Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 113

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON PROBEE_MS OF DRIVING Test Will Show Kno Information. How much do you know ab tlons, for each of which four an one you believe to be the most wledge and Increase This Is No Contest. No Prizes Offered. out driving? Here are 25 ques- swers are suggested. Ch the nearly correct. The test will be found as fascinating as the most complex cross-word puzzle and will be of possible value to all dr Do not send your answers t rivers. o The Star. The test is offered merely for your entertainment and to permit you td check your knowledge of the proper thing tc stances. 1. If while driving T heard the 8ong of a fire department truck com- ing down the street behind 1 should: —Drive faster, in order to keep out of the way. —Drive more slowly, so that the truck could soon pass. —Drive immediately to the curb and top. —=6top in-the street as soon as 1 heard the gong When driv streets, the « gaeing’ the brakes enough me, g on snow-covered | 4 upplying the same time vioiently | the wheels | —The danger of sk —Under such easily on_the 3. The main reason why a driver should not a4 machine going in the same directfon near the top of a hill is —The machine being passed is forced to slow up, and it often needs all its speed to pull up to the top of the jill. —Getting up the additional speed nec- esgiry to pass immediately is diffi- cult while climbing a hill. is alre ding is increa ms the wh und this is hard 2| is | n tires under a hill, and lubor s If Accelerator Sticks, t. It the e car whicl T wl 1d ti t vou & se the cluteh and shut ignition immediatel. who out of ion and get some expert advice. 5. From the standpoint of safety in Zoing dpwn a very steeo hill in a ma chine whose brakes are not good should; B Leave thie Car in gear with the mo- tor running and go down on com- pression, applying the brake as necessary. —Throw out the clutch, with the mo- tor running and ‘apply the brake As necessary. ~Turn the &witch. disengage the clutch, and apply both the emer- gency brake and the foot brake as needed. —Pull the choke and leave the motor runnin smm the emergency lrake applied® * 3 . The gas is vaporized in the: Commutator. ~Carburetor. * —Accelerator. -Gasoline Tank ; 7. The gap In & spark pluz should e the width of —A nickel -A dime A quarter -A half dollar Pulling Steep Grade. S. An automobile will run but will not pull on steep grades or under heavy loads. --1f it receives too rich a mixture of gasoline. -If it has a loose batter 1f the gears in the stripped If the gas line is disconnected. 9. Where the on the front wheels wear out faxter than those on the rear wheels, the most probable cause is —~The wheels are improperly aligned. —The front tires rub against the curb. —The front wheels carry more welght than the hack wheels, for the mo- tor is in the front of the car. The front wt i quently ta smooth the way for the rear tires. 10. 1f the spark lever is too far ad- vanced in starting an engine, the thing most likely to happen is --The generator burns out. The engine buckfires or “kicks.” —The mixture of gasoline and air is too rich. The gears in stripped. 11. I the car 1 was driving should start 1o skid on a wet pavement, under smstances 1 should: the brake but not the clutch turn the steering wheel in the direction the car is skidding. —Release the brgke but not the clutch and turn the steering wheel oppo- sito_the direction in which the car is skidding. —Put on the emergency brake. —-Put the engine in reverse. The spark should be advanced: —When driving fast. ~—~When drivine slowly in high gear. —When starting the engine ~—When changing Causes of Overheating. 13. The one of the following which is the most frequent cause of & mo- tor's overheating is: —Too much oil in the crank case. —Too rich a mixture of gas in the car- buretor. S ~Tvo little water in the radiator. ~Driving too fast. z 14. The most frequent cause of & eylinder missing fire is: —Ignition trouble. —Too rich a mixture of gasoline. —Lack of ofl in the crank case. —Poor adjustment of the valves, 15. It while taking a heavy load up a steep hill the motor stalls and the car starts backward down the hill, 1 should: —Put on the brake as tight as possible and put the machine in low gear. w=Call for help. =Give it more gas. =Put the gear in reverse and go down on compression. 