Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1926, Page 68

POLICY OF SAFETY WISER THANRIGHTS Motorist Who Insists on Right of Way Often Put to In- convenience. Being sure you are right and then going ahead is not the wisest policy for an automobile driver. It may be excessively damaging to the anatomy as well as to the car. This point is developed by . M. Luclus, secretary of the Automobile Club of Maryland, who declares: t automobile drivers conscientious. They go about the str and highways, keep. ing within their rights. But the trou ble is that some of them insist on all today are of their rights, no matter what the | cost. Safety Is Best Policy. “Says Mr. Motorist: ‘I will take my right of way, for the law given it to me. If some one tries to take it away from me he will have to pay for amage done.’ ainly. He will have to pay for age done. He may pay for a dented fender, but, on the other hand, he might pay for a broken leg or for funeral expen: 1t is much better to be safe and lose a fraction of a second than to be hit and lose the use of one’s car or even one's limbs. “The offender will b victim will be the rec sympathy, but all of th a great deal. By making allow: for the reckless drivers that one does meet occasionally, the motorist finds that, though he may lose a minute and then, he does not lose days eks, Then there is the man who refuses to buy bumpers for his car, regarding them as an expensive non ential. Bumpers Save Mon Sa) he: ‘I drive well within the law and I am in no danger. Parking? i ny one bumps my car while ed it is his lookout. He must fined and the pient of much damage is into parl ; | bing fenders bent, knocked off suppose that in most damage is paid fod but the motor compelled te carry on his without the aid of his car while re pairs.are under way. He loses time and money in that way. And then there are cases where the offending driver, seeing the damage. deck retreat without leaving his c “No. It is much better to allov little leeway all the way around render a few privil to_anticipate the path of the driving fool.” LOOSE WHEELS BEST. 0il Can Wo;l:nto 1‘-x~;m Bearings if They Are Not Tight. There should be a little loos in a front wheel in order to lubricant to work into the bearings A bearing will wear out when it is too tight more qui than if too loose. A fan beit will perform better loose. Tight ast longer and when it is slightly beits tch more BY FREDER. John Smith is a character whom No. 154—Smoothing the Roads. is the worst road in ‘mith apologized for the gy’ ing of the car on a recent business trip which we took together. “Why don't you smooth it down a little?” 1 asked. The question sur prised him. He evidentiy thought T trying to enliven a tiresome hour ting to foolish questions. I was never more serious. “I admit this Is a rough stretch of highway,” ~ explained, “but I think you're making it worse. To start with, you're not traveling fast enough t get maximum results out of the spring controls. Smith stepped on the gas and wa prised to find the car settling dow the more comfortable ride. “That's smoothing the road,” I said. “If you could watch the wheels fully you would see that they are now skipping over some of the holes in-| stead of taking everything that comes iong. By hitting most of the holes harder the spring control devices wi with their maximum force, holding the springs against a violent recoil.” Missed the Elevations. What surprised me was the way Smith slowed down for some of the | big holes, keeping right on at the usual gait when there was a slight ele- | vation in the road. He did not seem | to realize that a car will get more of an upthrow on an elevation than on a ion even when equipped with ’k absorbers or spring control de vices. The elevation feature is still a roblem to be solved. Meanwhile wise vers solve it by slowing down or ss it diagonally. ¢ to cros one wheel the elevation at a_time the jolting is | ere. When Smith argued not a_good idea to swerve ar to one side to cut acvoss di- ¢ T countered with the point perfectly possible for him when driving slowly and ilroad crossi hould be trav- cou going to do with a s that keeps the car bob- asked when we had | come through the rough stretch and [were on a newly but poorly laid part of the highw: You'll have to tune the speed of to the wave length of the | wing an idea from e this too literally. | I suffice to help you | a mile of this sort of re traveling. The idea smooth out many At the speed we s seem to gallop or bob rather Perhaps it ing the high and low points of the road at just the | right time to keep the zalloping action | |at its worst. Why don't you try run- ning slower or faste Changes Make Difference. | A little experimentation showed that increasing or decreasing the speed of | {the car about 10 miles an hour made | | a great change in the riding qualities. we naturally de- | pon the higher rate of speed. nee there was a possibility that | the unevenness in the road might vary | sionally and thus upset our plan | tarting the car bobbing for a spell, | T tipped Smith off to the idea of driv- | ing with his 1turned slightly to the | {left. Thi the head a little better and does away with that tired feeling in the neck as the head $1135 1165 1215 1115 1225 1315 1445 ADVANCED SIX SERIES Tourlng « « « o o o o Sedan. . « e e 000 Roadster (4Pass.) o « « « Four-DoorSedan. . $1340 1425 1475 1525 ADVANCED SIX SERIES Extra Long Wheelbase Touring (7-Pass.) o o Victorda(4-Pass.) « o « * Four-DoorCoupe « o Scdan (7-Pass.) . o o o foab WALLACE MOTOR CO. Distribator Retail Salesroom 1709 L Street NW. - Main 7 . $1490 1790 . 1990 2090 Kemosha 612 John Smith and His Car C. RUSSELL every motorist should welcome. He is not selfish: rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad 10 have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 20,000,000 or ore members of the motor clan. made to sway with the galloping of the car. Coming to a detour helped to drive home a few more points on building as you go. of road whe creeping, but despite all his effort to keep the machine taking the humps and dips calmly Smith was not mak- ing much headway in riding comfort. “Your trouble is that you allow the car to coast down these little hillocks and then let it struggle in high gear to climb out of the holes. This throws the springs all out of time, so to speak, and ounts for the rough-rid- ing effect. Why don’t you shift into second ®o that the car will pull up out of the holes properly and then touch the brakes a bit whenever the car is rolling down from a high spot? You will find t road considerably Constant Speed Vital. making the speed smooths out the s of the car constant he succeeded in making the road itself less effective as a destroyer of riding qualities. I had demonstrated to Smith's satisfaction the fact that speed has much to do with smoothing out the roads, but in this T had not brought out the point that constant speed is the vital factor. Drivers seldom appreciate it, but in- equalities in the road tend to make the speed of the car fluctuate. It is this fluctuation combined with the in- of the road that throw the 11 out of unison. 1 have found some roads, and some of them were of the latest construc- tion, where it was ne to open Why Drive a Shabby Car? 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