TESTING CAR BRAKES
Sir,—“The Press” reports that a member of the A.A.C. has complained about brake-testing at the City Council testing station. The member is not the only one who has grave doubts about the accuracy or the equipment used. In an article on vehicle testing in that reputable motoring journal, the “Autocar.” where methods of brake testing were discussed, comment on the system employed by the City Council was confined to a small final paragraph where the system was dismissed as being unreliable.—Yours, etc., L.J.O.
May 25, 1956.
[“All brake-testing machines are cleaned and tested at least once weekly.” said the Traffic Superintendent for the Christchurch City Council (Mr G. P. Kellar), when this letter was referred to him. “To test the machines a vehicle is brake-tested from both directions, thus ensuring that the tubes give a uniform reading. In addition to this test, occasionally a motor vehicle is road tested by means of a Tapley tester, after which it is tested on the machines and the tests compared. Should the correspondent care to call at the testing station the whole procedure will gladly be explained.”]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19560613.2.11.2
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27993, 13 June 1956, Page 3
Word Count
187TESTING CAR BRAKES Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27993, 13 June 1956, Page 3
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.