16. It while driving in high gear up & steep hill your motor begins to knock, and if both your spark and gas throttie are well advanced, you should connection. erential are the differential are first: e—Advance the throttle. e—Retard the throttle. m—Advance the spark. »Retard the spark. Accident on Road. 17. Suppose your car runs into an- other automobile on a country through no fault of your own. The other car is slightly damaged and yours not at all. There is no police- man or other officer around. You should: 2 | —Take the other driver in your car to | police headquarters and place the matter before the police authori- ties. —Step on the gas and get away 8o as to avold an ergument with the the othi 9 hiaten thw driver of Fis ethes cae objection 1o disen- | off the | o do under a given set of circum- It is in no sense a contest. in a loud voice so that he will be £lad to drop the matter. | —Give the other driver your name, ad- dress and operator’s number. 18. Suppose you are driving a car ! at 15 miles an hour and are followed at a distance of about 20 feet by an- other car. You see a friend in the middle of a block on the right side of the street who waves to you and asks | you to pick him up. If you decide to |stop for a moment 1o do you | should first Drive near the curh the emergency b Blow several short horn and stop -Ciive the usual sigv drivers that you u Release 1 E the brake, pulling time to the curb. 19. If you see smoke issuing from the wires of your car while driving along the road you should first —ut off the fznition. “all the fire company Throw « coat or laprobe over the car to smother out the fire. —Reniove the gasoline tank. 20. The chief reason why the law provides that slow-moving vehicles should keep tQ the right side of the street {s: —This was recommended by the Amer- ican Automobile Association. —Slow-moving vehicles are, as & rule, heavier than fast-moving vehicles and the side of the strect is often stronger than the center. —The roadbed is generally smoother r the center of the road and the tmoving vehicles necd the moother roadbed ustom and law provide that vehicles going in the same direction s be passed only on their left side, for the reason the slow-moving vehicle must drive on the right side of the road. Reckless Driving. 21. The one of the following which {would under all circumstances be called reckless driving is { —Driving 25 miles an hour. —Driving without a parking light —Driving with very bright lights —Driving while intoxicated. 22. The chief reason why a driver hould avold changing gears while S ilroad track is: re rough and the bump- ing is hard on the transmission —The driver needs all his attention to “stop. look and listen.” —Changing the gears is lisble 1o stall the engine. —The driver may get strip his differential. 23. On a morning when the tem. and apply blasts on the 1 10 other ing to stop. nd apply the same nervous and perature is 10 degrees below Ireezing | and the motor is hard to start ing may be facilitated by: —Pouring kerosene into the motor. —Dralning the carburetor and filling it with fresh 1 —Putting motor plugs. —Turning the motor over two or three times by hand before turning on the switch. 24. The best method for preventing a radiator from freezing while parked on a day when the thermometer is 20 degrees below freezing is to start spark i —Put plenty of alcohol in the radiator. | —Disconnect the fan belt and let the motor run for a few minutes to get it hot. —Cover the motor with a laprobe. —Put « lighted lantern under the hood to keep the interior warm. 25. In leaving your automobile parked with the front facing down a very steep hill. from the standpoint | of safety you should: —Put the gears in neutral with the fgnition cut off and the brakes ap plied. ave the car in gear, with the front wheels cut to the curb, the brakes applied and the ignition cut oft. —Leave the motor running slow! keep up compression, with the gears in neutral and the brakes applied. —Cut off all gas at the carburetor, 8o that the car could not run off on its own power, and leave the car in neutral with the brakes applied. Check Up on Answers. Here are the answers to the above. Check your knowledge againet them. But play fair with yourself. Don't —L nj GRACEFUL CURVES FEATURE THIS PAIR OF MODELS Above: Model I;:low: Ajax closed model by the same engineers. 1 TAR, WASHINGTON, D. ANUARY PART (Continued from First Page.) generally regarded as accessories. The parts, tire and accessory business, however, reaches a billion and nne-hulf doliars annually and regular accesso- ries make up a good portion of this total. Stripped of its accessories the attraction. New Auto Air Guage. Among the strikingly new things is the automatic air guage. No more finding the right pressure for the tires by trial and error. With this pew prop- osition the motorist i3, warned by a whistle when the proper air pressure is reached. It is manufactured by the people who first conceived the idea of operating_a spotlight through the windshield, and is typical of what the accessory people have up their sleeves. Two companies have devices in- tended to provide lubrication for the upper cylinder walls and valves with out increasing carbonization, which would be the case if or ofl were allowed to le piston rings. As a matter of fact, the special oil used by these dev is said to minimize carbon trouble by keeping carbon deposits so soft that it cannot cause pr The theory of these devices Is that by drawing air through the special oil held in a container, enough lubrica- tion in the cylinde will be provided | to prevent cylinder wall wear and to keep the from sticking | Much progress is revealed in car- | buretors and equipment. One proposition is carburetor, sald to produce remarkable certain K of cars.