THE GOOD DRIVER
.\ARELY USES FULL BRAKE FORCE «»-• ——- As I was coming down to town yesterday there was a horse and cart ahead which was jogging along on the extreme right of the road. Naturally I assumed it was going to stop on the right or turn in on that side. But just as 1 was "on top of it" the driver pulled the horse sharply, across the road right in front of me. It was the nearest I have been to an accident for some years. An experienced driver acts and thinks quickly. I put my foot down hard on the four-wheel vacuum controlled brakes, and had just decided to take the curb on my left rather than the cart, when I found the car had stopped. Passing over my comments to the driver of the cart, I thought over the incident as the car moved off again. If you will excuse my being egotistic for a moment, these thoughts were instructive. I could not remember the last occasion on which I had found it necessary to apply the full force of my brakes. It is certainly not since I’ve had four wheel brakes—and that means some 30 000 miles.
If you can say the same, you are a careful and considerate driver. A good driver should but very rarely find it necessary to use the full power of the brakes.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 1, 23 March 1927, Page 10
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232THE GOOD DRIVER Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 1, 23 March 1927, Page 10
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