MOTORING NOTES.

Shannon News, 12 February 1929, Page 4

MOTORING NOTES.

Luxurious motor coaches are now running between London and Manchester in less than 10 hours. The fare is only 16s for the 184 miles. , In a small town in Germany they have built a town hall with- money collected in fines from motorists. In a small town here they would probably build a police 1 court with it.

Some> extraordinary mileages are being obtained from buses operating in England. Recently, one bus running between Nottingham and Leicester, completed 38,000 miles in four months.

In Prance users of 24-ton trucks equipped with producer gas plant! are to be entitled, subject to certain conditions,. to a Government subsidy of 4000 francs (about £32 ss) on purchase of the vehicle, and to an annual grant of 2500 francs (about £2O) for three years. Motorists who find less distance between the front wheels than between the rear need not be afraid of excessive tyre year. In some cases this condition is deliberate on the part of the manufacturer and is created to compensate for the tendency of the wheels to spread when running. Attached to the United States Navy are 2031 motor cycles, while 7941 machines are privately owned by naval men.

Two eighteen-year-old American girls have started from New York with a motor-cycle on a trip to the Pacific coast. Their machine is an Indian Scout outfit, but the sidecar is piled so high with luggage that one has to ride on the carrier. They are covering 250 miles a day. The Go% r ernment of India has introduced a measure into the Legislative Assembly providing for the payment of the whole of the import duty on new six-wheeled motor trucks imported into British India, and a subsidy of 5 per cent in advance during the first year, and 7J per cent, during the see-, ond and third years, respectively, in consideration of the owners keeping the vehicles fit for work and in good repair, and being liable to place them at the disposal of the army in the event of mobilisation. Should the necessity arise the Government proposes to purchase the trucks outright.

the practice of riding with both hands off the handlebars is to be condemned when other traffic is? about, it Illustrates the great ease with which the average motor-cycle can be balanced.