BROADSIDING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 14

BROADSIDING.

Broadsiding at Christchurch speedway on Saturday night resulted: — . First Division Handicap.—Kilraistcr 1, Farmer 2, Forbes 3. Time, 1.25. Second Division Handicap.—Nelson 1, Stow 2, Dixon 3. Time; 1.33 1-5. Big Three Points Kace.—Kilinister won two out of three. Scratch Knee.—Packer 1, Tompkins 2, Hobson 3. Time, 1.23 4-5. Match races were won by Packer, Tompkins and Hobson.

a skidding wheel is very prone to sideslip. Applying those fundamental facts to practical driving, the following hints may be given:— Do not try to accelcrate rapidly, or drive so that it may be necessary to use the brakes violently, on a slippery road, particularly on the side of a cambered road. Engage the clutch as gently as possible when starting from rest where a sideslip might cause the car to hit something. Try to avoid accelerating or braking forcibly on a slippery corner. If tiie car commences to sideslip merely because a curve of the road is being taken too fast, or another vehicle being overtaken on a slippery cambered road, do not apply the brakes. Be Gentle. Do not even release the accelerator violently on a really slippery road at a corner or elsewhere, for this gives rise to an engine-braking cffect that may cause the rear wheels first to skid and then to sideslip. Keep four-wheel brakes, especially the units of the pairs, back and front, uniformly adjusted. If one back wheel is locked and skids, road adhesion is halved. Do not swerve with the steering on a (slippery road; anticipate the need for changes of direction whenever possible, in order to negotiate an obstruction in a long and gradual sweep. Above all, drive slowly and cautiously where the road surface is or may be treacherous, and bear in mind, for one thing, that oil drippings at bus stoppingplaces and elsewhere are a potential cause of skidding, wheel-spin and sideslip.