Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1926, Page 64

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. € MARCH 28, 1926—PART 3. MOTORS and BETTER BRAKES SEEN AS NEW SAFETY FACTOR Many Speeding Accidents Declared Due to Pedal System. Which Buttons May Discard. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. I'he of automobile speed will be solved speedily by speedie systems. This may sound like one of the latest tongue twisters designed | to detersnrre the quality of the liguor one has been drinking. In reality. it 18 a conviction of engineers who have given considerable study to the enormous problem of utilizing the tremendous speed of the automobile with safety. More progress has been made in braking systems within the last two vears than iv any other time during motordom’s history, yet safety experts point out that the greatest problem scarcely has been touched—that of reducing the time required to bring the more cftcient braking systems into operati In other words, paraphr an idiom of the old West, the motorist is not sufh ciently “quick on the pedal.” The fig ey offer are striking. i a car is traveling at 30 miles an hour, for instance. a second’s delay in br ni brakes into play means one is 44 feet closer to the object one is trying to avoid. At 60 miles an hour, ¢f course. the tigures are doubled. | This second often i~ the most important in the motorist's life. Several Solutions Offered. Several solutions to the problem ave rake shoes or bands | being mechanical or hydraulic } The alm will be to make It as sim as possible to bring the braking vetem: into play, and nothing has| ever surpassed the simplicity of but- | ton control. | In the future automobile the brake would be located in such a » take advantage of the age t of pressing on the tloor siving to stop. The Jjust where the “on e pedul is today teing down to the floor would not ‘lose any o raising his £ Abolish the and brake ' Pl reformer of cur the ke has been celerators more convention combined w means of redu to set brakes car is not eguipy 0 v ator. These cars figure accidents as do all o'1exs, g0 the radicai pro does not se Anucen ackers bel Most engineers, however, do not agree that abolition of the would be desirable at accidents, they adm 10 one's stepping on the brake in attempting to This, however, features of the g for quick get- drivers to keep ol or to attend | that the dr xeept Some i have to be ke care matter of the stop. have the brakes take hold with maxi- | raum force at the frst touch of the tton would be intolerable for ordi- ¥ shopping, though ideal in an ergency. This problem could be ! slved through the use of superi- | posed control buttons so that « mod erate. pressure would bring into pla lonly « medinm braking foree. whil full pressure would set the full fo | of the braking system into instant ac tion. - stop is offsey the safety accelerator in i away and in ensbling both h: 1o gear shift Suggestions complicating the celerator 3 cessive made for the action of Hydraulic Brakes Better. ilydraulic braking systems have i effective in providing for more ef trouble tieiént pping through better use looking ahead see|of the brake pedal travel. It is not the accelerator of the future conven- | pecessary to push the pedal down v attached to the rim of the |geveral inches and then press it hard ft will be haud-op- [ o obtain maximum brake action. The that the trans ike svstem reaches a maximum of irely autc ¢ iveness with relatively slight foo < eliminated pressure. and action follows a gentle i EHhGN <UD fouch upon the pedal ports those who Y oppose | T obviate some of the detailed dif- flenaay the Teok e pedal. Tt feultiex which arise in speeding up strong hpulse 1o step on some- | the braking system through simpli ; when one is called upon for a | fication of the controls the future ar- This school declares that | ngensent may provide for a moderate nything is moved from the floor | pake control for the right foot. with board of the uutomobile it should be | tha maximum braking control ap. el | plied to the elutch pedal. Drivers have With nothing for the driver's right | heon educated not to press out the | foot to do but uperaté the service |ciuel pedal until coming to & stop | brake pedal, it is evident that the stop- | or ynless a sudden stop is demanded. | ping would be more eYective. The ele- | thyuy a clutch brake is