Show BLINDING LIGHTS CAUSE badly focused clims are often result of carelessness by motorist who is 3 at fault it if an approaching auto automobile m 0 blie with dazzling headlights temporarily ar nr I 1 ly blinds a driver anil and causes an accident this la Is a much discussed question and ono one on which there thera Is consider irble conflict in legal opinions according to charles ba M ilayev president of tho the chicago motor club importance of lamps nevertheless lie ho continued it nerves to emphasize the importance ot of properly adjusted headlamps head licad lamps and bringsli home ome the fact that blinding or lindly focused lights or are in roost most instances tho the result of carelessness tile tho largo large number of testing stations the ense case with which adjustment C ann cnn an be made and the Imp importance orla ace of proper he headlights ad lights in the held field ot 0 safety serve to make unsafe lights symbolic of neglect pointing to some of the legal hplu opinions on tho the question mr clayes said in the case of an acel accident derit chero tho the driver was blinded by street cor car lights tile Sti preme murt court of maine beld it Is the duty oi of a driver of an automobile to stop his car when for any renson reason lie cannot see sea lie he Is going this language was likewise quoted by un an olito court was waa at drivers peril in a case in the state of washington tho the supreme court of that com coln held that ho to proceed nt at nil all in tho the face of those conditions avins at hla his drivers peril Illo however wever the general theory seems to he be that whether it la is negligence to proceed driving nn an automobile in the face of nt blinding ilg lights lits depends upon tho the circumstances to bo be decided by a jury and not by any speciale rule of law most lost states have adopted legislation providing for proper lights the illinois motor vehicle act provides that drivers approaching each other at night must illin dim their lights when nut not loss less than feet apart tho the In indiana dlana statute specifies spec luea that eliat drivers must itin the lights when approaching each other and the wisconsin codo code ordera lights operated in such auch tt it manner that thera will bg be no glare or dazzle and also provides for alli cial stations where lights shall be tested air cleaners U useful on practically all autos mr air 61 I 1 lire apfl used on practically all automobiles prevent dust from rom entering the tha engines ing wear on pistons rings bea bearings rings and other vital parts As a rule the oll oil wetted type air cleaner will operate without attention tor for a period of one year however Ilo when olen a car Is operated under extreme I 1 lodusty ly dusty cleaning should bo be done dohe more often cleaning and re oil oll in ing la Is accomplished in the following manner g either by the tha car owner himself elf or the service huou remove the cleaner and wash it thoroughly by moving tt it up arid and down in a pall of gasoline allow the cleaner ert to odry dry tor for a few rind and then saturate the filtering altering material with oil and replace it Is important nna and necessary to clean 1 and re oil oll the OH oU wetted type air cleaner as indicated in order to its maximum cleaning eal efficiency chency according to U H 0 kamrath research engineer discard ou old plug tests testa show that a motor in which spark plugs lid find been used lor for more inore than miles developed horse power when run at an engine speed equivalent to 20 miles an aali flour our the parne panie motor run at the il same ime speed equipped with a new set of plug gave it horse poyer power reading of SS Oan increase ofos of 08 horse powei power automatic garage light Is quite handy device A stop light switch fastened to a beam arid connected into the light circuit na as shown will provide an automatic light tor for the garage when car drives into the gabage garage its front wheels switch on the light at tho the ceiling cel ling A cord to the lover of the stop light switch should be fastened to a board stop wa tc WIRE OR CORD INCLINED 1 4 twit I 1 tal naj 5 when the car rolls rolle into the garage the front wheels wheela turn tum on the electrio calling light hinged to tile the floor in such a way that tile the front tires rolling on to it will pull the switch tu to the on oa position A push button switch Is included in the circuit of course to provide a ready means of turning oft the tight light it the weight of the board will not allow the tha spring to pull the switch up to the tha 0 off tr position use a suitable counter weight Popular science monthly |