* One of the oldest carburetor manufacturers has Just come out with a new model that incorporates a novelty. It is a minia- ture carburetor built into the maln article, and necessity for choking in starting. Electric Primers Offered. A number of electric primers are bejng offercd. One of these devices, the carburetor 69 Nash Advanced Six Sedan Design. read the answers first. You're the only loser it you do: 1. Drive immediately to the curb and stop. 2. The danger of skidding 3. There fs danger of a collision with a machine that cannot be seen approaching on the other side of the hill. 4. Releasc the clutch and shut off the ignitionr inmediately. 5. Leave the car in gear with the { motor running and go duwn on com { pression, applying the bruke as neces- is in- Carburetor A dime. Tf ft receives too rich a mixture wheels ure Improperly 10. The engine backfires or “kicks.” 11 Release the brake, but not the cluteh, and turn the steering wheel in the dfrection the 12. When drivi 5 13] Too little water in the radiator. 1. Ignition trouble. 15, Put on the brake as tight as possible und put the machine in low | gear. | e Retard the sparik. Give the other driver name, address und license numbs 18. Give the usual signal to vour the stop. 19. Cut off the ignition Custom und law provide zoing in the same direction v on their left side: { this reason the slow-moving ve | hicles must drive on the right side of the road. Driving while intoxicated. zing the gears is lixble to Turning the motor over two or the switch | 24. Put plenty of alcohol in the ra | atator. | 25, | tront wheels cut to the curb. the ! brakes applied and the ignition cut off. WATCH AIR PRESSURE. Proper Tire Condition Urged Upon Car Owners. Learn the correct air pressure for your tires and check it with a gauge every few day Remember that 4 pounds loss of pressure in a balloon tire of a certain size. for which the correct pressure be 30 pounds, is just as serious as the loss of two or three times that much in a high- preseure tire of & corresponding size. Locating Little Troubles. A pet-cock leak can be located by squirting a little engine oil over the suspected joints. Whenever there is a leak air bubbles will form in the ofl. This simple method can also be used to locate a gasket leak around the intake or exhaust manifolds. If more motor cars were bought as a result of road per- formance instead of hearsay, there would be fewer dissatisfied owners —and still more Flint owners. ~ ~ New Models on Display—Space 3 at the Auto Show Washington Flint Co. 1605 14th St. N.W. Potomac 1673 other drivers that you are going to | three times by hand before turning on | Leave the car in gear, with the | known as a fumer, develops a new idea in that/it heats the gasoline and delivers the fumes to the main body of the carburetor. One of the most popular makes of cars uses it as 80 that the windshield wiper will not have an abrasive with which to scratch the glass. Safeguard for Windshield. Your should always dust off the windshield at the first sign of rain | { f &0 | “ II;I‘ERALLY built to order to stand foremost in its price group, the new Cleveland Six for 1926 is clearly every inch the leader it was built to be. You can see immediately how Cleve- land Six stands by watching the crowds around the 1926 models at various Auto- mobile Shows; by noticing how long people linger there; by listening to what they say. ‘What is even more convincing is to make your own comparisons! heel on a p! lubrication is Compare Point for Point All cars talk beauty. But beauty itself talks for Cleveland Six. Look at these new Cleveland Six models and pass judgment by comparison. All cars make power claims. Just put them to the test. Drive them—then drive the new 1926 Cleveland Six and let its power speak for itself. The power of its smooth, quiet motor can say more about power than anybody, ever so gifted, could put into words. All cars talk comfort. Here again, get the truth by comparison. Let Cleveland Six . . . with its roominess, with its deep, soft cushions, rich uphoistery, buoyant spring suspension, easy steering . . . let Cleveland Six reveal its comforts by the way it makes you comfortable. Look Sedan (whic Space 23 at the Show WARRINGTON MOT Established 1912 1727 Connecticut Avenue DEALERS Alcova Garage Barton Motor Company Alcova Heights, Va. Clarendon, Va. CLEVELAND