Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1929, Page 74

EYE TESTS URGED EVERY TWO YEARS Examination for Faulty Vis- ion After Accidents Ad- _ vised by Official. Bpectal Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 18-—Auto- mobile drivers should have their eye- sight tested every two years as a check against trafic aceidents, nmdn! to Dr. Fred Andreae of Baltimore, official examiner of the optometry department of the motor vehicle commissioner’s of- fice and a member of the National Motor Vision Commission. In all cases where drivers are in- volved in accidents their eyes should be tested by a tralned examiner to see if faulty vision has played any part in the traffic mishap, Andreae said. Need of trained refractionists to test the vition of such drivers is necessary, he explained, inasmuch as there are several minor eye defects which might be overlooked in & casual examination. “For instance, a driver can qualify in an eye test and still be an unsafe driver,” Dr. Andreae sald. ‘“He might have perfect vision straight ahead, hut his ‘side vision may be limited. might suffer from ‘suspenopsia,’ Ihlch means the vision is absolutely suspend- ed in one or both eyes for periods of one second up to hal mlnuce without the person eted bel.nx aware of it.” Qives Seven Suggestions. Dr. Andreae is secretary of t«he Inter- national Assoclation of Boards of Ex- aminers in Optometry. The seven sug- mtlona he hn given for uniform eye ts in the offices -of all State com- mlnlnners of motor vehicles are based on long experience nnd pncuce !ouow are the suggested rul 4, it for motor vemcle dflvev s lcense ahoula be able to read. The rea- son for obvious, “2. In every case where vision is less than 20-70 in elc’l‘:uedy!. license should 'ted to- driving with 3 Mty-sev!nflelh ‘s vision may considered safe, person with this vision today womd hlva somewhat less one year hence and each succeeding year until he would eventually become an unsafe driver. “3. In case of color blindness, when the applicant can differentiate between red, gn.e;p-:g amber and San sty they mean -go-Stop,’ respectively, a li- cense should be issued. “4. When vision is absolutely less than 20-140 in each eye and cannot be improved by lunu or treatment license should be ref: lutlklhm ht One Blind Eye. “5. When the fleld of vision is less thn m degrees ‘license should be re- who' cannot see from thelldeo each eye with gazs fixed straight ahead has a restricted fleld of vision and if it does not measure 120 de- grees he is an unsafe driver. “‘8. There 15 not a question that the loss of lum in one eye markedly in- creases the hazard in driving, and yet, if the other eye has perfect sight, a driver may, with care, never have an accident, but the danger is ever pmt In such cases, for the present, we would recommend that & person with a blind mmeyemupefl vision in the left be issued a license for daylight arlflu only, md persons with a blind left eye and perfect right be issued a license with the provision that they drive with a mirror to take care of wvision when making & left-hand turn. “7. lvury auto dnwr shmxln undergo & physical inspection nuuhz test at least every accident the dflvua“lnvo eyesight test.” MILADY’S MOTORING BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. A woman doesn’t have to be a magi- cian to turn a car into a driveway. Dame Fashion has been standing on the curb watching the cars roll by ai ntly concludes that a woma enunl;o?f o{nh;r uz“t.‘h’nm ‘!':,ml! W] 8] A ‘whee All of which explains why the latest in the outer pnn of the three-piece ensemble 15 a plain yellow imported tweed with ltlmhed sleeves, The effect is very modish arm is reclin- ing on the window-sill, where, or course, it should be for safety’s sake. Another observer of women states that when driving they have a bad habit of tumlm :round to look squarely at the front it pas: . Maybe this party slmn( to the right is worth a glance now and again, but in turnin, the head the sides of the hat cut of! from view those oeuslunll moving ob- jects which bob out from side streets and roads without special announce- ment of the fact. In driving a car the T T re- vent accidents. u you know the number of the car lm Rw drivers do, yet it 1S a matter THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, AMERICAN HISTORY BY MOTOR o( wMum to have the information on ally where both heads U the family drwe the car there is a greater chance of losing the key and it speeds up the process of obtaining a duplicate to be able to have the auler wire the factory the exact num- ber. Why these sudden starts that make the tires screech and give passengers strained necks? T've been thinking quite a bit about it and have concluded that the well ht of the averageswoman's foot and s may have something to do with it. A man has & heavier load to lift from the clutch pedal and is less inclined to start off with a bang. These modern_clutches are sensitive to relatively small differences in weight and pressure, Think it over. Ambitious women who call a service man or & representative of their mewr club to do the actual labor of cha: are certain l.mngl whlch they could do by way of collaboration that would serve o 8] up the work. ere is, for instance, the test of air pressure in the spare. Milady can attend to this while the assistant is jacking up the wheel. Even before he arrives she can speed the work by un- locking the spare. Still another help is to place the car on a level piece of ground 8o that jacking up can be