TESTS OF ABILITY.
STUNTS FOR DRIVERS.
Many motorists pride themselves on being good drivers, but if Miey w.Ti: to become more proficient the folio wing stunts will be worth trying: 1. At twenty-five mites an hour tan you pass within six inches of a given mark ? 2. At ten miles an nour can you miss it by three inches? 4. Can you turn a. semi-circle and stop within a foot of it? 4 At twenty miles an hour can you stop within torty feet, halting within six inches of it? 5. Do you drag brakes on a down grade ? 6. Can you drive a towed car without jerking? 7. Can you back 100 feet without deviating more than a foot from an even course and stop within three inches of it? 8. Can you park in a space four feet longer than your car, front and back wheels not more than six inches from the kerb ? 9. Can you back into a gaarge space with not more than six inches clearance on each side? 10. Can you stop on a steep down grade, turn around, and start back np hill without killing the motor oi racing it unduly?
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 December 1928, Page 12
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198TESTS OF ABILITY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 December 1928, Page 12
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