Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1925, Page 87

PRESENT S TIME 10 TEST BRAKES Should Be Put in Excellent Condition for Winter Driving. Automobile brakes should be tested efore the severe Winter weather be- gins, according to a warning to Dis. triet motorists broadeast by the Wash ington Automotive Trude Assockation “This s the time of vear for every car owner to have his brakes tested,” declares a statement fssued by the local dealers’ organization. ““With the pect of slippery streets close at , brakes will be taxed to the ut- » and it is a case of ‘survival of the fittest’ as to what cars will be able o respond to this extra demand on braking equipment Xperiments on brakes conducted by experts at the Bureau of Standards have shown that every automobile should be nble to stop with the appli cation of the foot brake within 50 feet at a speed of 20 miles an hour, and within 75 feet with application of the hand brake. This is the basis for tests with the brake meter made by dealers who are cooperating with the traffic authorities in examining brakes and headlights to determine if they con- form to the regulations. Cars having effective brakes can be stopped easily by the foot brake within 30 feet on dry streets, and by the hand brake within 50 feet. These tests will be made for motorists by any automobile dealer, and a card issued certifying brake and lighting equipment Good Brukes Vital. “Efficient brakes are absolutely sential to safe driving, It Is difficult understand how any automobile owner would neglect this most impor- 1ant factor in the safe operation of his car. No one ould want to drive a ecar without brake 1t that is virtu- ally wh~t a motorist does when he fails to maintain his brakes in the best possible condition Well adjusted brakes make it pos- sible to drive automobiles with a max- imum assurance of safety for all users of the streets or highways. With the ability to stop within a given distance, an automobile is brought under the absolute control of the driver. When confronted by an unexpected situation, the man at the wheel of a car whose brakes are known to be in good work- ing order can feel relatively certain of extricating himself from an unfore- seen difficulty If, however, he does not know that his b n stop the car as guickly as they should, his posi- tion is not one to be envied Make Driving Safe. “For other motorists and for pedes- trians crossing thoroughfares the effi- ciency of brake equipment is a matter of considerable importance. It is safe to drive in traffic with cars that have well adjusted brakes, just as it is safe for pedestrians to cross in front of automobiles on which there is tested brake equipment. “Brakes that grip the wheels prop- erly may be applied much more light- Iy and effectively than ones that are 100 loose and have to be jammed on hard to bring the car to a full stop. Skidding is almost the inevitable re sult_of loose brakes that must be ap plied excessively. Of course, a slip pery roadway accentuates the lack of adjustment and is the strongest argu ment for testing as Winter weather approaches.” BALLOONS PICK UP AIR. Tire es. Pressure Increases During Run in Hot Weather. Whether tires actually increase in alr pressure when they warm up always has been a subject of contro- versy, but since the balloon tire be- came common there is no longer any question in the minds of those who have taken the trouble to test their tires after driving fast_over any kind of road on a hot day. The experience of one motorist recently showed that the right front tire had increased from 29 to 35 pounds. while the left front tire went from 29 to 33. The differ- ence was explained by the fact that the right front tire traveled a rougher section of the road. SEBBRREEEED g @ 8 2 ps FATALITIES ARE MISSING AT CONTROLLED CORNERS Baltimore Report Shows Greater Casualty List During First Ten Months of Year. Although automobile fatalities in Baltimore were approximately 25 per cent greater during the first 10 months of this year than during the corresponding period of 1924, the police report just made public shows that no person was fatally injured at a crossing where a traffic policeman was on duty. Automobiles, caused 89 deaths during the 10-month period ending October 31. Eleven fatalitics resulted from street car ac- cidents, and one man was injured fatally by a horse-drawn vehicle. MOTOR PROBLEMS ARE STUDIED TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION (Continued from Sixth Page.) the hand to indicate direction changes, ever since he presented it bhefore & Western motor vehicles commission conference In 1922, It was indorsed by nine national organizations at the | first nationul conference on street and highway safety held in Washington in December, 1924, Simplicity Urged. “Any set of signals given by operator of a motor vehicle must be few in number and obviously simple, says the Oregon secretary of state, who has devoted considerable study to motor safety. “A signal system of one motion of the hand will work best to the interest and safety of the car operator and to the other cars and to pedestrians in the vicinity. “The driver has limited time in which to execute the change in his course, In many instances an emer gency occurs so swiftly that it is prac- | tically impossible to transmit a_code signal, even a ‘three-motion’ code, to the man driving a car in the imme. diate rear. “Any d he is not given time enough to em ploy the particular portion of code de- signed for his use. “The laws of other States, particu- larly those in the East, vary so as to cause confusion. In many of these codes the arm is extended horizontally and the fingers convey the change of direction. Now, fingers are small things, and ofien the other driver is at a loss to determine just what is meant. “The single signal does away with these objections. The motion in any manner, of the hand and arm, has the certain meaning that a change of course is contemplated. The driver in the rear has only to slow down and then proceed after the leading vehicle takes its change of operation, left