STALLED MOTOR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 386, 22 November 1932, Page 2

STALLED MOTOR

FAULTY DRIYING CAUSE OF MANY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. NEW EMERGENCY DEVICE, An analysis of motoring accidents would prohably show that a surprisingly large number are Caused hy the accidental stalling of the motor through faulty driving in difficult circumstances, stdtds an exehange. Anyone who has watchbd a driver of limited iexperience khows h'ow easily he will stall the erigine hy attempting to move out of a dangerous position in top gear while the car is running very siowiy, and thus throw the whole respohsibility of avoiding an accident on the driver of the other vehicle concerned. If the other vehicle happens to be a tram or train an accident in these circumstances is often inevitable. Prohably improvem'ent in the running of modern engines has contributed to this danger. The engihe normally runs so quietly that it may often stop without the knowledge of the driver. A new device being fitted to many American oars promises materially to reduce the dangers of a "dead" engine emergeneies. This is an automatic switch for the starting of the engine. It is so constructed that as soon. as the ignition switch, which is of the usual lock type, is turned on, an electro-magnet is brought into operation to work the starter switch. As soon as the engine fires and begins to i'un under its own power, this magnet is disconnected and the starting mechanism is released, but should the engine stop while the ignition switch is still turned on the starter is operated again immediately and the engine re-started. Apart from th'e added safety which the employment of the instluflient assures, it simplifies the operation of driving, as the engine starts as soon as it is switched on. Moreover, the possibility of the ignition switch being left on accidentally, and thus discharging the battery or burhing the coil, is eliminated, because the driver's attention would be directed to the fact that th'e switch was on by the fact that the engine was running.