you get for your money—that is what really counts—that is the definition of value. 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New Low Prices INew Quality Features BARRY-PATE MOTORS . CO., INC. 1218 Connecticut Ave. N.W. LUTTRELL CHEVROLET SALES CO. 14th St. and Rhode Island Ave. N.W. AT LO OURISMAN CHEVROLET SALES CO. 629 H Street N.E. AERO AUTO CO. 1101 King St, Alexandria, Va. W COST reason of the water that| often sputters out the end of the ex-| This is very noticeabie | AUGUST R 1 Junking of Wrecks On Roads Favored | For Public Safety ‘ Junk the automobile and $25. So thinks one motorist who has be- come alarmed at the increasing num- Ler of dllapidated cars that are Lo be seen on the roads. In the interest of | public safety, it is suggested, motor vehicle manufacturers should buy up and junk all cars when they fall to a | certain minhimum price. Cars that ! have a sale price us low as $15 untl} selling for $15 | | $25, this motorist believes, are menac- ing life and property, while their own- ers are in many instances financially | irresponsible. [ and convenient reserve compartment. The man who speeds past a school house because others do the same. | He hasn't yet learhed that the | Romans are an extinct race. More Than Alertness. Certain tests made by persons who' believe that there Is a great variation | in the degree of responsiveness to | danger, as revealed by auto drivers. are producing some quiet unexpected | conclusions. The scientists are try ing to prove that unless a driver is quick on the trigger. so to speak, he sheuld not be granted a license. But | they are proving quite the reverse. A | very large percentage of drivers have been found to be too alert, jump clear out of the frying pan into the fire. It isn't always the fellow who can start stopping so quickly that is the safest, experience shows. Most skid- ding accidents are caused by drivers who are too quick to stop. The driver who takes it easier invarlably comes out ahead. What the scientists believe slow reaction may' be stmply more mature deliberation. The safest minds may often think slowest. Now You Have It! (Answers to last week's questione), 1. Valve ppets with generous clearance usually give an engine more | snap and power, but it is very easily overdone. If there is too much clear- ance valves will not open fully. Gas will not enter the cylinders in sum- cient quantitiee, nor expel quickly enough. 2. A storage battery does not store electricity, popular belief to the con- | trary notwithstanding. The charging process is inerely an enforced chemi al action in order to put the battery elements back to a point where, in acting normally, they generate cur rent 3. The simplest way of making sure that the starter is turning over the i, motor is to raise the hood and look | at the fan. If the fan Isn't turning | neither is the engine shaft. 4. It is a popular fallacy to believe springs can be overoiled. You cannot get enough grease or oil between the spring leaves to interfere with the resistance through friction which the spring leavés should nermally offer. | The pressure is too great. 5. Front-wheel drive for would simplify mechanical front- wheei brakes. 1t would be necessary | oniy to have a single brake on the | front-wheel drive propeller shaft be- tween engine and differential. They | is a | | autos | Instant Succe | still 1925—-PART 3. MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORIST “FI CING THE NEXT CAR the public information committee of the Automotive Trade Assoclation.) (Prepared by Washington Don't stop buying your car after you have presumably paid for ‘The usual thing is to meet installments and then to consider the car bought and pald for the moment the last note is pald off. This explains why so many motorists are obliged to forego their ambition to buy finer cars when they are in the market for a« new machin When the time payments cease. regular savings for the next new car are then in order. IL serves to spread out the expense of car ownership into regular monthly installments, and has a number of other advantages as well. With “time payments” made in advance and deposited to your credit in the savings bank, you have two pleasant alternatives when selecting the next new car. If you want a car of the same price it is yours without necessity of arragging for time payments and without interest char; 1f you want a better car you have your present spec basis of such a purchase, the extra cost being taken usual time-payment pian. When you stop setting so much aside for the automobile invest- ment each month you automatically stop trying to reach the point of financial independence with respect to car ownership. You begin to spend money for a lot of other things that give you less pleasure than the possession of ‘a fine motor car, and the first thing you know it is car-buying time—and you have nothing specially saved for something more to your taste. MOTOR HAS LARGE PART IN AIDING EUROPE’S TRADE | the re of Ly the | ment of posts operates vehicles for the |transport of both mail and passengers. [ Motor trucks are also extensively used and have proven more economical than the railways whenever shipments did not go be; meters. Trailers attached to | trucks are a very common sight No Traffic Control. the (Continued from Fifth Page.) the United States, American automo- | blles are subjected to a duty of §%%, | instead of 20% as formerly. This ac- tion has given considerable stimulus to sale of American cars as compared with those originating in other Euro- pean countries. Larger discounts given by American manufacturers are also proving a greater attraction to dealers. One sees the use of American busses also extended to link up vari- ous sections that are devoid of other méans of transportation. e motorization of Esthonia has hardly been started, and in Ravel the principal means of transportation is the Russian drotcke, drawn by sinall horses. Conditions of the streets and roads have tended to militate ugainst adoption of the more modern type of vehicle. “Latvia has made more progress with automotive transportation and many taxis of the touring type are found in Riga. Poland Buying Cars. “A spurt in_automobile buying noticeable in Poland as resuit of more favorable tariff treatment ac corded to American cars since recent enactment of commercial treaty with the United States. Motor transporta tion has also been encouraged under |establishment of better financing fa policles inaugurated by Gem. W. 0. |cilities, adequate service and reduc Zagorski, who was a4 delegate o the |tion in prices of automobiles abroad o Sat WouS Mofor Transnort Con {4 to be within reach of a larger num- held in Detroit. and who is now min- Per of peopie with u lium purchas ster of transportation in Poland. ing pawe “The high cost of automobiles, which aused by high fariff and taxes, is preventing any extensive de velopment of automotive transpor tion in Hungary. Although the cot try appears to merit confidence, there &, nevertheless, a shortage of capital Mich needed road construction and re pairs are held up ‘Austria imports American automo biles in limited quant! port licenses which per quarter. Motor bus t tion is particularly well organized, 1 only in the city of Vienna, but a outlylng sections, where the depart practically complete absence of traffic control. Despite this it i | that relatively few accident congested sections of the city because pedestrians are, by necessity, com pelied to be cautious when crossing | the street. Tt appears that in the out {1ying sections more accidents occur be. cause of the less dense t and the | consequently lessened carefulness of | pedestrians when crossing thorough fares. | hroughout Europe there is an in | tense interest in motor transportation 15 developed in the United States Government officials are particularly interested in such matters | highways, traffic and safety ‘]vr’lld.nl of police of Berlin has not only established a traflic tower of the | American type, as one sees on Fifth |avenue, but also has been instrumer {tal in having prepared a fiim to fa { miliarize children with safety | " “European sales of American i& mobiles are prima; legislative attitude. becoming more fuve »gnition of utility services performed the automobile. Remaining prob. lems still to be solved consist in the oceur in 1uto {ly dependent on the This. however, is able with the rec ¥ There were public roa i~ January 1, 2,941.284 miles of rural in the United States or " Youve tornedto Studehaker | tadeforonetoday - s regards | The |Ability to Stop | Car Safely Held | Only Rule Needed Dr Dickenson the of Standards | pounded a single rule for v . if in his opin: H Bureau « has pro fe driving it strictl; adhered to, would take the place of all existing regulations, The Dickenson rule is No vehicle be operated ed such that it cannot be stopped within the sured clear course wead.” NASH Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street | Hawkins Nash Motor Co. 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