AUTOMOBILE COMPANY average automobile would have little | results with | designed to obviate the | NEW ACCESSORIES MAKE CAR OF TODAY EFFICIENT MACHINES standard equipment. Placed as it is in the carburetor well, the fumer plug does not interfere with the normal movement of the gas vapors through the intake mainfold. An anti-stall device is another one of the many Interesting and significant products on the accessory counter. most _drez stalling engine, can now be the addition of such a device. One of the fortunate features of | the accessory dlsplay is that many of the improvements seen on the new cars can be purchased for older mod- els, should the motorist feel that he wants to keep the old car another year withbut being out of date. A new manifold system is now available for a number of the popular makes of cars. Through better distribution of incoming gases this device makes pos- sible an even flow of vapor, greater power and eliminatfon of carburetion problems which develop through faulty manifold design. Car owners who look longingly at the new models, with their simplified |means of draining off the ofl in the crank case need not feel out of date. A practical and simple device for |draining off the crankcase has made its appearance. Inserting and turn. |ing a key in a spectal plece mounted {on the instrument board does the trick Oil Rectification. While it is true that the adoption of the most practical type of oll recti- fler involves changes in engine design, | nevertheless there is an ofl rectifier on the market which can be attached |to any make of car. Where rectifiers | | are integral parts of the engine it is|~ |driver to lation, with several makers emphastz- ing the non-meckanical nature of their products. One device provides for preheating the air, which s an im- portant consideration for motorists who are shopping for alr cleaners for older models. A_coincidental lock for those who are inclined to forget to lock thelr cars eliminates a commen motor worry. When the engine {s switched o the car is locked in the case of this new device. Another device that is likely to meet with immediate favor is a front compartment heater operating from a sort of stove attached to the exhaust manifold. This enables the be as comfortable as the people on the rear seat who are warmed by the exhaust type of heater. Any one who gives due consideration to the accessory side of the automo. bile for 1926 must be impressed by its importance. (Copyright. 1026.) SPARE TIRE PROTECTION. Valve Stem Always Should Be At Top of the Rack. How the spare tire is hung on tha tire rack has much to do with the ways {ts tube is protected agalnst water. The valve stem should be up top—never at the bottom. If it ia in the latter position, water will col- lect in the rim and leak into the shoe around the stem of the tube. This does not apply to newer typs rims equipped with a protective collar high enough to keep out the water. Receipts from motor vehicle regis- tration and the gasoline tax in Con- necticut during the last flscal year totaled $7,06 | customary to draw the diluted ofl off | the piston rings through spectal tubes. | | In the arrangement offered for Instal- | |lation on cars in service the oil is |tuken from the regular ofl supply. | The advantuges of bolling off the gaso- | line content in the oil are evident even if the oil is not so scientifically se- lected. Alr cleaners have progressed to a | point where the motorist is offered a | wide selection. Certain advantages | are clalmed for each. In general it may be said the tendency is to pro- vide for the simplest posaible nstal- by the Public As to low-cost upkeep and long life, just remember that Cleveland Six has the famous Bowen-patented “One Shot” Lub- rication System-—an advantage possessed by no other car within a mile of the price. “One Shot,” at a mere press of your unger, instantly flushes the entire chassis with fresh, clean lubricant. The car never cries for lubrication. And everybody knows that frequent, proper the life of the carl Honestly built and honestly priced— that's the story of Cleveland Six in essence —and that’s the essential appeal of the car. at These Prices The new Model 31 Four-Door Sedan is now priced only *1090; the new Model 31 Coupe, *1035; the new Model 43 Special h a few years ago sold for $2495) is now ®1345; the new Model 43 Special Coupe,*1225. Pricesf.o.b.Cleveland. The Automobile Shows give you a splendid opportunity to see these cars where it is easy to compare them with everything near the price. Just do that . . . and you'll thoroughly understand the good and plentiful reasons why the public is placing such a hearty O. K. on Cleveland Six for 1926. OR CO. North 9860 Agnew Motor Co. Rockville, Md. v cL ~ HAWKINS NASH MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 VELA | CLEVELAND SIX k]