Impatience With Brakes Not Safe

NZ Truth, Issue 1199, 22 November 1928, Page 20

Impatience With Brakes Not Safe

IMPATIENCE always has stood m the way of the average driver's safety, especially m the matter of applying the brakes. If his car- does not seem to start to'stop suddenly when he steps on the brakes In an emergency he reaches for the hand-brake an:l often stops too quickly for the equilibrium of the ear. , It is important to keep iri mind the facjt that as the car starts to stop and as it loses momentum it keeps stopping at an increasingly higher rate. Wiille it may seem that the brakes are going to be inadequate when they are first applied a moment of patience and faith will demonstrate that they are more than equal to the task. Figure that the car will stop more rapidly the nearer it gets to the danger point and you won't be tempted to become panic-stricken.