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Women at the driving wheels Of
automobiles are a rare sight in Italy.
In thirteen Southern States there is a
registration of ,992.6Ss automobiles and
trucks.
Less than one per cent of the own
ers Of automobiles IN Rio de Janerio
drive their cars
For every mile of improved road in
Maryland there are approximately IS
motor vehicles.
There are more motorcycles in use in
London and all England than automo-
biles or other motor cehicles.
Nearly 400 varieties of automobiles
are being produced at the present
time by s. manufacturers in the United
States
According to reports the German
automobile industry is rapidly reviving
and exports are increasing to Latin
America
one of the best test hills in this
country for automobiles is Reservoir
Hill, Kansas City, Mo. 1t has a 2I.S3
per cent grade.
levard in New Jersey are patrollins
the highway seated in $1,000 passenger
| automobiles.
The West Side T. NJ. C, A. Automo-
bile School. in New York city. is max
ing use Of the motion picture to teach
automotive mechanics.
No official speed limit exists in
France, but motorists are held re-
| sponslDle TOT the aClC0ents they cause
| by reason of negligence or incompe-
tence.
For motor truck owners. there has
been designed a compact device to re-
cord the cost Of operating a truck In
terms Of material, time and distance
The work of analyzinE exhaust gases
by the Bureau of Mines covered nearly
a years experiments more than 100
motor vehicles having been used for
| the test.
| or Tho % nan r,iIes -, E,d.r,, ia
roads which have been built or are
under construction IN this country.
more than two-thirds are earth roads
| sand, clay. gravel.
j. G. Farrell and his family Of Pierre
Depot. Ohio, have been constantly
| touring the country In their automohil.
for more than year. They have COW
cred over $4,000 miles
Because Of the growing popularity Of
motor trucks. draft horses employed In
| the lnrGest cities In this country. ac-
| cordlng to the last census. have de-
creased in the last ten years.
In Brazil a motor mechanic is pains
| taking and very slow. II takes a
month for n native shcpman to over
haul n car. a Job that would be finished
| In this country in less than a week.
Taxi drivers In Paris practically rule
| the boulevsrds. where they delight In
jostlinr fares and. in general. making
n trip around the city as uncomfort-
able for the passenger ms possible.
According TO tho new automobile reg
ulatIons issued by the municipal gov
vehicle shall not follow another vehicle
or street car closer than Is feet
Imperfect combustion in Rsso''r.
motor produces carbon monoride
poisonous gas that displacea the oIy-
gen In human blood coils. and which
n hrenthed In sufficient quantities.
produces death
As means Of letting other. know
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tourists nre adopting State insignia. on
their cars. Motorists from Kansas
simply have a sunflower painted m
tho hood Of their machine. Thos.
from Pennsylvania, have n biz knv, and
tourists from Ohio CARRY = buckeye
A PENNSYLVANIA State Law provides
that all garage owners shall keep y
record NJ all motor vehicles brought to
them for repair. storage. or other p,ir-
pose For each transaction In the sails
Of secondhand automobiles. nm Aft
dnvit. with fun details. must h. rii.d
with tho local police and the Stat.
Highway Department
Thru the results Of ettensiv. FOOD
road construction IN the Southern
states. whore few years ago school
children waded from orc to five rniI-.
thru mud to reach school they now
ride In motor trucks provided for this
purpose hy the communities over a
hard-surfaced road and with tho pro-
lection of their health
The "cnntalner'' ear 4. = ,s-- tyre ~
carrier now developed which calls for
tho coordination Of transportation
steam railroads. motor trucks and
electric railways. Tho contntrer car
consists NJ vault-like compartments.
built tn occupy n section Of n freight
or EXPRESS car. These COMMITMENTS
are loaded at the warehouses Of shin
pers. transported by motor trucks 20
tho railroad yard. there lifted hv crane
~ tho train. and secured nv hooks and
stool guides for tho next stage Of the
journey.
As result NJ countrywide survey
made by the National Automobile
Chamber Of Commerce. when question
cards were eent to car owners In Ill
sections Of the United States asking
morotists to express their relative
preference concerning the chief factor
Of an automobile. endurance and econ
omy wore tho first qualifications that
tho prospective BUYERS demanded COM
fort is the third consideration. followed
hv appearance. service. hill climbing
fleNlhilitv. endorsements Of other own
ers. specifications. speed and appoint
monts