Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1925, Page 71

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C OCTOBER 11, 1925—PART 3. DRIVERMEETS NEW DANGERS IN FALL “Leaf Skidding,” Stalling, | Glare and Battery Failures Among Hazards. Autumn pertod of mo- | toring del is also a period of spectal hazards, according to the| American Automobile Association, | which has just issued a paper on the subject, pointing out that at this sea of the year the touring motorist hould give particular attention to such fall haz as “leaf skidding,” stalling, headlight glare and battel crious hazard ever bhefore, Many | been repaved recently, | roads are invariably autumn _rains with fallen leaves | to make a very unstable path for the careless driver. Leaves always have been a source of danger In the fall. | particularly when they hold wuter on | thelr under side and thus trap the | driver who thinks he can get perfect traction when he wa P quick I ly. This yenr the s a gravatea by reason speeds which drive over the improved road: Blowouts Threatened. also pointed out Autumn time is | her el | rav Weak tire: 18 g Llowout be the rule bef fall trip,” the A. A. motorists go all summe preciating that the tires rapldly weakening. \Vhen they start on the fall tour it is not an uncommon thing to find these overworked tires blow- ing out. | “An excellent plan is to purchase | a new set of tires in the fall, using| them for the trip and then removing | them for the winter. Old tires will | be found safe enough on the car dur- | ing cold weather when speed is not the rule, provided, of course, that the T oubled by Inef; the smooth tri he decides upon, it is a matter of ty to have good rub- ber on the for the fall tours, since traveling is invariably accom: panied by and speed does not 80 with w should for a “Many hout ap- alling a Danger. | “An fmportant point in connection | with fall motoring Is that this season of the vear creeps upon one without | a full realization of what is happen- ing. In winter car owners make it a point to have the carburetor ad-| justed properly for the weather condi- tlons the motor will encounter, and it is the ruls to have some sort of cov- | ering over the core of the radiator. | In fall, however, the average driver tries to get along on a summer ca buretor mixture. This means sta ling. “Stalllng 1s now generally recogniz- ed as a grave hazard. Stalling is a| contributing cause of a I 3 centage of grade crossing accidencs, | It results in considerable traf lay and occasions much unnecessar congestion, “The matter of stalling and quate carburetor mixture is closely related to battery fallure. Fall is the ' period of the vear when batteries are overworked. Garages are without heat, vet temperatures are low. Car- huretor mixtures are so inadequate that the average motor must be crank- ed several times before it will keep from stalling. Little Reserve Current. “While many owners manage to get | through’ the fall without having the | Dattery actually fail in its job of morn. | ing cranking, there s little current stored up for an emergency. The av-| erage battery in the fall of the year is not in condition to supply suffi. cient current to operate the starter motor long enough to pull the car off a railroad crossing, assuming the engine has stalled. | “‘Last but by no means least among the fall hazards In motoring is th matter of headlight gl Shorte days and the end of daylight saving for many cities means increased | travel by artificial light. Throughout the long summer evenings the | age driver gets a little out of pra tice In the art of facing bright lights, and it is possible that his own head. lights will have been jarred more or less out of adjustment.” | s o MOTORISTS WILL FIGHT | FOR REPEAL OF TAXES (Continued from Sixth Page.) 1n favor of the retention of the motor vehicle excise tax is that it Is simple and easy to collect and that it has netted the Federal Government from $48,000,000 to $158,000,000 a year since it was inaugurated. Some of the reasons why the motor- s he s he relleved of these var taxes are: The automobile is not & luxury; the State alone should have the prerogative of taxing motor ve- hicles; the motorist alre his_full share of in 1922 removed the ads, vet retains the tax on motor vehicles, one of the most essentfal forms of transportation; never before has Con- gress thus taxed the commodity of a basic findustry; in view of | large Federal surplus, tax may be ellminated without creating a _deficit: will benefit largest single class of taxpayers. These arguments and many more will be developed in the hearir before the House ways and mes committee by motorists and their | spokesmen. They are planning one of | the strongest fights vet waged in| behalf of what they consider equitable edjustment of taxation. { What success they will encounter is problematical. Yet therc are not & |one first place, two = i pressed themselve: | pathy COMMERCE DEPARTMENT 'NEW YORK SUSPENDS HELPS A_UTO UNIFORMITY | 6,671 AUTO PERMITS Conference to Consider Plans for Standaidized Parts Will Be Called Here Soon. 1,934 Revoked Entirely, Commis- sioner Reports—1,088 Due to Intoxication. Assurances that the Department of | Commerce will carry its standardiza- ton activities into the automotive field Is given by the offer to have the livision of simpiified practice assist | manufacturers, distributors and con- sumers of automotive parts to put 1 program of uniformity into effect. | Conferences with representatives of | manufacturers and users of car parts | will be convened in Washington in he near future to consider recom mendations now being framed by au motive encineers regarding specifi- atiops for brake lining, oversize pis- ton rings, spark plugs and taper roll er bearings. Officials of the simpli- fled ice division then will en- cavor to obtain the same acceptance | »f revised standards which has been ccorded by other industries. During the last 11 months a total of 6,671 automobile drivers' permits held