seldom used | ment of hesitation would be greatly | nrias. “iiare is need for a maximum | reduced e would be no possibll- | op With the two braking systems ity of baving the driver press any. yrrynged accordingly. and no foot thing but the brake pedal when desir- | qcajerator to complicate the situation, | ing to stop. it is Lelieved the driver would have Button Brakes Predicted. something to enable him to speed up itomotive prophets. however, | his r, would mean the great values of ch frequenly en one to vutrt Those wl stopping. & e of brake pedal | The driver who gets to even ineffi:| This conventional | cient brakes quickly is better oif is much too | than the slow worker who may have | high, In che picture of the future |the best braking system in the world the driver merely | The former is saving time, which h. in turn. se translated to distance, may mean the | lectric or compressed air system of | difference between avoiding trouble | brakes. This system., however, may |and running straight into it be but an intermediary, the actual op- | (Copyright. 1926.) sihmiaibeshasini i RN R o TR THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS | The do not picture (b keen on cars today Aevice. in their opinion resses on nto opes | 1 Every now and a ! find a good | yvet it's mighty good practice for any | reason hy motorists ou t to be! owner to follow. Revamped ‘Ii thankful for the troubles Auey've had, | it modern ideus I'd siy, “You can; and 1 tell 'em so. (ar owners seem | drive a car to death, but you can't 10 think that all trouble, no matter make it deliver the goods. | Vow minor, is cause for grief. Some- | T hear a lot of boastin’ about speed. times 1 can show ‘em where thelr [hill climbin’. pick-up and quick trouble is reliei. | startin’, but there seems to be an Recently 1 was workin’ on a rear |awful dearth of braggin’ about lonz wheel of very -ne and fast car. | life and freedom from repairs. Th?,\" t a small job, but one that paved | can get away with the stories about the way for a little philosophy that | speed because I'm not a motor cycle must have been helpful to the owner. | cop, but they couldn't get very far| I hadn't noticed it, but there were a ! with boastin, about low cost of keepin’ couple of dents e fender over this | their cars runnin’. I do their repair particular wl work! . “Pretty toi An automobile has an odd w marked up lie layin' down on the job. It seems )| apologizin' for . { be goin’ through with its task in good ‘You cant that” 1 said. lorder, und then suddenly demands 2| aybe it was a in’ in disguise.” | trip to the repair shop. That's why, T wouldn't care it 1 had smashed | it takes a good driver to know when | into something wood and proper.” he he’s treatin’ his car properly. went on. * you should have { So many drivers forget there are What hit the (ender—just one of other hills than the one they happen fimsy license plaie brackets on the |{o be climbin’. The car may get over rear of the car abead of the parking |tne first hill in high with the radiator space I was teying to make.” {front half closed and the crankcase “That's the blessin’ of it!” 1 r€} gyl of gasoline and dirty oil, but torted. “It shows you how little it |trouble begins with the next hill, and | takes to make a lot of damage to an | grows with the next. A car doesn’t | automobile. Your vegrets and reflec- | deliver the goods if it does only one | tions over this minor mishap should | thing well. The real test comes in | save vou a veal smash-up. lits ability to keep on doin’ L dont know whether he grasped | well without forever visitin’ vhat 1 me . but T do know t | pair shop. \der were makin’ mpression ot his mind and | ome, here in the by of his head the idea of the irherent danger r was taking toot. These small | are not to be regretied. They | company for the pucpose of selling are sanp.es of things to avoid | cars on the installment plan. It works even in mechanical lines, | . because when an owner sees much trouble it is to do a minor job 3 w little more effort to avotd major car troubles. A little careless- | ness or misfortune often makes him more carefui of the bigger things. | 0ld Dobbi S been preety well | driven off t oad by the automobil: but, oddly enough. sume o' the things} that applied to him apply equally well to the omuobile. There’ old saw to the effect that | you m y drive a ho to water, but you