RELIABILITY TRIALS
Sir, —In your sub-leader on the Southland Reliability Trial you question the value of such an event. You might ask what is the value of any sport! Naturally it gives pleasure to those taking part. It is possibly not generally understood that reliability trials in these days of good roads and modern cars call mainly for considerable mathematical skill in computing time to the second at all points along the route. Public safety was of primary importance to the organisers and adequate rest periods were allowed between all stages; also, co-drivers were available in nearly all cars. The main thing the drivers had to “endure” was crawling along at the very low average speeds of 10, 12, and 15 m.p.h. for long stretches in the interests of public safety. As a competitorj my endurance was certainly not overtaxed at any stage.—Yours, etc., COMPETITOR. January 23, 1956.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19560124.2.53.6
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27874, 24 January 1956, Page 7
Word Count
148RELIABILITY TRIALS Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27874, 24 January 1956, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.