Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05


the other machine, cut your front
wheels gradually the other-way. and
the front end of the car will be
brought into the curb.
These are principles. Accurate cal
culations of distance. which are I'M
peratively necessary if this parking
technique is to be used successfully
come only by practice.
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In angle parking, where it is neces-
sarv to put the rear end of the car
next to the curb, the driver also may
run into difficulty. Because this va
riety of parking is slower than al
most any other and serves to retard
traffic, many cities are abandoning it,
but it still is the practice in certain
places.
In such a case, pull up-about E
feet in front of the other car-until
the rear wheels of your machine are
about parallel with the right front
wheel of the other machine. Then
cut sharply and back. If the distances
are calculated accurately here, one
backing will be all that is necessary.
Skill alone is not enough, however.
1t takes more than skill. There is
the very important item of considera-
tion for the rights of others. 1t has
been said that the motorist regards
the parking problem as an individual
one. He is accused of believing that
when it has been solved for him, the
matter may be allowed to rest there.
In other words, that when he finds
parking space. he gets into it with
no thought that if he parked with
care he might provide All additional
space for the next driver.
This obviously is true III many
cases. Ii may be seen most clearly
in almost any block where o0-degree
angle parking is the practice. Many
times one sees a car parked in this
position with perhaps 3 feet left on
either side. 1t requires no more skill
in driving to put ones car no more
than a foot from the machine next
to it than it does to put it 3 or 10
feet away. 1t does, however, require
much more consideration of the
rights of the other motorist.
Improvement in parking skill and
courtesy distinctly is an individual
problem. 1t involves a great deal OF
the thought of the Golden Rule.
Those who favor new attitude on
the part of the individual when he
goes to park his automobile do not
declare their proposal embodies a
panacea for the parking ills.
They do say, however, that parking
space will be easier to find, and that
is an end devoutly to be wished.
It NAV come as somewhat of Sur-
prise to many motorists to learn
that practically every car in the
United States is, relatively speaking,
an assembled car. The assembling.
it will be conceded, is of varying de-
gree for different makes of cars. The
specialists in manufacture still are
strong factor i'll the automobile
world, and the general trend at the
present time is toward their increas-
ing Importance.
A typical car, which is now being
manufactured at the rate of about
250,000 units a year, generally is re-
garded as anything but All assembled
car. But what are the facts? The
producer does not make the cars
vacuum fuel system, its frame, steer
ing gear. starting system, lighting
and ignition systems, headlights,
wheel rims, tires, battery, bearings
or radiator. We find that this car
also is using a differential made by
specialist, the brake lining of an
other specialist and the valves of
third.
Such check-up does not even in
clude accessories and equipment
which may be regarded as standard.
We find that high-grade car built
by one of the largest organizations
i'll the world uses piston rings pro-
duced outside the factory. This
company buys its lenses, all of its
headlight equipment, its springs,
steering gear. radiator, universals,
differential and all bearings from
outside manufacturers.
Automobile manufacturing is be-
coming more and more gigantic and
efficient assembling,
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In reading motor vehicle statistics
it is important to bear in mind GER
tain differences in legislation between
States. This is clearly demonstrated
in the States figures, recently re-
leased, showing the number of motor
vehicles registered in 1926, together
with their registration receipts, as
compiled by the United States Blu
reau of Public Roads. One may
draw incorrect differences from the
fact that New York State, with
registration of 1,815,434 cars, showed
registration receipts of $28,786,421,
whereas California, with a regiStra-
ton of 1,600,475 cars. showed a regis
tration return OF $S,477,233. Califor-
MIA has large gasoline tax revenue,
while New York has none at all. In
such statistics registration receipts
are considered to include registration
fees, licenses, operators license fees
and fees for examinations of opera
tors. They do not include gasoline
taxes, which, as the motorist knows,
have become a great factor i'll pub
lie revenue raising.
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Too many of the cars that are be-
decked with strcamers. plumes and
flags for special occasions reduce
visibility from the drivers seat al
most to the vanishing point. Large
flags on the radiator cap and stream
crs that run from the top of the car
to the base of these flags are par
ticular offenders in this respect. Al
though cars so decorated seldom are
driven at high speeds, it pays, in the
interest of safety, to use some other
decorative scheme. Even slow driv-
ing requires clear vision
tCopyright. 1927