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IT is interesting to follow the rapid development of the free-wheel device for private cars, and we have hopes that it will not be long before many more commercial vehicles are equipped with some satisfactory form of this device. One of the most interesting of these is the Humfrey-Sandberg, and strong efforts are being made to develop this on a wider basis. The personnel of the company dealing with it includes such well-known people as Capt. J. S. Irving (late chief engineer of the Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd.), Mr. Alan Fenn (late of Humbers) and Major H. AI. D. Segrave.
DESPITE the many v arnings which have already
been published regarding the danger of running the engines of motor vehicles within closed garages, we hear constantly of cases where people have been overcome by the dangerous and insidious carbonmonoxide gas which is so of tea emitted from the exhaust, particularly where a rich mixture is employed, as when the engine is running idly. We tote that the Automobile Association has list issued anothet warning in this corineeion.
THE position of the rear light on motor vehicles
is a matter of considerable importance, and, wherever possible, the light should not be fixed at a height where it may be well above the line of vision of overtaking drivers, thus constituting a serious danger. Where it is considered essential to have the light in a high position, the owner would do well to arrange either for a supplementary light at a lower point or fox the fitting of a good-quality reflector. In general, the height level of the tail lamp should not exceed three or four feet above " the ground, although there is no agtual ruling on this point.
SO, for the first time, a Diesel-engined lorry has been put into regular service work in this country. The actual start was made, appropriately enough, on the first day of the year.
The vehicle is a Mercedes-Benz 5-6 tomer, similar to that which was tried out by the Royal Automo bile Club. It has a six-cylinderetl engine and carries a 16-ft., 1,500-gallon tank to hold five tons of petrol. It is stationed at the Sunderland petrol depot of Major and Co., Ltd. (also of London, Hull and Leeds), and is on regular work delivering in that district, which is very hilly and for that reason the vehicle is especially low-geared. The unladen weight is just over 6i tons, but it is interesting to note that 40-in. by 8-in, pneumatic tyres are employed. The vehicle was supplied through W. H. Goddard, A.M.I.Mech.E., of Jessamine Avenue, Beeston, Leeds, who is the sole agent for this make of chassis for Leeds, Bradford and the West Riding of Yorks.