AUGUST 5TH , 1905.
THE AUTOCAR B Journal publisbet, in tbe interests of tbe mecbanicall\2 propellet, roat, carriage.
EDITED BY H. WALTER STANER.
No. 511. VoL. XV.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 1905.
[PRICE 3D.
THE AUTOCAR.
(Published Weekly.)
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CONTENTS.
NOTES: DANGEROUS DRIVING-T HE ENDORSE"MENT OF LICENSES-
WHEN AN ENDORSEMENT MUST BE MADE ... USEFUL HINTS AND T 1Ps. By Lieut. Windham, R.N. B LACKPOOL RACE MEETING (illustrated) How A DIFFERENTIAL GEAR WoRKS (illustrated) l\·[oToR CAMPING (illustrated)
153-154 ... 155 156-159 160-161 162-163
I N THE Haus& OF COMMONS-CON rtNENTAL T YRES IN THE GORDON-
BENNETT ... T HE MOTOR YACHT CLUR RACES (illustrated)· ... A G AS MOTOR y ACHT
THE SIOOELEY-MEYAN MATCH
... 163 16-1-166
166
167-168
CONTINENTAL NOTES AND ~EWS (illust rated).. .
169 170
CORRESPONDENCE : A TOUR JN SCOTLAND-IS THE I DEAL CAR
DESIRABLE? - MAGISTRATES AND i\[QTORISTS' FINES-lNCONS IDERAT F. D RIV ING-TYRE T REATMENT- SOUTH AFRICAN £:,.:. PERIENCES (illustrated}-HANDICAPPING OF MOTOR CARS-CALLOUS BEHAVIOUR-CAUTION-BOARD SIGNS (illustrated -SOLID v. PNEUMATIC TYRES-HORSE-POWER IN R ACING EVENTS-STEA~f C ARSINTERNATIONAL COMPETITION- SUMMARY OF OTHER CORRESPONDENCE, ETC .... A DETACHAHLE TYRE RIM (illustrated) ... SOME QUERIES AND REPLH..S FLASHES
171-175 ... 176 ... 177 178-180
CLUB DOINGS (ill u s lrdted} : I SLE OF W IGHT l'vIOTORISTS' ASSOCIATION
GYMKHANA-QUEENSLAND A.C.-:\[JDLAND A.C. GYMKHANA-CLUB FIXTURES, ETC. .•. 181-182
"THE AUTOCAR " SUBSCRIPTION RATES. British Isles, I6s. Abroad {thin µ ape r edi tion), i2s. tS<i . per ,,rnnu111
I Notes. Dangerous Driving. T he re is no doubt whate,·er that the . driving of a minority of motorists is doing the greatest possible harm to the mO\·ement. During a short tour which \\'e have just taken in the :.lidlands and the South \\'e haYe met some hundreds of cars. The majority of them, we are glad to say, have been d riYen with consideration, but in too many cases they have been driven not only inconsiderately. but in a manner which is positively dangerous. Without touching upon in tances of a tr ivial nature, we \Yil l simply refer to three serious ea es. In the fi rst. when a mile or hrn on the Bicester side of Waddesdon, we met a high-po\\'ered car, ,,·bich fo rced our car, and another car which was following it, on to t he grass. This big machine was travelling at quite forty miles an hour, and nothing but a sudden s1,·erYe on to the grass saved us from a collision. We were too fully occupied to think about taking the number, but the car was painted green, and there were two or three ladies on board. In all our road experiences, dating back from 1899. ,Ye have never seen more brutal and recklessly sarnge driving.
A few days later, when passing through Redhill to Reigate, 1\'e saw a p0-1Yerful car 1,-hich was not being driven in a. reckle s manner so far as its speed was concerned. but the driYe r used bis exhaust cut-out, although the man 1l'ith him had a mouth trumpet. . .\pparently this car 1rns a 1rnrks ma.chine. as the number \\'a only scra\\·led on the back petrol tank. lt seems incredible tha.t anybody connected \\'ith the industry should be so foolish as to use his exhaust cut-out' in a tO\rn, and. further than that, to suddenly start to make the machine-gun-like noise ,,·hen passing a horse and trap. We saw this done, and noticed a hnrse. which was being dri\'en IJy a lady, jump half-way across the road: and we can scarcely wonder at it, because e ,·en to a harde ned motorist the sudden turn ing on of the exhaust of a high-po\\'ered car is startling.
Again. \\·hen driving from Leamington to Dunchurch. via Kenil\\'orth, \\'e were going up a hill about a mile and a half out of Kenilworth. Four or five bic,-clists \\'ere coming down the hill, and behind us was a high-powered car rapidly overhauling us, but, instead of checking to allow the bicyclists to pass us on their downward course, the driver actually overtook and passed us at the same moment as the bicyclists were abreast of u . Fortunately, no accident happened, but it was taking a risk of putting other people into danger in a manner \\'hich we considered nothing short of criminal. Cnfortunately. the dust preYenteJ us from taking the number. but our anxiety for the bicyclists 1ras all ab orbing fo r the instant. We might give other instances. but \\'e ba,·e only referred to those which \\'e consider glaring. We haYe no hesitation in saying that men of this stamp do more harm than all the reasonable and considerate drivers can undo. They are a disgrace and a danger to the movement, and. \\'hat is worse. \\'e should say from their appearance that two of them at lea t \\'ere private Q\rners.
When it comes to less grave instances, such as driving rather too fast in tO\rns, or failing to slow do\\'n \\ hen overtaking other traffic. we must say that so far as our observation go the paid driver is Ye ry much the worse sinner. We do not mean to say that all hired drivers are inconsiderate. but there is no question that a Yer · large majority of them are. What we should like to see the police do \\'Oulci be to ciiYert their attention from the straight open stretches of road. and devote it to enforcing reasonable speed through vil lages. round bends. and o,·er cross roads. Unfortunateh·. bo\\'ever, our s, stem of administering the law is not· sufficiently elastic to enable work of this ki nd to be done. The police either stop every motor which pa ses them. whether going too fast or not, or el e they take nc notice of reck less driving. T hey do not seem to be