by New York State operators have been either revoked or sus- pended. Of that number Motor Ve- hicle Commissioner Charles A. Har- nett reports that 1,934 permits were revoked of which 1,088 were due to driving cars while intoxicated. Sus- pended permits numbered 4,737. The principal causes for suspensions were: Accidents resulting in Injury to persons, 1,228; reckless driving or speeding, 958; charged with driving | while intoxicated, 537; charged with icide, 483; permitting unlicensed ons to drive, 222; charged with ult, 98; improper registration, 148; permitting minors to drive, 46; phys. {ical or mental disability, 14. QUALIFYING SPEED OF 118 MILES MAY BE DEMANDED AT LAUREL | (Continued from Sixth Page.) the new speed would be almost 40 miles an hour faster than that re. quired by the big Indianapolis track, ind from 13 to 18 miles an hour faster than the qualifying speed of other board ovals. Entry List s Long. desire of all thel to compete on the new | ement is con- ! cessity of eliminat- ing several of the applicants. Under the A. A. A. contest rules 16 cars will be permitted in the forthcoming race, whereas fully a score of drivers | have signified thelr Intention of enler»] ing. In the event that all of the ap- plicants succeed in qualifying, those | making the lowest time will be elimi nated. i A setting has been given the ap- | proaching race entirely different from the way the speed demons stood prior to the July event. Peter de Palo, who then was fresh from his terrific grind | of 500 miles without a stop In the| Indianapolis will be hard pressed by a coterle of daring aces, | who have tuncd their speedy mounts 7 grueling contests that broughi ! resh laurels to those who could set | the fustest pace. The youngster, BobMcDonough, who.l clinched his claim to a place in racing annals by his second place at Laurel, nce has won the Altoona race. The ame of Ralph de Palma is founded on another flash to victory at Sy cuse. The recent Fresno, Calif., rac produced a victory for Fred Comer, | who placed fourth at Laurel. | Harry Hart Laurel, placed who finished third at second at Altoona. Leon Duray, who was forced out of | the Laurel classic with a broken steer- | ing wheel, placed second at Syracuse und fourth at Altoona. Bennett Hill, also forced out of the Laurel race, gave Comer a close contest at Fresno and finished in second place Shattuc Proves Merit. Two others who met with misfor e been “in the n 12 “Sheik . who unable Lore vir was | grind, was aw nis racing and fourth, If recent performances count anything in reckoning possibl the next 2! pionship ture at Lau: 1 be far from one-man victory. Success in recent racing ventures wi materially ! heighten the keeness of the dash for a share in the 000 prize money + and a higher standing in the annual championship of motor ‘raced Reserved seat wer local interest series, t for the speedway ticket speedway officials. point to a record-breakin, which is expected to Mail orders from the surrounding ountry are coming in heavily also, 1t is sald for Despite I world few leaders in Congress who have ex- s entirely in sym-| with the movement to abolish | the automobile war excises. Sanumr, Reed Smoot hairman of the Senate| finance committee, helieves this form | of taxation is wro and should be | wiped out as soon as possible. Senator | Cummins of Iowa also has gone on| rd as unfavorable to the continu- | these’taxes. On the House | irman Madden of the appro- | priat committee, it is understood, | is prepared to fight its retention, | should the excise question reach the floor of the House. In the ways' means committee, Representative | *hrach of New y and William | Oldfield, chairman of the Demo- cratic national committee, may be counted upon to vote for striking out | the automobile war se_taxes. { With these members of Congress asi nucleus to oppose these taxes, car | wners may look forward to the com-! 5 session with the ‘confidence that| automobile taxation will receive, least, an adequate airing. (Copvright. 1925.) its companion car, the famous C MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO SAVE. (Prepared by the public information committes of the Washington Automotive Trade Association.) Notwithstanding the great convenience of the time-payment method of buying cars there Is still an advantage in saving for a car, even though one may be paying for one in the meantime. Only through saving by the simple rules in force for many years will the average person ever be able to purchase the finer and more expensive car which he naturally hopes to own some day. In pur- chasing out of income it is necessary to limit oneself to a certain extent, and it is for this reason that many motorists are not able to buy finer cars each time they make a change. The" desire to own the best car made Is inherent In every red- blooded American. Through the time-payment plan many who never could have owned a car at all have been able to join the motoring ranks. The next step Is to learn to save while paying for a current car in order that the next car can be one just a little higher up the scale. In saving, the motorist will be able to meet the expense of a finer car without taking any undue risk, for should some unforeseen contingency arise he will have his savings to tide him over, being merely obliged to wait a while longer for the better car he hopes to be able to buy. ‘Without such savings many a motorist is forced to buy a cheaper car the next time he changes, a thoroughly discouraging and unprogressive process. SEAGOING AUTO ROAD LINK IS COMPLETED 5,000 Cats at Opening Ceremony Travel 15 Miles Over Ocean Off Key West. The first link of the Overseas high- way, now under construction across 125 miles of ocean and keys from Key West to Homestead, in southern Flor- ida, has been completed, and its open- ing inaugurated recently by 5,000 au- tomobilists motoring from the lsland of Key West 15 miles toward the mainland to Boca Chica Key. 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