Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1925, Page 64

" ACCIDENTS RESULT FROM CHANGING BRAKES Double Standard Following Transition wo to Four Wheel Variety Has Proved Prophets Wrong. From By WILLIAM ULLMAN. confronted today b stopping, for th vlod in braking the car with a novelty; now, | |instances cars with | brakes are capable of le: | are usually older cars capable of a burs few minutes, but they 1t up. unimproved speed. They s. They may be of speed for a cannot keep More Care Taken. ke car is far ln-hlnd] It had been predicted that with the motive progri Re- | inevitable period of transition from of the four | unimproved to improved brakes there would be no end of collisions, but ap. parently the automotive prophets failed to consider the fact that owners of unimproved brakes would make every effort to keep their brakes in better condition. That better service ion|on brakes has helped to make the to the question of the | period of doublestandard stoppin oandiae relatively uneventful is demonstr: e | by the records of repairers, espec 3 ed that there | specialists in brake work, who report vs on the streets | that car owners who formerlv paid lit- 5, 1 four- | tle or no attention to their brakes are fifteen | now subjecting them to periodic in- ith brakes of | specton. The police departments also have !aided in safeguarding the transition period through brake inspection and | penalties for driving cars with defec. tive brakes. There have been instances where cars that had poor brakes when brand new were provided later with a set of very effective brakes. At the other extreme there beens additional reasons for m the change less of a hazard. have|among these is the discovery that and their | many owners of four-wheel-brake cars They | have been so well satisfied with the against [ stopping ability of thelr cars and have 4 had so few occasions to make every demand upon thefr brakes that they have actually neglected them. 1In other words, many cars with four- wheel brakes are not stopping as quickly as they might if the brakes r paradox. | were given mormal attention, er, lies more | minimizing to some extent the dis- ivers than in|crepancy between the two-wheel and It is a fact | four-wheel systems. This, combined brakes re | with greater attention to poorer brakes, has helped to make less of a gap between newer and older braki Despite the facts and tendencie however, those who are of a logical { turn of mind contend there should be more rear-end coll and very serf when 8o many ¢ n stop as quickly as so many others et the flood of rear-end collisions has not materialized. Motordom is in ined to attribute this situation to ondary greater intelligence in the use of cars rural n rather than to pure luck. sudden | (Copyright. 1925.) N %! EASY ON UNIVERSALS. popularity well as the recent two-wheel and brakes, hoth there is a nity in stopping this situz tomobiles in ot be depende 18 effec- mprov other spec yur relial tor topp e for q on usually perm the bra Travel Over Second Gear to Cut Wear. Much wear to the universal joints ay be avoided by traveling over a ough road in second gear. While in second it is possible to keep the engine pulling constantly without having the car gain speed’ that will be too fast for the road. If power is applied alternately with the appli- lessen is the motor- that es a carele irrespon- who has little to lose in a c nd who s not at all for the is fellow. motorists. Avoid a driver means avoid- ng trou thus | |aceept any | That is why Rough Roads in | THE SUNDAY KEEP Z VI N RN STAR, WASHINGTON. THE DEPARTING GUESTS WHO YOU EXPOSED TO A SNAPPY FALL BREEZE DURING THEIR PROLONGED FAREWELLS — D. C, OCTOBER 25, 1925—PART 3. 10-24-2.5 Copyright. 1915, by Rstryiefian Fievapaper Servicr FOR DRAGGING CLUTCH. Spark Driven Disks. The real remedy for a rrect Retarding Slows Down draggin | cluteh les in a ¢ adjust- | ment | brake, but knowledge of little u are tr to shift into some inspection of the clutch this 1s of ing busy © ready then to nakeshift just so long ag | {1t temporarily the with i very use when v “low” on | thorougha solves problem you s ™ to re rd the spark if the clutch dr: and | off ou the dif t of ing | into jow” or " out erashi the zes 1€l C re- tard the spar <ine naturally |idles slowe ¥ s down the |ariving ais the clutch as well as the driver disks, which, under or dinary conditi should be at rest | | when the clutch pedal is depressed shi Depend on Car Behind. use their brakes to their because there is little When they are »on the brakes to per- st, they often escape sion because the driver 1s good brakes. The v car behind with topping is growing meral use of rear-view and greater familiarity with 1so are helping the o is being fol- car with poor poor fac Jess da mirrc makes o driver to Jowed y by a 1 Another factor In safety as related to brakes ct that the double standard