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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although reaction time decreases with a small amount of alcohol, a more pronounced state of inebriation results in "an inveterate tendency to strike between the pedals when applying the brake." Coordination of the foot is lost sooner than control of the hands, Dr. DeSilva stated. "Often a man with no control of his feet could do a good job of steering, if he could only...
With the addition of a stop light on the road, which shifted continually, control of the radiator became a Herculean task. Dr. DeSilva explained that the average driver can stay on the road 64 percent of the time, but some are in the ditch 90 percent of the test. If the car were left to steer itself, it would be in the ditch only 30 percent...
Harry R. De Silva, lecturer on motor vehicle administration and driver control in the Bureau for Street Traffic Research, will deliver a lecture tonight entitled "Measurement of Driving Skill of Motorists." The lecture and demonstration are scheduled to be held in 110 Pierce Hall at 7:30 o'clock, and are open to the public...
...average student would like his sports, the house and minor sports, better represented in the top control body of the H.A.A. However, welcome are basketball's promotion and the prospects for monthly meetings, they are not connected with the real problem before Mr. Bingham. Lest the ten dollar compulsory fee become taxation without representation, two new groups need a vote in the all-high Committee for the Regulation of Athletic Sports. Though the Student Council thumps loudly for the nomination of two of its members to the Committee, the house sports should not be overlooked, particularly in view of their...
This automatic control operated satisfactorily until 1934 when the staff of Cruft Laboratory was advised by the Federal Communications Commission that either a continuous operator watch must be provided, or the station shut down. The cost of employing an operator being prohibitive, this instruction resulted in an interruption of the experimental research program. The Commission's ruling was based on Section 318 of the Communications Act of 1934, which states that a licensed radio operator must be in charge of a radio transmitter during its operation at all times regardless of its purpose...