The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-25
Automobile News
Proposed Auto Laws.

l y 1 cefving4 copies of bills from other | states, has already a number relating to motor vehicles, Massachusetts has l this under consideration: "No person shall operate motor vehicle on any way inside the tficlly settled or bus mess part of a city or town at 8 rate r of speed exceeding that allowed for the operation of street railway cars, and the rules regulating the opera ton of street cars within the afore- said parts of cities and towns shall apply to motor vehicles" /"
 New York is evidently endeavoring to amend radically it's motor vehicle code and one of the amendments provides that one shall drive or operate a motor vehicle who is un- der IS years of age, change which cuts from the existing law the words 1 unless accompanied by a licensed chauffeur or the owner of the car" It also provides that any person operat- ing a car shall, while so doing, wear a. badge. Heretofore the badge, fur nished by the state along with the. registry plate, was only required to- be worn by cFauffeurs.
 Pennsylvania has the following bill under consideration by the commit tee on public roads and highways: That no license to operate motor vehicle shall be issued unless the ap- plication therefore is accompanied by a certificate from g. physician licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania that he has examined the applicant and that the eyesight of the appli- cant is normal, or that any abnor- maIity or weakness Is corrected by means of eyeglasses or spectacles and that the applicant has no physical or mental defect that might Impair the ability of the applicant to operate motor vehicle without danger to the public"
 The legislature of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plan 1 tadons'' has a measure providing that l operated within the ffteen-n1ile speed limit radius shall be so dim med or covered that the g1aring eff feet of said headlights shall be done away with. Every motor vehicle shall be provided with a. lock- key or other device to prevent said Vehicle 1 from being set in motion. and no per son shall allow any such vehicle operated by him to stand unattended 1 in any street, road, avenue. alley,
 highway, park, parkway or other 1 public place without first locking or
 making fast the vehicle as above pro- l vided.'' The bill further prohibits 1 the use of chains. except on certain ] types-of highway construction. save 1.when the roads are in an icy or slip I pery condition.
 South Dakota has bill regardful l of the safety of the public rather | than of the automobilist. In passing trolley cars the operators of motor vehicles must slow down, and, if needs be, come to a full stop. When 1 approaching a pedestrian upon any part of highway other than the sidewalk, the operator must slow down and give a warning signal with belF or horn When following anoth- CT vehicle q motor vehicle shall not approach nearer than seventy-flve
 feet while running at full speed. nor ] nearer than twenty-five feet while 1 running at any speed, save when the driver proposes to pass the vehicle ahead of him by turning to the right.
 Boosting Motor.
 | Picric acid and various other sub stances have been used to increase i the sharpness of the explosion and in this way an increase of power re- | suits but the gain is not great. The use of these substances has been for 1 hidden by the A. A.. A. and none of
 the modern races have been won 1 with their aid; gasoline alone has supplied the energy.
 It is inadvisable to use any of these substances as an increased strain is put on the parts, and certain cheni- calls in these substances produce cor ] rosion.
 ll to win a hfIl-clirnb or for some other Fl reason and do not mind the expense, l we would advise the use of oxygen. Procure a tank and run a pipe to a hole in the intake manifold Adjust | your carbureGor so that two mixtures can be obtained one with throttle only partly opened for slow driving and the other with throttle wide open for racing or hill ll-c1imbfng. Make the II last adjustment entirely too rich and then make combustion perfect by opening the oxygen valve of the tank. l Care must be taken not to increase i the power development too much, as 1t is easily possible to blow the motor
 to pieces. Pure oxygen will give five l times the power that air will and
 therefore the pressures developed are
 about five times as great, so thatett IS
 seen that it is easily possible to have
 an explos1on.-Motor Print.
 Aid in Steering.
 There is some play in the steering apparatus of automobile even
 when new, and as the parts are used
 and become worn at the connections
 the amount of play is not objection-
 ables but just a little too much of
 fers great inconvenience.
 After our car became badly worn
 we found a cheap means ~of reducing
 the appreciable play besides offering
 protection in another way, says 3
 writer in an automobile paper. Fou1
 small coil springs, such as are used
 to attach to screen doors, about eigh- teen inches long, were procured. Tc Fincrease their strength, these were
 used in pairs, one pair to each side
 of the machine, in this manner: ! At a point directly beneath the cen ter of the radiator, one end of all ths springs was attached. From th1s
 point two of the springs were stretched across to the rear end oi the projecting arm of the right front l wheel spindle. The other pair were , attached similarly to the arm on the . Jeff The erada were. affachef