tur: right turn or stop. There is no gues: ing, often disastrous in loss of life and damage to property. ““One motion and the other operator is prepared. The change of operation is made and the cars in the rear con- tinue on their way.” In practically all of the traffic and safety conferences this vear the sin- gle-motion signal has been freely dis- cussed and has met with considerable favor. o Rubber Strip Makes Squeak. Most of the squeaking caused by a windshield is due to the rubber strip separating the two panes of glass. The upper pane usually develops a slight side-to-side motion, thus rubbing inst_the dry rubber. Announcement! The Gardner Service Station, formerly located at 22nd and M Sts., has moved to 17th & V Sts. N.W. Al Service and Repairing for Makes of Cars Flint and Gardner a Specialty Tires and Accessories T. J. CAMFIELD Potomac 1673 OUT OF THE CONGESTED TRAFFIC AREA The ““Boss” Talks “Well, folks, here is where | ' the report states, have ; | many motorists believe it does not pay | to put too much money into an auto- the | er will admit that often | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON THE SUNDAY MOTORIST Afl Abn'dgzd Magazr'ne fO" Car Ownera. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN Maybe women are better drivers than men are, but it docs seem that they are a bit bashful about demon- strating it. Care Must Fit the Car. Much interest now centers on why mobile. In most marchandising the consumer fAgures he gets about what he pays for, but with automobiles the motorists points to the large number of high priced cars that have become “white elephants” on their owners’ hands. One experienced driver who now owns a machine in the $10,000 class explains the situation by decliaring the average motorist is not vet prepared to take care of a high-grade car. He maintains the trouble is entirely the result of the notion that the more you pay for a the more you can punish it. He shatters this notion by saying that the reverse is more nearly true. He gives his palatial car considerably inore attention than he gave the cheaper cars he owned, just as he takes his fine watch to a jeweler regu larly. If & motorist abuses a cheap car, he explains, it is a comparatively simple matter to replace vital parts. There are comparatively few parts, and the mechanism is smaller and lighter. This reduces repalr costs per job to a point where the owner is not greatly alarmed over his repair bill. When the careless car owner inflicts some unnecessary punichment on his more complicated, bigger, heavier engine the bills become stuggering, and he comes to imagine that there is a limit to the amount of money one should put into | & car. If good news traveled as quickly as bad news there would be current a number of interesting storfes regard- ing the true economy and satisfaction obtained from high-grade cars by per- sons who give them hizh-grade care Apparently the care does not fit_the car with the average motorist. The truth of the matter may be that it does not pay to buy a car that you do not know how to take care of. Doesn’t It Seem That slgnposts ought to be placed several hundred feet before the inter “"Success/ 4-cylinder | lessness and | section so that drivers will not be gap- ing at signs at a time when they should be exercising greater care in the operation of their cars? That the average motorcycle officer could observe more instances of reck- w viclation if he would stand and watch traffic instead of mov- ing with it That the ofl companies could profit, and offer the motoring public a great service, by perfecting and marketing at a fair price a device for draining the crankcase without leaving the driver’s seat? That motor cycle officers are always exceeding the speed limit? Pick Your Own Route. As a result of the construction of many miles of new highways and the rebuilding of old roads it now is possi- ble for the motor tourist to map out his own routes from place to place, thereby avoiding truffic he does not | in many It is no desire to tackle and taking fine bits of scenery en route. longer necessary to follow the pre- scribed routes in many States. All the motorisi needs to have is & good gen eral map of the locality, giving all the roads. Provided he avoids those roads actually undergoing extensive recon struction any route he selects will be worth while. With balloon tires what formerly passed for rough roads will not bother him to any extent. As a matter of fact he doubtless will prefer it to a stretch of traffic. Nowadavs the motor tourist who follows the pre scribed routes misses much of the pleasure of the new route attractions and goes through u lot of places he might better avoid. Splendid Parking Idea. Atlantic City is to be complimented for assisting motorists in perking their cars. At the shore resort white lines are run parallel to the irh 1o mark the boundary line for parkinz. A motorist must not permit any por tion of his car to project over this line toward the center of the streef. | At first glance it impresses the motor ist as a new difficulty in parking, bu when he comes to watch the white line he finds he does not need to watch the curb. Tt the left wheels of his re just inside the white line he the right wheels are neur D. €., NOVEMBER 15 1925—PART 3. enough to the curb without being so close as actually to scrape it. He finds it far easier to watch the white line than to stretch his neck to see how near he is to'the curb. Some Habits of Carbon. Carbon can reduce the power of a motor even though it does not cause pre-ignition and consequent knocking. This may come as a surprise to motor- ists who imagine because the engine is not knocking there is not enough carbon in the cylinders to cause harm. And this secondary feature of car- bon is entirely aside from its habit of getting under the valve heads and causing compression leaks. The secon- dary feature is the tendency for car- bon deposits to take up so much room ,on the piston heads and inside the | eylinder head as to cut down the space normally available for gas vapor. The effect is the same as making the