Evening star., 1931-12-13

The increased use of thermo-
static control to regulate the heat
applied to the carburetor system
will be one of the features which
makes cars pleasanter to drive.
Show visitors will see number
Of frost shields to be attached in
side the windshield. These are for
the prevention of logged glass
when all windows are closed. They
are electrically heated, drawing
their energy from the car battery,
and fit so tightly to the glass that
a dead air pocket is formed, max
ing Jogging from the inside i'm
possible. The heat prevents for
nation of ice OF. the outside An
other similar device consists of
what looks like a miniature head
lamp, only it is not a lamp at all,
but a generator of red rays, al
most invisible, that melt ice and
snow very quickly and right
through the glass. 1t is attached
inside, runs from the car battery
and keeps a large area Of the
windshield clear in spite Of
weather.
Improved Lights.
With laws in force or imminent
in a number of States, reflex
lights assume new Importance
and appear in several new styles.
They faSten at the back, near the
tail lamp, require no electrical
connection whatever, and reflect
back at the driver of an Overtak-
ing car the beams from his own
lamps. The trick has been to
make the priSmS or COnfigurationS
scientifically accurate 50 that
maximum rejecting power may
be obtained. In this feature the
new ones are far ahead of the
older styles.
Another lighting improvement
designed to increase road safety
is a new lamp bulb in which there
Is incorporated a tiny metal
shield This controls and directs
the light beams in such way
that approaching drivers cannot
possibly be blinded, even though
lamps are not dimmed. 1t is done
without reducing the road light
obtained.
Metal tire covers, which last
year became prominent and pop
ular because of their beauty and
protection, appear in a new style
that is distinguished by a built-ln
lock, which not only makes the
cover theftproof, but simplifies
application and removal and al
lows enough adjustment so that
tread wear or underinfiation can
be compensated for. OF course, it
comes in all colors and in chrom-
ium plate.
Utility and Beauty.
Combining genuine utility and
real beauty, the famous radiator
cam thermometer that few
years ago appeared on almost
every car on the roads is back
with us, although one would never
guess it to be what it is. To every
one but the driver of the car it
appears as an unusually attractive
and thoroughly modern cap orna-
ment; 1t is only to the driver that
the thermometer is visible.
For more mechanically inclined
motorists there is news in the fact
special sets of libricating guns
have appeared Engineers say
that each part of a car has its
special oiling requirements and
that one lubricant cannot be used
indiscriminately for all. The new
guns make several kinds of lubri-
cant instantly available for their
special uses. Also there is a new
type of clamp that takes all work
out of the removal and replace
ment of tires on the new drop
center rims that are so popular
on the smaller cars and some OF
the bigger ones, too.
And not by any means last is a
recently perfected silencer that
takes every bit of clatter out of
overhead valve gear. 1t is intended
for use on cars that are, say, a,
year old, and that have developed
noise due to natural wear.
AASAAS4A46 1OI llOl St-QI avn We
hicles is one of the features of the
uniform vehicle code that will add
much to the safety and pleasure
OF night driving" comments r. P
Page, jr., member of the Street
Traffic Committee, National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce.
Night driving, like night air,
has been subject to much adverse
criticism. There has either been
too much light-coming from the
other fellows head lampS-or else
not enough light on other vehicles
on the road.
Uniform Code Aid.
by the terms of this proposed
uniform vehicle code it is proposed
that all vehicles other than those
enumerated-and in this class fall
the horse-drawn vehicles-shall
carry a white light visible from
the front and a red light visible
from the rear.
"A great many accidents have
occurred by reason of motor We
hicleS striking other objects on
the road when blinded by ap-
preaching headlights or when
wagons, delivery carts and buggieS
were obscured by rain or dark
ness