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GIFTS OF REAR VIEW MIRRORS.

19th April 1921, Page 8
19th April 1921
Page 8
Page 8, 19th April 1921 — GIFTS OF REAR VIEW MIRRORS.
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

WELL over 20 years ago we joined

a friend, who happens to be stone-deaf, on a, run on his motorcar, and found that he had substituted sight for hearing by fitting a. mirror giving him at a glance, whilst continuing to look forward, a view to the rear. Motorcars made BO much noise in those days that the driver and passengers lived in a welter of it, and, when other motorists observed Mr. Wilson's idea, there was a general copying of it. The heavy lorry, the steam wagon, the tractor, the road locomotive, and the char-h-bancs have reintroduced the old difficulty, and that their drivers are often absolutely oblivious of the frantic attempts of a driver of a faster vehiMe to draw attention to his need for more room is only too obvious to anyone who spends any time upon the roads.

We feel that it is incumbent upon owners of heavy vehicles to add a rearview mirror to the equipment of every machine and upon every driver to ask for one. We think it important that every reasonable step should be taken to remove any possible ground for complaint of obstruction on the road (unwitting obstruction, of course) by commercial motor vehicles.

We believe in practising what we preach, and we recently looked around for the best (or one of the best) of the mirrors on the market suitable for routinercial vehicle use, with a view to presenting a dozen to driver-readers of this journal, and our choice fell on the Dependence rear-view mirror, made by a firm whose products have, for many years, inspired our fullest confidence— J. and R. Oldfield, Ltd., of Warwick Street, Birmingham. We made our tests of the mirror in order to prove its strength of construction and general adaptability to various kinds of corn 1312 mercial vehicles, and we took the opportunity afforded by the London parade of the Commercial Motor Users .Association to distribute, gratuitously, among leading drivers of teams a small number of these mirrors. We found that they were greatly appreciated. • We now offer a Dependence rear-view mirror as a prize to the driver in each of the following classes who sends us a short account, accompanied by a rough sketch or diagram (which we will have redrawn for reproduction) of the best temporary repair or expedient for overcoming a. roadside difficulty, or means for getting back to garage with a minimum of expense and with least loss of time, that has happened to him, or is so well within his knowledge that he can vouch for the facts. The classes are : Class 1. Undertype steamers.

Class 2. Overtype steamers.

Class 3. Petrol vehicles over 3 tons. Class 4. Puetnroelr.vehicles, 3 tons and d

Class 5. Electric vehicles. •

The matter should be written on one ' side of the paper and, with the sketch or diagram, be addressed to the Editor, The Commercial Motor, 7-15, Resehery Avenue, London, EC., to reach that address by Saturday, May 14th next. The Editor's decision will be final. Should there be no useful or interesting entry in any class,, the prize offered for that class will be awarded to one of the runners-up in one of the other classes.

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Locations: Birmingham, London

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