en- | gine a little smaller or installing a | smaller throttle. An engine may run so cool as to keep its carbon deposits below the ignition point, or the carbon may be Kept soft by ofl or some of the anti- knock éompounds. Only a super- | eharger would compensate for the re- duction in_cylinder &pace as caused by the carbon depos How to Shift Tires. Balloon tires with side walls that have heen wenkened through excessiv scruping against the curb should be | switched around to bring the inside | walls outside. The only succestul way | to do this job is to transfer a right | wheel tire to a left wheel, or vice | versa. The tire should never be re- versed on its own wheel because it would then roll in an unaccustomed direction. Strain on the tread always has been in one direction, and to in- vert the tire on its own wheel means loosening the tread. By switching tires { from left wheel to right, or vice versa, | however, the inside walls are brought {to the outside without changing the | direction of rotation of the thread. Heed the Brake Screech. Sereeching b AN _annoyance to heware of a |are wet and slip) screeches is one kes are more than They are a warning id when the streets rv. A brake that that is excessively dry and gritty. This ususally means grabbing nd whe locking in event of application of the brake pedal. The screech is a warning to easy on the pedal. Now You Have It! (Answers to last week's questions) 1. When the timing of valves is stated matter of opening or clos ling o many degrees past bottom or sudde | exceeding the four | the second time in the history of the 454,327 CARS MADE IN U. S. IN OCTOBER New Record Set Last Month. Improved Economic Situation Abroad Helps Trade. Production of motor cars and trucks reached a new high record of 454,327 | last month, according to factory ship-| ment figures filed with the National | Automobile Chamber of Commerce. | Exports require more than a half | million cars a_vear, or an excess of | one-elghth of the production schedule Improve 1 economic conditions abroad and road developments in all parts of | the world are viewed as important factors in the greater ‘demand for | motor transportation. The gain in foreign markets and large sales in domestic markets have | lubricant FOR WITHSTANDING HEAT. Crankcase Should Always Be Filled With Good Oil. The idea in keeping the crankcase filled. with good oMl .in the gase of mo ters lubricated by, the ' efrculating splash system is to insure bétter qual- | ity for every drop of ofl that is splashed upon the walls of the cylin ders or fed to the bearings. The oil dlp pans, or troughs, hold but a com paratively, small amount of lubricant, €0 that if there is enough oil to prime the pump the engine will have enough ol to work on even when there are but two or three quarts in the crank case, but because there is so little ofl ita quality will be cut to the danger point. Two quarts of oll would h up so rapidly as to break down as a and serlously damage the motor When the case is generously supplied with oil all the lubricant op- erates at a lower temperature and thus is able to withstand heat and ade- created a demand which the national | automobile chamber views as point ing to a total production for the year | million mark for industry, and probably reaching a | total of more than 4,200,000 Low prices now being offered, it pointed out, are having effect on domestic markets makes of automobiles now ing at prices lower than at any ceding time is pre upper dead center the measurements are made at the fly-wheel. A complete revolution of the engine is 360 degre 2. In a socalled single plate clu there are really five major driving members. There is the driving plate, two friction discs, the throwout fingers and the flywheel which acts as & plate. 3. The speedometer shaft on all new cars is automatically ofled by the lubri cant in the transmission. since the drive is taken from the gears. 4. Exhaust valve tappets need great er clearance than intake tappets he cause the exhaust valves run hotter and the stems expand more 5. The motor will continne to run after the ignition is switched off if it 18 hot and filled with carbon i there is some protruding piece of metal in the cylinder head which has become heated to incandescence. (Copsright, 16 The total excise tax paid by motor ists of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, last, avera | brake lever a 9 for each motor vehicle auately lubricate the motor. How to Hold Brake Ready. When driving in confusing traffic when the use of the car's entire brak ing power may be needed in ah emergency pull up the emergency notch or two. In this position it will be more within vour reach. The first notch or two of the average emergency brake merely takes up slack. 7 COMMERCIAL BUS MUST PAY TAX IN MARYLAND Btate Authoirties Rule on Point After Conference With Attorneys. The State motor bus tax levied hy the Pubiic Service Commission must {be paid by commercial passenger busses, which are designated as com mon carriers operating in Maryland, according to a ruling by State | thorities, Agreement on this point was reached by officlals after the Public Service | Commission conferred with D. Mar | shall Schroeder. deputy commission er of motor. vehicles; John N. Macka hajrman of the Maryland State Roadk | Commission, and Herbert Levy, Ro ert'H. Archer, Willis R. Jones, and .| }”'qmflr Rice, assistant attorneys ger | eral. au State and County roads by the end of this year will total approximately 500.000 miles, according to esti of the Bureau of Public Road: 'Stap eavying ownersof | Studebaker ENjoY your rides. You don’t have to put up with tossing. 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At $895, this car stands abso- lutely alone in value. . “Performance bring our little series of personal talks to a close—although some of our friends have been trying to induce me to start another series. But there are other things to think about now, such as Christmas, Winter driving, etc., so T think I'd better “sign off” for the time being. 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