A BRIGHT IDEA FOR BRIGHT LIGHTS

Shannon News, 2 March 1928, Page 4

A BRIGHT IDEA FOR BRIGHT LIGHTS

An idea of immense value to all drivers of saloons or covered cars, the lids or peaks of which extend beyond the front screen, was demonstrated at the last British Olympia, says "The Autocar." Concealed under this peak there lick at iest an extra green or blue glass screen, which by the turning of a handle, can be brought down to lie flat on the front glass so that no longer need the driver oe in the least incommoded when driving into a low westering sun by day or when faced at night by the blazing head lamps of all the world cmiing home from theatre or anywhere else. By this means the cnly drnwback to enjoying night driving is abolished, while at the same time there is mo fear that the' driver will uni over I,lie cyclist or inebriated pedestrian whom too much dipping or dimming may easily cast in his way. Gear-changing is an art, regarded in different lights by different people. A single-cylinder motor-cycle is not designed to "slog" on top, as will a ear; also our sliding dogs are far easier to engage than a car’s pinions; yet a large number of motor-cyclists shirk gear changing. It is but a knack, easily acquired/ by practice, and, once mastered, an intelligent use of the gear-box will enhance the pleasures of driving, besides giving longer life to engine and transmission.