ac- complished without blocklnl the wheels. Grind the valves and clean out the carbon—familiar words, these. Yet what do they me:m What are these processes, anyway 'z'ha valves are the mu.lhroom-llke uncover Naburatly th t m°é§§xf£' cuel acurally ey must sea ly or the unburned gas will leak out and compression _ will Ohe "low wheneach cyllnder Iu nbou'. to fire. Since carbon passes out the exhause port with each eommuuon there is a tendency for p-r- ticles of this substance to the exhaust valve seats. It gets mnfled down by the valves in closing so it tends to stick to the vaive mun ‘well as the valve ds. ‘That isn't the worst of it. The valve in being held open pitted and burned. Also in time the mms. ‘which work in fairly tight des, become 80 that the valves stick o) n every now and again the should be taken out, trued up, elnned and then mund into their respective seats very carefully. ‘The seating is so delicate a process that even if a hair is under the valve when it closes leakage will be exces- sive. That is why valve grinding re- quires an experienced workman who will h:vt the patience to do the work properly. Since the head of most motors is removed to uncover the valves it is logical to scrape all carbon from the tops of the pistons and around the valves. The inside of the head itself will “fequire considerable cleaning. The lfifiher it 18 the less carbon it will collect, It's all well and good to sound the horn at each intersection, but don't deafen gur own warn- ings. a_period for tistening driver. to the vnmln‘ of the other A woman of quite some experience reme charm of ] ty in America is it has nevet been in & hurry, hemthctm_)dcrwilt t to find i,sfonco the oftl'moldlunsom in driving wants to know why her en- gine so f uenuy stalls when she stops quickly. lains that the ennne is not set O,e idie too |low1y since an adjustment for faster idlin ! was found to make gear shifting & bit diffieult. ‘The stalling is due to the air valve opening when the car stops suddenly. This 15 true of certain cars which are equipped with carburetors operating on the principle of the air valve opening by suction. ~Sometimes the valve opens wh‘n (hll isn't supposed to. the best remedy is to ack the man n the service station to adjust the carburetor for a richer idling mixtuse. ‘When the air valve opens at the wrong time the increase in air will not lean out t:?la mixture so much as to cause a stall. “In My Opinion” A column in which readers may exp their views on motoring and traffic problems. “Up in the Air’ A recent incident may be of interest. 1t deals with the practice of driving to the left of safety sones. Sometime 8g0 I read in The Star what purported to be an official ruling regarding the le- gality of this practice, and, according to my understanding, the ruling was to the effect that it is entirely legal to drive to the left of the safety zone, pro- viding the sone itself extending to the nearest car track is not entered. Accordingly, T have not hesitated to avail myself of the added trafic lane when circumstances mske it desirable to do so., However, after being called to aceount for doing so recently under eir- cumstances which puszied me, I have obut:‘:.e: v led information on the sub- Ject. 1 had intended drawing up to the left of an unoccupied sone because & large truck was in ition to the right of the zone, awall the policeman’s di- rections to proceed, when the pouce- man, notic!ng my intention, waved vio- lently at me, motioning me to the right of the zone, which direction I followed. The policeman then ‘lectured me for 2 few minutes, saying he was going to start mam( out tickets. Finally he e lllawe'gwm“ next corner, where I de- sired to make a left-hand turn, a safety ficad ".fl""x‘ €°m.""'uf§ ?:.“fi:wm e pivol la on duty af l po t ere traffic lights. Bearing in mind the incident at the edinl corner, I care- fully drove to of the zone, al- though I wished to ollow the left lane Price Reduction! SPECIAL SALE OF LIMITED NUMBER DE SOTO SIX NEW " test 1930 Model Floor Display CARS Savings of $1 1 O . Coupe, Sport Roadster, . 2-Door Sedan..Now $845 Open Evenings and Sundays T ONLY 3280 00 DOWN Four-Door Sedan, De Luxe Coupe.... . FULLY EQUIPPED and DELIVERED All Brand-New Automobiles Carrying Full Factory Guaranty A FEW OUTSIDE DEMONSTRATORS AND OFFICIALS’ CARS AT FURTHER REDUCTIONS DISTRICT MOTOR COMPANY 1337 14th St. N.W. Potomac 1000 .Now §$895 D. C., NOVEMBER 17, U - (Title registered 0. 8. Patent Ofice) 1929—PART FOUR. (Sketches by Calvin A. Fader.) —By James W. Brooks itis the Youth’ s}fim traveler oE todav will fmdfitmthc sylvan sheltet laden trees. of traffic, gave the signal for & Iefl, turn and then was almost struck by & car which had passed to the left of the safety zone. To my surprise, I observed that 1t was & precinct car, driven by & policeman. The Trafi¢ Buréau gave & very diplometic answer to my query, which almost made the action of both officers entirely correct, as follows: is per ml.salble to do this (drive to the 1m ¢f the safety sone), provided signs have not been érected to the contrary and a police officer 18 not in charge of the intersection. When & police officer is in charge of an intersection he will direct trafic in accordance with con- ditions.” Personally this leaves me “up in the air’ as far as driving to the left of safety sones when a policeman is in charge of the intersection is toncemed It would that the only nir ver if & particular pollce- man is “touchy” on the subject is to try it out. If you get away with it, all right. If you do not, take your ticket and deposit collateral. 