AUTOMOTIVE NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 6, 3 July 1930, Page 3

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Sleepers Built Into Trucks Save Tim© . v and Expense. ■s. Niglitly truck hauling is being used in the United States as a eonservor of iaAxmr, time and a relief- of expense to drivers who "might otherwise bo compelled ,to seek sleeping quarters en route on long distance trips. To arrange for a' mow comfortable rest, tracks for nightly hauling have, .been constructed in which a small sleeping box is built without reducing the 'loading capacity of the vehicle. In this manner the assistant, until the -relief of his colleagues, can enjoy a perfect rest with his body stretched out so that . after several hours of sleep ho can drive fche car with a clear anind. Motor Speedways Replace Roads Built by Oaesats. Roads laid by the Caesars 2,000 years ago in Italy have been modernised into fine highways of a most distinct type. The now roads are motor speedways accommodating six automobiles abreast. There tire no sharp grades and no crossings. No speed limit prevails and it is • said -that in. the seven or eight yeaTs tie roa-ds haVe been in operation, no serious accidents, have occurred. These roads have been so successful it is said that the French Government is planning to buiH several like them near Paris. International Purchtsing Plan. European tourists who have -had difficiiilties in procuring petrol in more or less remote places and paying for it in currencies with which they are not entirely familiar will welcome the suggestion being made in European automobile c^aples for the internationalization of a system of "(benzine coupons," now in use in several countries. If the proposal is accepted by the principal benzine companies, it will be possible for the traveller to stock up in London, Paris or any other large city with coujpons good for fuel and oil at any of the fuel stations carrying the company's ipro ducts. "Safety First" in Turkey. The police of Constantinople in a recent raid made wholesale removal of -anirrorß attached to the windshields of texicabs, whic-h a new regulation for"bjds. It seems that a number of drivers h&& been so interested in watching their passengers through these mirrors

that they neglected the operation of [their cars with the result that they sometimes crashed into other cabs. Chromium Plate Introduced by Oldsmobile. Chromium plating;was used on automobiles for the first time in March, 1927, At that date, it was introduced •by Oldsemobile, a division of GeneTal Motors. Jay Walking Barred on Paris Streets. Large brass studs have been placed in the pavements of Pa-ris t"o show pedestrians where they may safely make a dash to the other side of the street and pedestrians are expected to use this space and no other. The century-old custom in France of allowing, persons to cross the road where and when they will has 'been abandoned.