Behind the Wheel

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22391, 11 April 1936, Page 11 (Supplement)

Behind the Wheel

Speed Restriction In the United States a Court decided to allow a motorist convicted of an offence to retain his licence on condition that he fitted a speed governor to the engine of his car. Oil From Goal Preparations for the hydrogenation of coal in Czechoslovakia are talcing definite shape. The coal from Ostrau is said to be responsive to this treatment for the production of oil and petrol. Unusual Obstacle A heap in the middle of a main Californian road caused some trouble to lorry drivers, who had to swerve round. The police investigated the heap and found it to consist of a man curled up peacefully asleep with his head pillowed on a bottle. Teaching the Children The authorities in Miami are determined that the young generation of motorists and pedestrians shall be intelligently traffic-minded. Children drive miniature cars under instruction from officers of the city police department, while others direct the traffic. Ingenious Road Signs Instead of laboriously painting white lines on the road, an idea comes from Johannesburg to use canvas strips, sticky on one side, which adhere to the road surface immediately they are laid down. One in use for over a month is said still to have been clearly visible. Traffic in Ohina Six policemen in the middle of the road are needed now to control the volume of motor traffic which passes unceasingly across the Nanking and Sechuen roads. In addition to over 1500 cars which pass every hour, there are some 5000 rickshaws wending their way in and out of the motor traffic simultaneously. The Height of Consideration An irate motorist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, telephoned the police station and said he nad just summoned up enough courage to propose to a girl when a policeman flashed his lamp into the car and told them to move on. The station officer kindly suggested that he park his car in front of the police headquarters, assuring him that no one would dare to interfere with him there. Later the voice rang up again and asked the station officer to the wedding in June!