Evening star., 1935-04-07

get under the car unless the hand
brake Is set and the car doors are
closed.
A woman who reads these weekly
suggestions on carkeeping has been
having considerable trouble trying to
keep the carburetor from leaking. Usu-
ally this sort Of trouble is due to the
float not working properly or to the
needle valve being worn or unseated,
but a check-up Of these points has
failed to solve the problem. I have
suggested that she ask her service man
to check the Jets to see that they are
suficiently tight Loose carburetor Jets
may develop leakage.
This is a rule that applies to most
carburetors. 1t Is always important,
however. to guard against making an
exceptional rule too general. I am re-
minded Of this by the sad case Of the
woman motorist who ordered holes
drilled in the oil ring grooves as a
cure of excessive oil consumption.
She had heard that this proved to be
a successful remedy In the case OF
a friends car, but she overlooked the
possibility that it might not be suited
to the needs of her own car. Reducing
the pressure with the aid Of the regu-
lator and using a more appropriate
grade of Oil would have solved the
trouble in her case.
There's a thought in the case Of Q
friend who Is breaking In her car by
doing an extra amount OF shopping
with it. Because the motor idles in
traffic and turns aver many extra
revolutions during parking 1t VIII not
be necessary for this owner to await
completion of the full first thousand
miles before driving In the higher
speed range. A motor breaks in more
quickly in traffic than on the road.
Last year defective steering mech
anism was responsible for nearly As
many accidents as were punctures and
blowouts. Women who do not know
all the details Of steering may well
wonder Just what they themselves can
do to be assured freedom from such
hazard. It is not enough to have the
steering mechanism regularly inspect
ed; equally important being the need
for reporting to your service man any
feeling that the car is not steering
normally When a woman driver COM
planned that the car seemed to make
an odd humping noise as the front
wheels were cut for parking her service
man found that one of the front
springs was broken. Springs play an
important role in the security OF
steering.
The weeks safety sermonette Is the
gentle warning to cut down speed at
sundown. Dust is always especially
dangerous because of low visibility
and the fact that so many drivers 90
right into the dark period before re-
membering to switch on their lights.
If you have ever had your lights 60
out completely, leaving you cropping in
the dark with the car travelling at q
lively clip, you won't make the COM
mon mistake of increasing speed after
darkness sets in and when the head
lights give false sense of visibility.
Paying 81 costs for indulging In
three violations is cheap experience
when the violator learns that so much
can be illegal about the car when 1t is
not even in use. She thought 1t would
be taking a chance to park on the
mo parking" side Of one-way street,
but she did not realize that leaving
the car too near the intersection could
be just as illegal where parking was
prohibited as on the side Of the street
where allowed. The third violation
was leaving the car unoccupied with
the motor running. She had meant
this to be merely brief violation, but
it proved to be triplets.
Next time she will park on the
sunny side of the street.
Many women are just coming to
realize that the police are far more
forgiving If drivers are willing to ad-
NIT their faults. One of them who
used to take chance on going ahead
when not paying too strict attention
to the red lights recently decided to
back up when she discovered herself
half way across an intersection with
the lights dead against her. Safely
back to the white line an officer STEP
ped up to inform her that by admitting
the oversight and trying to make
amends she had saved herself Q $40
fine.
Why Is it SO many married women
take it for granted that the husband
should drive when they both go out
together in the car? It wouldn't be 50
bad If milady could be treated to q
high standard Of operation, but that
is so seldom the case. Even If the
wife Is the poorer driver of the two a
discussion Of her mistakes, should she
decide to drive, would make the ride
more profitable to both parties.