NIGHT DRIVING
USE Of MIRRORS THE HANDY SPOTLIGHT. Where more light is needed in night driving and particularly where work under the bonnet or minor adjustments arc i ccesraiy. a spotlight and a mirror are of great help. Two examples of this mirror lighting are cicscril ed below. The mud guard type of a ear view mirror, which may be swung about on a pivot, is adjusted so as to take the light from the spot lamp and reflect it to tho engine with the bonnet of the car raised. Carburettor, vacui:n:-tank, and ignition repairs may be made with more assurance and greater rapidity where a good beam of light shows up the parts closely. For lighting tho motometer, an extra small rearview mirror may be installed on tho a pre.it of the mudguard so that it will take the edge rays of ono of the headlights and reflect them upward and on the fiont of the motometer. As is cbvious, this light will not shine hack into the driver’s eyes and confuse, as will be the case when th i spotlight is played on the thermomete-.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20150, 19 May 1928, Page 9 (Supplement)
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187NIGHT DRIVING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20150, 19 May 1928, Page 9 (Supplement)
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