Index of Good Driving

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6748, 5 January 1932, Page 3

Index of Good Driving

It is interesting to observe tho varying mileages different motorists obtain from a set of brake linings. A careful owner will often cover well over 30,001) miles before a renewal of tho linings is necessary, whereas a spectacular driver who takes a delight in pulling up dead from speed in front of his friends’ houses for tho edification of passersby may only cover a quarter of the distance. Generally speaking, tho life of the brake linings is an index to tlio skill of the driver within certain limits. The man who is always approaching the

vehicle in front too closely will obviously have to use his brak.es more often than the man who is naturally cautious, and the driver who frequently finds himself involved in minor emergencies where a hurried pull-up is accessary will also bo revealed by. .tho rapidity" with which new linings arc necessary. Tho driver who always nush.es "out: the clutch whenever ' ho. brakes, irrespective of tho circumstances under which braking is_acc.cssarv, will also be heavy on his linings. 0 f course, the car owner who spends a largo part of his motoring day in heavy*t raffle, as does a dweller in cities, c X p C cts lo use his brakes more frequently than the countryman, and consequently to make renewals so much oi'lcncr.