SHORT CIRCUITS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 248, 10 June 1932, Page 2

SHORT CIRCUITS

All motor-cars in Denmark are now i fitted with a red finger-shaped auto- j matic signalling arm. * * * j A new traffic robot is reported as j being perfected by a Liverpool inven- j tor. It is claimed that it will automatically warn motorists oi* pedestrians 1 of vehicles approaching round a cor- , ner or dangerous bend.

A suggestion to add 2s a year to the cost of driving licenses as a special tax to recompense hospitals for the treatment of persons injured in motor accidents has been rejected by the British Ministry of Transport. , * * In the course of time a sponge used for car-cleaning will start to fall to pieces. When this happens it is a good plan to cut the top off an old lisle stocking, sew up one end — bag fashion — and put in all the pieces of sponge. The open end is then sewn up. The "cover" eventually will wear out, but another easily can be made. •fi * * , Do not hang on to top gear too long; when ascending a hill a far better climb will be made if you change down from top to third or second quite early before the car has lost way. By so doing you will he able to maintain the engine revs, which, if once lost, will involve a slow and tedious ascent. j ff Many motorists have too much ■ faith in the ability of piston rings to | overcome the troubles of a badly worn j engine. Many piston rings are wasted. New piston rings are effective only when the eylinders are slightly worn. When the eylinders are badly worn the only remedies are the reconditioning of the cylinder and the fitting of new pistons with rings. * * * There is some point in the remark of a facetious driver, who said there is one law for the rich, another for the poor, and about half a million for the motorist. ■ If the wind shield cleaner is electri■cally operated, it often pays to call 'attention to that point when the car is put on the wash-stand. In spite of the fact that this type of wiper has been in s'ervice for some time, there are car-washers who still do not know that movement of the blade by hand breaks the pinion and gear that operate the deviee.