can't make him drink. It doesn’t : seem to have 1y plice in motordom REMOVAL NCTICE T. J. CAMFIELD Announces to_the public his re- ‘moval from 13th & V Sts. N.W. to more convenient quarters at Rear 1118 13th St. N'W. On and after April 1. Auto Repairs—All Makes Hudson and Gardner Service a Specialty new car began, the re- Eighty per cent of the automobile Industry in Germany has been taken Every Customer a Booster Auto Refinishing Co. 1724 Kalorama Rd. Col. 7163 | weight things | over by a German-American flnance | ‘ LOWN THE ROAD—W illie Had Been Warned About Dr Z2 > 7o oz 75 s Ll 2D FIVE STRIKING FACTS | FOR AUTO'STS,TO PONDER' Not to Try Doing “Two Things at ()nce"l ! Record of Fourteen Months Also Shows 9,203 Suspensions for Variety of Causes. Among Most Important Is That Average Price Is 33 Per Cent Less Than in 1914. king facts upon which motor nd non-motorist may ponde are offered by S. Jordan, president | fo the Jordan Motor C { e cent less much automobile today is than in 1914—and one a better automobile. he general (rend of other upward, show- The world demand for American motor cars—300,000 were shipped abroad last year—will further in- crease the volume of sales and re- duce the cost to the domestic con- sumer. 4. One of the large corporations of the industry did only $100,000- worth | of export business in’ 18 Last year | this firm's foreign trade amounted to $%9,000,000, The most striking trend in the industry today is toward lighter and greater economy, with | the general adoption of the & body on the horizon P NEEDS SKILLED WORKER. Warning Issued Against Careless | Removal of Oxygen. It is not unusual that the cheapest ay of removing carbon from an | engine is also the most risky. 'This | s the oxygen method of burning out drbon. 1t must be done by skilled mechanics, and yet being a cheap | job it usually is done by those who know little of the danger and risk involved, Engines have been rulned through carless handling with oxygen, | A carburetor fire is just another risk. | Even if a careless mechanic does not burn the pistons or cut a hole through the cylinder wall by applying the flame direct to it through the spark plug opening, it usually is true that the valtes are burnt, AUTO INDUSTRY GAINS. | Reports Show Employment in Fac- tories Largely Increased. 3 Employment rolls in 189 automobile factories for January reflected the in- dustry’s prosperity They showed 329, men at work in these .plants, an increase of 26 per cent over the figures for the same month in 1925. An advance of 38 per cent is shown in the average weekly pay roll for the ; month, which totaled $9,264,822. | BATTERIES Sales Service. AUTO ELECTRICIANS Julius H. Rieley 656-58 Pa. Ave. S.E. Lincoln . 7289 { As EBONITE Strings toaStick Ebonite is pure oils scientifically processed into a shredded mass t'hat lubricates and cushions t he gears, which takes away the grind, wear and noise. At _dealers in five-pound cans, und wervice stations from the Checkerhoard_numn_an steel | € | Sometimes the muffler will be splat- e. 2 5, o T e 0147 4 1, 2, AL 52 / Todh e o s Oy e Eh 2073 ll’l G % o e R g Auto Drivers in Maryland Advised drive When driving @ motor vehicle, | sproaching and high- [keep both hands on stin | in an emergency it may take a few | seconds to find your.right hand and | return it to its plice of duty These | “When drivin With & way tratfic swelling daily, E. A Baughman, Maryland commissioner of motor vehicles, suggests the abo slogan us one that might be followed | few seconds delay may be the « to advantage by every motorist of a serlous or fatal accident, is not unusial” says Mr Always keep your e straight n. “for un autolst to be ar- | ahead when driving fc and look us 4 result of trying to do two | hack when in reverse. Be on con both unsuecessfully— | stant lookout for trafie coming fr ttomobile with one arm | side streets which may block r | : a girl with another. It | path. When making a turn, keep an't be done safely, hut it takes a | your eyes ou the course your cur will | and o fine to teach this les | follow | S0n to Some persons. n brief, when driving, drive,” CLEAN OFF THE DIRT. | DON'T POLISH BRAKES. Owners Advised to Get Under Car | Using Them Excossively on Hills and Look Around. Cuts Efficiency. Take the first opportunity to get . The the efficiency of under the car and look around. brakes when on a long trip is due and Lolts