SCIENCE OF BRAKING.
\ The coat of tyres, petrol and repairs) -'can be appreciably reduced by using .the brake* a* little as possible. Much brake t action may be eliminated by permitting ear to lose momentum by coasting. 1 In the majority of instance*-the need .for slowing down can be seen fur enough ''.• in advance to permit the coasting method be used. The practice is not only on the car, but it lessens the work .|of the driver, and ia also less fatiguing , jjto the, passengers. ' | It Is worth remembering that collisions Sometimes occur as a result of too quick a stop, although it is usual to look at ofaecidentfrdm the opposite standpoint, ascribing them to stopejthat were not quick enough. However, it frequently happens that . If a motorist pulls his car up quickly he will be rammed from the rear by a ear that is running close, and yet has biakes that are less powerful, r
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 234, 4 October 1927, Page 17
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156SCIENCE OF BRAKING. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 234, 4 October 1927, Page 17
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