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Show Auto Lock Is Invented j for Forgetful Driven ! Locks to safeguard automobile driv- j ers against their own carelessness are ! being tested in the underwriters' laboratories lab-oratories at Chicago. The forgetfulness of drivers of In sured cars who park their cars un locked and walk away with the fee! Ing that the insurance company "can do the worrying" has induced the Na tional Automobile Underwriters' con ference to withdraw recognition ol locking devices In the writing of In surance. To meet the situation a new lock is being developed. The new lock Is so designed that when the driver switches off the ignition igni-tion to stop the engine he automatically automati-cally locks the car. Few drivers, Insurance, In-surance, companies find, are In the habit of forgetting that an engine needs gasoline to keep running. The breaking of the Ignition circuit is almost al-most a subconscious operation with the average driver. The laboratories have recognized a number of locks so made that the mechanism which breaks the circuit also locks the car, hut this lock Is the first that performs both operations at the same time. - |