Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1926, Page 64

6 TOUERYING POLICE - DECRIED !‘ i Inconvenience to Other Driv- ers Is Most Common Result of Improvident Touring. | I o Selfish motol who use the traffic policemen of the cities through which flliey tour as information booths are Mbing much to interfere with traffic sgafety, facility and direction in Amer- This conclusion has been reached /by the American Automobile Assoc fition following investigations made by its mational touring board. The {A. A. A, has taken the stand that the {raffic officers of American cities must e relieved of this “information serv- ee” which so seriously interferes with | the safe and free movement of ve- hicles. Warning Is Issued. { A warning to this effect has been issued at the association’s natlonal headquarters in this city, following .receipt of request for such actlon by ‘interested motorists. The _associ- wtion's _observations of conditions Fange all the way from local driving ito transcontinental touring in the in- terests of nearly a million organized ‘motorists. The contention is that traffic direction in the country at the present time suffers because tourists seem to think a traffic officer is a handy information booth. ““Traffic officers in most cities are being imposed upon by a species of imotor tourist who asks as he goes,” 'says the A. A. A. “With moter clubs qrganized as they are and touring in- formation services highly developed. a roufist under ordinary circumstances Jhas no more right to a traffic offi- ‘cer which way to go than he ha ask the officer to help change a tire. “Motorists report having been de- laved a number of times by tourists cho draw up to the center of a busy ihoroughfare and ask their way. and f'yye feel certain that hundreds of thou- sands of motorists have experienced the same annovance. ‘occasions where a motorist is justified {in inconveniencing others in order {o | ‘ask his w With touring informa- tion so highly developed, motorists can gilan their route in advance and should #o so. No experienced fourist ever )enters a strange city: without advance knowledge of the names and the ‘courses of the main thoroughfares. He does not depend even upon signs. pil Other Drivers Must Wait. “Many tourists take advantage of \their ‘foreign’ license plates when ‘seeking information that is not due Yithem. They reason that the officers svill note that they are strangers and “will be disposed to help them accord- ingly. Unfertuantely, too many traf- fic officers are too considerate of strangers under - such circumstances at the expense of local drivers who rhust wait while the improvident tour- dst is belng given directions There are a few occ: is difficult for a stranger to find his Foute, as when the streets given in The touring directions or on a map are being repaired and one is forced ‘o detour. But these occasions are ave. And when anything like this onfronts the motorist, he is not heip- ng matters by disturbing the traffic officer. 1f information cannot be ok- tained in the usual way, the ntore Togical and courteous thing to do is to park the car and make inquiry of those who are mot obliged to incon- venience others in order to dispense the information desired. “Motorists who are annoyed and de- laved by tourists who ask as they go can do much to stop this practice of imposition. The A. A. A. will not ad- vocate any methods that will destroy the feeling of good fellowship which should prevail on the streets and high- ways, but will seek to get at the root of the trouble. A. A. A. members will be encouraged to urge their friends to map out their trips beforehand and be- come familiar with the cities through which they will -pass. “It is a problem in tourist education and safety. The careless tourist must be made to realize that in dusturbing traffic direction he disturbs a system upon which the safety and conven- ience of the general public hinge.” DRIVE STRAIGHT BACK. A Ittle scheme that makes it easier to back out of a driveway is 10 make a little notch on the under side of the steering_ wheel nearest the driver when the front wheels are in a straight ahead position. If the driver starts backing straight and keeps the notch in the original posgition the car ought not to run off its course. The familiar phrase as good as Buick suggests that you see and drive the car that others use asthe BrAAA to | There are few | ons when it | THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. 'YOUR CAR and MINE A Weekly Departinent of Helpfulness, Information and Entertainment for Motor Car Owners. By WILLIAM ULLMAN. . | ’ | ‘ | , . They are called police courts be- cause the police never lost a case in them, says the cynical speeder. Are Prices Too Low? ! | The president of a large automobile concern, writing in a trade publica tion on the whys and wherefores of; greater manufacturing profits and {lower prices to the consumer as pro- duction increases, admits that every | time there 1s a price cut the distrib- | utor and dealer must bear a part of | the reduction. If the trade commis- | sion is 25 per cent on a car and the| reduction is $200, the retail end of the business must absorb $50 of the re-| duction, leaving $130 as the actual| factory reduction. o The theory of price reductions is| that by stimulating sales, even though | individual car profits are less, profits will be greater on the whole. Wha is just coming to be appreciated, how- ever, is that thesc greater profits are being reaped the manufacturer, | not by the dealer. This is because the manufacturer | can enjoy the benefit of decreased cost | of production through greater effi-| ciency. Departments are reorganized, | economies are effected, work is ac- | celerated and clever machines and tools are adopted. In the retail fleld no such conveniences' are offered. That is where the hitch comes in. Efficiency experts do not seem to | have figured out a way for car owners | to get vid of used cars at anything | approximating the figures asked, nor | has anything been done to safeguard | dealers” against the temptation to| give excessive allowances..In fact. | the tendency is to press the dealer| both from the manufacturing,and the | customer ends. | The theory of high automotive pro- | |duction includes the assumption that | |it is easier for a dealer to sell four | low priced cars than ‘one that offers ! a larger margin of profit. | But when | the dealer goes out o do this he finds | |all his competitors doing the same | thing. And they all cannot make a {living on volume alone. $ Roadless ;ut_o for 