PUSH-BUTTON CONTROL
MAY BE APPLIED TO DOOR HANDLES
Door and window handles on cars have be.com j less and less popular 9 1' late years- Cor three principal reasons. No cleaner loves a tiny oasis of bright metal in a background of cellulose or upholstery, since the two surfaces demand differentiated attention. Inside handles knock against occupants.' legs, especially in bijou saloons. External handles have been responsible for ugly injuries in collisions, a reason which was partly responsible, for a pre-war tendency towards countersinking them. Experiments especially in U.S.A., point towards tlie abolition of all such handles in favour of small push-buttons operating either electrically or by spring devices. Most British owners consider that the battery is already overworked but on general grounds we should all Avelcome the disappearance of these handles, of which there may be. ten on a sizeable car.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 67, 24 April 1945, Page 6
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142PUSH-BUTTON CONTROL Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 67, 24 April 1945, Page 6
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