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ON STOPPING

Safety In Brakes How can brakes best be used to stop quickly and safely? DROPER application of brakes has * much to do with the life of the brake mechanism as well as the life of the mechanical parts of the car. Vicious braking when the car is moving rapidly causes unnecessary and severe strains, and if continued will result m decreasing tyre life, loosening the wheel spokes, rapid wearing out of differential joints and the shaft keys may be sheared off. , It may even result m the total failure of the brake mechanism itself, just when a nasty accident. looks imminent. The average driver, drives on the brakes instead of the engine.

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NZ Truth, Issue 1136, 8 September 1927, Page 13

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ON STOPPING NZ Truth, Issue 1136, 8 September 1927, Page 13

ON STOPPING NZ Truth, Issue 1136, 8 September 1927, Page 13