GARAGE GOSSIP

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 284, 21 February 1928, Page 6

GARAGE GOSSIP

An interesting piece of cabled news is that Major Segrave, holder of the , world’s speed record, with a lifetime’s ! technical knowledge and motoring ex. 1 perien.ee to guide him, has just puri chased a Hillman car for his own privI ate use. * * * I Appropos to the note in last week’s | “Garage Gossip’’ about the necessity for sun helmets for traffic officers, it is interesting to hear that at the last meeting of the Christchurch City Council this matter was discussed and authority given for the purchase of suitable sun helmets. I The council of the A.A.A. is con- ! cerned over the utter carelessness of Auckland motorists in giving hand signals, and they are considering preparing a film showing the correct signals and the dangers of neglect. “Headlight” counted eight drivers between town and Remuera tram terminus one afternoon last week who turned off sharp without any pretence of warning. # Speaking at the last annual meeting

of the National Roads and Motors Association of New South Wales, the president said, “Our road patrols travelled 200,000 miles and assisted 13,000 motorists in trouble on the road during the past year. Just as the firstaid man is not a competitor of the doctor, so is the aid rendered by our road patrols not intended as any interference with the legitimate work of garage proprietors.”