Motors and Motor-drivingLongmans, Green, and Company, 1906 - 528 pages |
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ARIEL CAR armature Arrol-Johnston automobile Automobile Club axle battery benzine bevel bicycle boiler brake Broomhill burners carburator carburetter carried cause centre chain clutch coil compression connected contact breaker cover crank shaft cylinder Daimler Darracq Dion driving Electromobile engine exhaust valve explosion Extreme length fitted fly-wheel frame friction gases gear wheels heat hill horse ignition inches induction inlet valve Landaulet Levassor lever London lubrication machine magneto means mechanical metal Michelin miles an hour miles per hour motor bicycle motor cycle motor-car motor-house motorist Napier nuts ordinary owner Panhard PANHARD ET LEVASSOR pedal Petersham petrol pipe piston plate pneumatic position pressure pump race railway revolution revolve road round screw side side-slip sleeve sparking plug speed spring steam steam car steering suction surface tank throttle traffic trembler tube turn tyre vehicle voiturettes weather wire
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Page 437 - Section i provides that if any person drives a motor car on a public highway recklessly or negligently or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition, and use of the highway and to the amount of traffic which actually is at the time or which might reasonably be expected to be on the highway, that person shall be guilty of an offence under the Act.
Page 447 - State, continue in force for a period of twelve months from the date on which it...
Page 440 - Act, for which no special penalty is provided, shall be liable on summary conviction in respect of each offence to a fine...
Page 468 - Order the weight of a vehicle unladen, the weight of any water, fuel, or accumulators used for the purpose of propulsion shall not be included.
Page 456 - The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies for the purpose of the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Page 448 - If any person drives a motor car on a public highway recklessly or negligently, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition, and use of the highway, and to the amount of traffic which actually is at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the highway, that person shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
Page 435 - ... if it is under three tons in weight unladen, and is not used for the purpose of drawing more than one vehicle (such vehicle with its locomotive not to exceed in weight unladen four tons), and is so constructed that no smoke or visible vapour is emitted therefrom except from any temporary or accidental cause ; and vehicles so exempted, whether locomotives or drawn by locomotives, are in this Act referred to as light locomotives.
Page 448 - ... miles per hour, and, within any limits or place referred to in regulations made by the Local Government Board with a view to the safety of the public on the application of the local authority of the area in which the limits or place are situate, a person shall not drive a motor car at a speed exceeding ten miles per hour.
Page 5 - That, as they admit of greater breadth of tire than other carriages, and as the roads are not acted on so injuriously as by the feet of horses in common draught, such carriages will cause less wear of roads than coaches drawn by horses. " 9. That rates of toll have been imposed on steam-carriages, which would prohibit their being used on several lines of road, were such charges permitted to remain unaltered.
Page 440 - ... conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or in the discretion of the court to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.