on both steering and e | 23 ) Easemblers are secured: by cotter | to Several things. but the condition pins. See that they are ‘secure. | of the brake lining is perhaps most “lean Off parts that are covered with | it. Sometimes the lining will | road dirt. Dirt often covers defects. polished, in which « the See thit the mufficr is secure to the | brakes will not be very efficient. In | end of the exhaust pipe. Wipe ali | other instances may be grease off the transmission, frame or ' “roughed up,” i cuse the any parts that are near the muffler s gwill suddenly begin to be more Generally speaking. the tered with grease thrown off the dragging of the brakesior loug app front universal. Prevent the pos-|cation of them down long grades will sibility of a fire. Examine the gas|cause the lining to become polished, | pipe line. | whereas a few sudden applications of | the brakes will rough up the linings. Road dust and water will alter these 2 conditions. ar from Side to side T Removing Snow Cleans Top. Always sweep snow off the top of | the car -when bringing it into the garage. This not only saves unneces the steering wheel variation in Balloons Foil Test. Rocking the is an excellent way of locating a body or chassis noise, but when cars are equipped with balloon tires the air pressure should be increased during the test. Unless this is done much of the rocking motion will be absorbed by |sary deterforation of the top b the soft tires, whereas the intent ic |cleans it off as well. The snow will to bring into play the spring action. | varry a quantity of dirt with it. A Dozen Reasons Why— You will like the new model 1. 7 main-bearing crankshaft. " (Eliminates vibration.) i 2. Enclosed lockhead hydraulic four- wheel brakes. (Insures perfect safety.) Oil purolator. (Providing clean oil at all times.) Gascolator. (Clean gasoline.) Air cleaner. (Pure air.) Lacquer finish. (Long life, good looks.) Gas gauge on dash. (A great convenience.) Radi-meter on dash. (Motor. temperature always visible.) i Coincidental transmission and switch lock. (Lower insurance rates.) Light control on steering wheel. (Another safety device as well as a_convenience.) Five to twenty-five miles in five seconds. B (Eliminates traffic worry.) Twenty miles on a gallon of gas. (Means economy~—something we're all interested in.) are a great many other features too numerous to mention A Demonstration Will Convince You WASHINGTON FLINT COMPANY 1605 14th St. N.W. Pot. 1673 | cated, pr {law in the NEW YORK REVOKES 3,449 MOTORISTS NOW DICTATE PRICES OF AUTOMOBILES iBy Buying Freely Owners Have Brought Cost Down—Increased Safety Make Up for Loss on Used Car. BY HERBERT HOLLANDER. “Write your own price ticket,” is in effect the instruction of automobile makers to today’s buyers. The contrast between this attitude and that of another da when automobile prices were based upon the principle “all the i\mffic will bear” is glaring enough to merit the close attention of every automobile owner. At no other period has the American public been better able to pay more for its automobiles. Yet prices never have been lower. The motorist, through his willingness to buy freely, has marked down prices until they are within the reach of millions of persons who previously were barred from the ranks of automobile owners. This, in turn, has stimulated demand. resulting in a cor | tinuation of low prices without curtailing legitimate manufact ing profits. | This increased. even phenomenal, buying of so iarge a product as the automobile has not been a matter of extravagance. Buyer- might easily have gone into their savings and bLeen lavish in thei: expenditures, but they have done nothing of the kind. Most pe: sons have learned to use their cars more and, in finding their busi ness and social life enhanced, have purchased automobiles morc freely as a matter of economic necessity. Buy Out of Income. tst finds out what he is missing b 3 ¢ n not owning one of the newer, improve: They have purchased out of Income. | o5 o wants one and is willing t rather than out of capital. This, inl gy e & s b . L take a loss on the old car withou |the opinion of many investigators, guivhiing | has enabled hundreds of thousands to “"pl "e 1o 0 01 the old car s, | fturn into useful transportation money | .o i =% F L B D lent. T | which otherwise might have Dbeen |p,py instances it can be considered a | wasted on