1950. | ‘Trackless street cars having be | | come a xeality, attention now turns to | | the development of the roadless au-| | tomobile. The introduction of balloon tives was a hint of this. Cars now can otiate with comfort roads that | | formerly were impossible. Traction is | atly tmproved and power is ample. | ew methods of spring suspension | are being experimented with so it may | be possible for the body of a car to| I remain virtually level while the four ! wheels adjust themselves to all man ner of conditions. Some of the spring | | control devices are so effective that | being thrown off the seat at high | speed on a very rough road now is a rare experience. These devices often operate in such a way as to enable | the wheels to skip certain holes in the road. The only obstacle to the new de velopment is the lessened road clear ance. Some engineers. however, be- | | lieve that a way will be found to lower the center of gravity without | | making it necesary for a car to have |a paved road for its course. Steeplechase Driving. | Within view of the office in which | | this was written there is a bad hole | in the street where Winter weather has wrecked the paving. It is one that any one can see and there is plenty of room to avold. Strangely enough, a large percentage of drivers | elected to run into it. { It was interesting to note what kind | of cars took this unnecesary bump, as | well as what types of drivers. This | led quickly to the discovery that the | cars that were driven into the hole | were the kind that could least afford to be abused. In many instances their drivers were busily engaged convers- ing_with passengers. Not one chauffeur-driven car took that unnecesary bump. What a rever- sal of accepted form that the owners should prefer to wreck thelr cars while the employes aim at economy. What'’s the Answer? ‘What is a crankweb? i Do all the pistons of an engine | travel at the same speed simultane: | ously? 3." Will lack of water in the battery | lower or raise the voltage output? | 4. If a car is left five hours with its parking light on how long will it have to run to make up the current loss, assuming average battery and charging_conditions? 5. Is thers any kind of vibration with which a four-cylinder engine is less troubled than a six? (Think these over during the week StandardfComparison before ‘When Better Autome- biles Are Baick 'Will Build BURY MOTOR CO. Anacostia, D. C. FLETCHER MOTOR CO. Alexandria, Va. ] your money you spend RUSHE MOTOR CO. : Hyattsville, Md. FRED N. WINDRIDGE Rosslyn, Va. and look for the answers in this de- partment next Sunday. You may be wrong.) Here's How Water Flows. In which direction d water cir- culate through a water-cooled engine? Down through the engine block and up through the radiator? Or up through the engine block and down through the radiator? Here is the simple way to remem- ber: When water heats, it rises. It heats first in the engine, and so rises through the jackets into the cylinder Lead and into the top of the radiator. Since it goes into the top of the radia- tor it must fall through its core and | start the circulation process again at the bottom. This applies whether an an engine is cooled by thermo-syphon or by pump action. (Copyright. 19: LABOR CONDITIONS G0OD ININDUSTRY Slight Shortages of Workers Reported in Some Branches. All Faotories Running. BY HERBERT S. HOLLANDER. Labor conditions may be taken ns an important index of the situation within a given industry, and the pre: ent rather happy state of the cou try's leading automobile manufa tories is clearly reflected in_reports culled from the Industrial Employ- ment Information Bulletin of the De- partment of Labor. The Government's experts find, for instance, that, taking the State of Michigan as a whole, there is a strong demand for highly skilled mechanics in_the automobile industry. r the Detroit industrial district, C., JUNE including Hamtramck, Highland Park and Wyandotte, it is shown that there 1s a slight shortage of skilled mechan- ies, particularly among automobile factory workers. 1In Grand Rapids general employment conditions con- tinue good. Factories are operating on practically normal schedules, with automobile bumper and spring plants running overtime. In Flint a shortage of tools and die designers, toolmakers and pattern makers is reported, as well as d men forgautomobile work. In Lan- sing a surplus of automobile factory workers is sald to exist, while in Muskegon some departments of auto- mobile machine shops and foundries are working overtime temporarily, with the labor supply and demand well balanced. The ( nment un- derstands that in Ra 7 large automobile jack plant is ing only part time, affecting 400 men. ‘Foledo, Ohio, an automobile center eports that the in- sed forces and op- 6, erating time. Statements from the Buffalo indus- trial distriet, including Tonawanda, North Tonawanda, Depew and Ken- more, are to the effect that automobile plants are running, with labor well employed and the prospects in this line for the next 30 days quite prom- ising. Thi but brief comprehensive 1926—PART 3. BLOWN GASKET CAUSES MOST PERPLEXING NOISE Tiny “Hole Will Cause Sharp Whistle Similar to That of a Spark Knock. One of the most perplexing engine noises is that resulting from a blown linder head gasket. The leak from cylinder, through the gasket to the outside may be no larger than a pin- hole, yvet the chances are that smaller the hole the more perplexing the noise. A sizable leak will waste water and splatter it all over the en- gine. The noise will be more of a hiss- ing. more similar to that produced by a partly open petcock. ‘hen the hole is very small, how- ever, the force: hehind it produces a whistle sharp enough to sound exactly like o spark knock. It will be partic larly bad when accelerating, running fast or climbing w steep hill. resume gives a hird’s-eye view of the employment situation at America's leading automobile centers, and may be taken as a significant straw-in- the-wind relative to the position of the industry at this time. the |3 i | | | t 1 SPEED MAY AID COMFORT. Some Types of Roads Seem Smooth- er When Car Travels Fast. Speed has much to do with comfort in riding over rough roads. There are some types of pavements that can be made to seem smoother by driving 10 or 15 miles an hour faster, while others can he smoothed out only by driving slower. It depends upon the nature of the road, the wheeibase of the car, the number and weight of AUTO HUDSON and GARDNER SERVICE ‘A SPECIALTY T. J. 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