GOOD DRIVER'S CODE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4607, 9 October 1934, Page 3

GOOD DRIVER'S CODE.

SKIDDING. How to cause a skid, how to control a skid and how to avoid skids are all essential parts of a driver's educa-

tion. To correct a skid, keep your head and your front wheels pointing in the direction you Want to go. (Steering into the skid, which is the common advice, is likely to lead to a further skid the other way). The prime causes of skidding are slippery road, smooth tyres, ill-ad-justed brakes. The first you can do nothing directly to cure; the other two you can.

Take care of your tyres. Keep them at the proper pressures. Change them about at more or less regular intervals so that all get an equal share of the work. Be extra careful when the car has just been washed down. Water may have got into a brake-drum, and until it has dried out the brakes will pull unevenly and make the car apt to skid.

It is the tread pattern that prevents skidding; when that is worn down, either get the tyres grooved by one of the newi processes or replace them. Too much economy in tyres is not economy at all. It is dangerous.

Brakes should be tested regularly; most modern garages are equipped for the work if you cannot reach a service station. Don't put off re-lin-ing, if it is necessary. Economy in brakes is also dangerous.