trifles, n insurar emiun. The greater ntry was faced with afforded by a better braking ! | svste h | years ago, and when | traction and a closed bor h the | tumbling, the progressive 1 | least possible obstruction of vision are | his loss on the used car and placed | cited as insurance against cidents himself on « new motor basis. Super- | for which sdditional investmer { ficially, his action looked lik | extravagance. Now that the f known, however, it is apparent was investing in ted by transpor u eacih other o When it becomes evident to | where manufacturer modern motorist that by ows | prices to compensat with safer brakes, a more efficient €n- | personal losses on these ur gine and a more serviceable body he Such methods serv motorist from controlling 15 been complicate: hods where smobile dealers have used cars and have loaded ealers for thei p the can place tra rtation on a better | (o k AUTO DRIVERS’ PERMITS | it e promptiy trades in the old | the piive st ; . New of 344 last 14 of other: by Charles A. | of motor vehigles. lost their righy on State highv ter bei drunk. similar months Twelve way he scene of amn reckless rged driving with ith homicide, . Speed gon and California. driving ecution pending, 69: charged prosecution York bas revoked the permits wutomobile driv = during for speeding, suffered permit rewocation for leaving ceident without cing their names and wddresses. | The chief causes of suspensions dur- | ing the month were ing in serious injury Accidents result- while trap bvidence is barred by | stan tates of Washington, Ore- | does not hunger for the new car. This | ¥ ~ 5 within the id suspended those according to a report | artnett, commi Eighty-five persons ) operate automobiles February \g arresied for driving while | pie 5 5 were penalized while nine sioner in aition pending, ¢ and takes whatever loss is neces- | ers sary. The closed car has called for a | too hi heavy investment on the part of th ists to believe thak it 3 public, but owners of the newer and | TAek 1t ptee U s ol éae ¥ [ more tsefut cars are benefiting in €0 | less than they value it S—they are getting their new cars iy 3 2@ lower prices, and they are enjoying No Good if Unsafe. advantages which were not posstble | What geod is a transp With the conventional open cars of a | however, if it is unsafe? Why motorist expect to obtain | | few years ago | Every time productic up | price for his old car when he u- | longer considers it satisfactory for his | prices come down. The motor] Pg U t lates production through his {own purpose: Isn't it logical t s on the old car as the chases, and by this indirect method it |figure the los can be seen that he is writing his own | expense of keeping up to date plus The used car and its valua- | the convenience of having a new ma chine? 7 v Questions like the g . lions of perso e Trade-in Secom ad change the whole picture. Juyers a car is always o major ance, and that when presents sufficient advantages to war a change the old car should not of progress. used cars have beer fit to all who motor Opportunity to huy these vehicles relatively small cost has drawn thot sands into_the ranks of automobile owners. Inftiated into motordoms rwer_life. these thousands becoms (Continued on Eighth Page, old cars, and fo . asked by mi ter a . beginning to buy a new cannot get for | “How many refuse car because they the car what they think it is | worth?" asks one automobile dealer. ! In his opinion, the trade-in allow - | ance is of secondary consideration, no | matter how wmuch the motorist may | stress its importance. He may decide to hold off a while longer before buy- | ing a new car, but_under such circur « it is usually the case that he | dealer says that the moment a motc SHOPPING It scems as though there's a AM““ mon in front of every smart shop” | “Yes, and I don’t know any auto- mobile thas I admire so much.” R) HE stranger in the city can always discover the really smart shops, the exclusive clubs and the hotels of distinction these days by the Marmons - driven to their curbs. In smart circles everywhere FLIN it is recognized as the height of correct taste to select the New Marmon The MARMON WASHINGTON COMPANY 1636 Connecticut Ave. N.W. North 2601-2602 Service Station, 1227 B St. N.W G. PERRY LEISHEAR, Pres. €. R. BATES, Sec'y and Gen. Mgr. W. J. LEISHEAR, Vice Pres. I. J. HENDERSON, Sales Manager “he NEW MARMON