of stopping has been render- ed harmless by reason of the simul- taneous double standard of speed. who nc o fastest on the re at the wheels of cars best brakes. The man who usually ahead. the man behind has the advantage In the event the pee s forced to stop quickly ing a car he has ps suddenly, he brakes to help him avold the bt with the I he s with fastest is overtaken a has his super What is to prevent drivers with poor brakes from driving as fast as thos ving cars with improved br asks the conscientious mo- 1 inswer here lies in the mechan- e car rather than in the vo- he driver. In a majority of NOTICE! On November lst the Gardner Service Station, now located at 22nd and M Sts, will move to 17th & V Sts. N.W. Service and Repairing for All Makes of Cars Flint and Gardner a Specialty Tires and Accessories T.J. CAMFIELD As EBONITE “Strings™ 10 a Stick, Around the Gears MR. MOTORIST Just try this rich guality (shredded oil) EBO! as a Inbricant for the traus. mission and rear axles of your Motor Car or Truck. Which falls upon any other part of the car. They Carry the whole driving load. EBONITE will ease the strain_ by cushi the gears with its rich, adhesive mass of ofl. Stops wear to parts and s repair bills. Buy with your mind made up. Demand EBONITE. Take mno substitute. dealers in five-pound and at service sta- from the EBONITE erhourd ' prmp only. tions (17’5, SHREDDED 0IL) “ FORTRANSMISSIONS AND REAR AXLES BAYERSON O1L WORKS - (01 UMBIA 5225 cation of the brakes, to keep the car from going too f: the universals receive double shoc With the driven disks running so| very slowly the shift cen usually be | made without danger of clashing. THE OLD It's all very well to know how to take the apart, but it would save a t of time and trouble to learn what to let alone when tryin’ to make 1 adjustment or a repalr. I can illustrate this to with the horn on Brown's car. ‘e wanted to pep up the horn a little so that it woudl bark a little louder and, " worked on horns many times he removed the cover and went lot more trouble than was neces because when he removed the er he found that he could have de the adjustment just as well with the cover on Dofn’ the work in the twilight, he hadn’t noticed that there was an justment screw that protruded. This isn’t the usual construction, for in most cases the adjustment of the horn 15 made at the end of the motor shaft, nd of course that is covered up. But Brown's one of those fellows who never has time to look for an easfer way of doin’ things. I had to help another fellow the other day because he was havin’ trou- perfection et et et SRR et i e et A A Sttt U ol ____®__________ Dopbse BROTHERS,INC. ANNOUNCE A new and attractive Credit-Purchase Plan, now in operation throughout the United States. This plan, devised and approved by Dodge Brothers, Inc., enables a pur- chaser of a Dodge Brothers Motor Car to extend his payments over a period of twelve months at a minimum credit charge. ] So favorable to the purchaser is this arrangement, that practically anyone can now own a Dodge Brothers car without financial inconvenience. Ask us, without obligation, for full particulars. SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY RAPHAEL SEMMES, PRESIDENT 8 DUPONT CIRCLE AND 1707 14th St. N.-W. Main 6660 MECHANIC | BINDING STEERING GEAR. Often SAY Looseness of Housing Is ble with the gaskets on the exhaust Cause of Catching. manifold. Here he had gone to work| . and removed the manifolds fust to| 'When a steering gear starts (o bind grind in the valves. It wasn't at all [there are two possible causes, assum- necessary. In cleanin’ out carbon I've | ing that the gear, k seen motorists go to all the bother | : N S of removin’ twice as much wirin' as|Pections are properly greased. necessary. Yet if it's malnly a mat- one type of steering gear the ter of grindin’ in the valves and there |arm, sometimes called the is little carbon in the head I've been 2 & Qi far o able 1o do the job without unscrewin’ | 37 Mmay work o ERa el DI % {shaft and alter the leverage, thus af- Unless a car is equipped with front |fecting the steerin wheel brakes one of the simpliest ways [ The more general cause of cleanin’ out the front wheel bearin's |is looseness of the whole is to keep forcin' in fresh grease. gear housing, so that when any « That forces the old grease out on the |is placed on the gear the housins inside of the wheel. It's just as ef-|changes its position. This str: fective as cleanin’ the bearin's by re- | the bearings and causes the gear t movin’ them, and It often saves bind. Tightening the frame connec- damagin’ them. | tion is the remed 18 pins and con- oOn Pitman out too however teering | TRACE MANY ACCIDENTS TO UNINFORMED DRIVERS Experts Recommend Practice and Ex- perimentation With Car Operation to Safeguard Against Helplessness. By FREDERICK C. RUSSELL |that it is better to perfect himsel? i