FALLEN LEAVES
Apart from tho lifter they create, deciduous trees can make roads dangerous. An English writer in "The Sight Car and Cycle Car" remarks: "The f;|l of leaves which heralds the approach of autumn marks also the beginning of a period when special care is necessary on the roads. In the early part of the year many thousands of new motorists made their. appearance on our English highways, and these same drivers will shortly be gaining their first experience of winter conditions. Fallen leaves, unless absolutely dry, can turn the safest of roads into veritable skating rinks, and to take a corner fast or to brake hard —particularly if no front wheel brakes are fitted—is to court disaster if the road is covered with them."
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 5, 7 January 1928, Page 9
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126FALLEN LEAVES Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 5, 7 January 1928, Page 9
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