SPEED ON CURVES.
Low centres of gravity have been a temptation to go around corners at a higher rate of speed, and, as a result, it is a little more difficult for the average driver to tell when he is abusing nis tyres. Bex ore low ears came into style, he used to save his tyres'" automatically through turning slowly in an effort tosave his own hide.
There is a handy way to find out just how fast it is permissible to take corners without wearing the tyro treads excessively. Simply pick out a gravel road, preferably a private driveway that has a turn in it, and note "whether the pebbles are torn up as the car swings around at its customary speed.
The turn can be made a little faster on a hard-surfaced street or road than over gravel; but if the speed is kept down to a point where the pebbles are not disturbed, the margin of safety will greatly prolong the .usefulness of the tyres.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 February 1929, Page 12
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168SPEED ON CURVES. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 February 1929, Page 12
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