a : S e n Sileying ks & | doing the conventional things in drf Believing that a large percentage | y1n8 1S SORVeRtonal BUnES n 200 of automwobile accidents result from | ¢ T sell IS 01 [too limited sidl on the part of the| iUy of fnding himselt in a eituatio driver, safety and driving experts are | % WhICh he Wil be deprived of the o recommending practice and expert-| a1 wa however seemingly sk mentation with car operation as a|g.'onq efmcient that way ) daily routine. Tn the opinion of those | F} &1 efficient (hat way may who bave witnessed the helplessness | ot o of drivers in a_crisis, the automobile o G TR o ) fer s & mechankeil monster 1x not famil. | {hem how not. {0 be paniesiriken | far enough ground ments in the higher education of m In the new view of preparation for|torists. The average driver is 1 safe driving the average motorist is | versatile enough. He must learn ho visualized as spending a few minutes (1o get along when things are not ench day lterally getting himself con- | hig favor. Or, to put it another wa fused, and then performing the con-|he must learn to be ready for an ventional acts of starting. Stopping | {hin | and steering in new ways and learning | | that in an emergency there is alw another way of doing things. In monstration of what motor; ists should make a daily routine, it was y fcuity was experienced | j1ocgo e i several drivers when required to!ig oo “of the me safe art the engine without removing|yafts makes their hands from the rim of the steer. | 1. ing wheel. The adjustment of the car used for the experiment was fixed 80 t the en; e would stall unless the t le wa kept normally open. | When the drivers found that they were not permitted to ho! e throttle {open by means of the hand control, | oo o several said the feat could not be| e 'ty done.” Only one driver was so ver. | o th% brake tile as 1o use his left foot to press | % TOr the St n the accelerator w ing thell, S0 S foot to press the starter but.| 3719 Practice hot |ing the right foot for the Such detailed control of advantage where extren very low den negotiating a ve road. periments | revealed the f. | perienc to broader One drivel along t that d dr ¢ the ese lines a number of make an nge of car cont req th down hi ing the foot | emergency br |out of comm Important Quality Lacking Lacking the ability to adapt them- s 1 to new conditions in experience, too many ars are at a complete to know what to do when any-| thing ‘unus In an effort | dy this situation, a series of | experiments has been devised. The orist who undertakes them is ask ed to back a car out it has bec 1 speed is Those who ndv arity with the car contr mend learning do several th | simultaneous . 1 in a nite order which 1 arranged with dis tance, a driver should be wly the brakes while horn. The usual | the norn ana lay which is aske quiv of twenty-five experiment the engine lent to r speed miles an for the pose of | P} driver's juc to engine speeds. | The r. e is covered during the experiment so that he is| deprived of one of st effective | 40 is to engin. | Where the ird test r irned, or the horn continuously while | Where he r aking a turn. Both hands must be |£ear and mo "pt on the wheel. The purpose in|lison. is to train the driver to use his| Another plan {elhow in touching the horn button. | becomi In another test he is obliged to|VUf carsasa preca with his right foot, a|into a rut in dr requires considerable | just different « to remind a driver o of being versati These differences stimt (Continued on Seventh Pag point whicl | guides speed quires the driver t shift gears which ctice. To the motorist who h: tempted these feats the seem quite unnecessary. | pr s never at tests may He rdasor The New Cadillac ‘emerges triumphant in every contrast Paraphrasing Kipling:—“A Six is a Six and an Eight is an Eight, and never these twain shall meet.”’ You cannot get Six riding and driving qualities in a Four; nor Eight riding and driving qualities in a Six. Nor, by the same token, can you secure Cadillac Eight riding and driving qualities in any other car but the new 90-degree Cadillac. Is this mere say-so or braggadocio? As you well know, Cadillac has never indulged in either. The evidence is overwhelmingly yours whenever you care to make comparison. Whether you drive the new Cadillac first and the others afterward, or vice versa, is of little consequence. The contrast in favor of the new Cadillac will be equally striking in either case. cw A D I Prices range from %2995 for the Brougham to s4485 for the Custom Imperial. F. O. B. Detroit. Tax to be added. General Motors’ own time payment plan (GMAC) furnishes purchasers with the most economical way of buy- ing-a Cadillac on time. DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION The Washington Cadillac Company’ RUDOLPH JOSE, President 1138-1140 Conn. Ave. Open Evenings Franklin 3900, 3901, 3902 P 1L A C