SAFETYGRAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 124, 16 August 1927, Page 6

SAFETYGRAM

A road hog roots up macadam with his nose. When a car skids around to the right or left, always steer the wheels with the skid to check it. The natural inclination is to go the other way. * * * An extra pair of spring clips will be found useful on a trip to make a temporary repair to a broken spring. The higher the candlepower of the headlamp the more current it will require and the greater will be the drain on the battery. Longer wear is had from tyres of each one is removed from the rim once a year, the rim cleaned thoroughly and painted, after which a new liner is added and the replaced. An emergency cotter pin can be made from a common hairpin by a few twists of the pliers. A loose and rattling hood is always an annoyance to the driver. When the hood joggles about, see that the radiator shell is securely fastened to the front frame member and that the rod from the front of the dash to the top of the radiator shell is properly tight. When a car is parked at the kerb on a steep hill, throw the gear into reverse if the car is headed down the hill. In parking a car headed up the hill, instead of turning the front. wheels against the kerb, as most drivers do, back the hind wheels against the kerb. = * * Race drivers building new cal's for the 1927 campaign must not put the gasoline tanks under the cowl, according to a ruling handed down by the sanction board of the International Motor Contest Association. In specifying the safety rules that must be observed, officials point out that many deaths have been caused when tanks under cowls have exploded, throwing the flaming contents over the driver. The rear of the machine is recommended as the best and safest location for the petrol supply. * * # South Africa has taken kindly to motor transport. Instead of extending the railway lines, the authorities have acquired a fleet of over 50 Thorncrofts. These are being used for passenger and goods transport on routes up to 100 miles beyond the present terminals. * * * American movie makers buy up a lot of smashed cars for use in the shooting of smash scenes. The good car dashes to*M:he top of the cliff, over goes one of the crocks, and then a close-up shows John Heman or Flo Flops lying prostrate at the bottom ‘ amidst the wreckage.