1In time one may learn the feelings of the policeman he passes daily. ut just wait until they ghift the usual officers to other duty and send a substitutel E.C. B. Says Trafflo Signal Not Common Sense. All men are at times both automo- bilists and pedestrians. ‘When & man descends from his car 0 try to croas at one of out corners he finds that the right-hand turn brings a car directly in his plth although the | green light lures him o I submit that there u 4 lack of com- mon sense in & traffic signal which tells both estrian and automobile to “come on,” the latter directly into the former. There are too many traffic “experts” now. I do not propose & solution, but simply the difficulty. C.ET. Urges Schoolboy nuvl Be Serious Minded. The schoolboy patrol in Washington no doubt is here to stay, but apparently not without some improvement. Organiged some three years ago by the A. A. A, the boys have been a great ald in saving the lives of pupils. They are growing more proficient in perform- ing their duties, are- really beginning to be regarded by the motorist, instead of disregarded, and are looking with more Seriousness upon their patrol work, Under instruction of the A. A, A. an: preeinct police and the supervision of school prlnclgl]e the boys are daily im- pressed of the importance of their work. They are given to understand that their post is a post of responsibility, that me lives of thelr schoolmates depend uj them. The boys feel proud of lr white belts and badges of authority nM g6 out and do their work in dirseting traffic. But, after all, the ll" Just boys and sometimes cannot help playing about of watchin, 3 . This slight lorgeuulnns cause three automobile accidents in Washing- ton during the past week, when in the midst of their fooling the boy patrol« men suddenly dartéd out from the curbs to halt an automobile, which, stopping suddenly, was smashed into by ma- chines in the rear. Good work the boy patrol has been doing, but some of the boys should be more sérious minded. C.H. 8 SURFACED FARM ROADS SHOW YEARLY INCREASE d | Reports Reveal 45,531 Miles Im- proved Last Year, 68 Per Cent Being Surfaced. By the Associated Press. The farmers are getting out of the mud more evety year, réports to the United States Bureau 6f Public Roads indieate. Each year is showing an increasing percentage of surfaced county and lo- cal roads and a decreasing peércentage of the tnded and drained type. luporta the bureau show 45,531 of county and local roads, ex- cluslvo of those in State systems, were improved in 1928, a total of zo 888 miles, or 66 per cent, being surfaced roads. The mileage improved in 1927 was 89,732, of which 33,852 miles, or 57 per cént, were surfa In 1928, the bu- reau said, only 41 per cent of the mile- age improved compmea aurflced roads. very day you wait means dollars LOST | —TRADE YOUR OLD CAR NOW Going—going—soon another hundred dollars or more will be GONE from the trade-in value of your old car. Get rid of it before January 1st comes around and makes it a whole year older in the eyes of every automobile appraiser. Avoid the mounting mainte- nance expense that comes when you drive your old car through the winter. Waiting until spring only lessens your chance of getting what you think the car you now own should bring in trade. BUY NOW! $ 0. Cash in on the season of highest appraisal values to get the top allowance. | ules of DECLINE I AUTO OUTRGTCONTINUES No Cessatfon of Curtailment Is Noted During Cur- rent Week. The current wéek witnessed no cessa- tion of output curtailment i the auto- and the downward trend contained at practically an, un- broken pace, according to B. H. p;taldmt of Cram's Aumotive ne- ports, Reductions in the operating sched- Yauenger car manufacturers occurred many instances and in all pricé flelds, One or two cC Psnles commanded attention by not yielding o the general récession but this was the result of recently introduced new lines adding to the production totals, and not because the concerns’ established models had not felt the effects of the sales decline. More breaks in markeét values of stocks, following and even exceeding on #ome occasions the recent deluge of selling, precipitated further 8- sion as to the status of the automotive industry in this situation. However, a canvass of all reliable advices available points to the unquestioned soundness of virtually all automobile companies’ condition. Whether or not losses suf- fered by small stock buyers ean reduce: their purchasing power to such an ex- tent and over so wide an area as limit future new car buying remflm to be seen. Névertheless,"this is & pos- sible development which is the source of much speculation. It has been pointed out that the market disaster was timely from the standpoint of the automotive industry in that had such a break occurréd in February or March its resulte might have been decidedly harmful. & New car buging acquired more strength during the current week, but this produced little effect on stocks. Used car sales continued to decline and wck: remained high throughout the count Aided by anincreasing de- mand, particularly (mm countries south 6f the Equator, the truck division is maintaining its production and sales trénd almost on an even keel. The current week gave no evdence of truck production yielding to recession, despite the fact that output for the domestic market is showing & slight decline. 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