TRAILER DRIVING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20206, 17 January 1934, Page 11

TRAILER DRIVING.

Haphazard Methods Are Dangerous. As holiday seasons go by, the use of trailers is becoming ever more popular. With the use of these vehicles the dimcult ies of driving the car are increased somewhat and motorists Mould be well advised to drive with a good deal more discretion than usual. Many motorists have the erroneous idea that a car can be driven as fast with a trailer as without. 'Without experience drivers can have no knowledge of the peculiarities of trailers and will be well advised to drive slowly. The overloaded trailer . imposes a certain amount of extra load on the engine, but, fortunately, neither the performance nor the economy of the _ impaired to any great extent, providing that both the speed and the load are kept within reasonable limits. Last year there were quite a number of up. a?,,,* *' vlUl t , ra, V; ra on the North Road, aue to overloading and weak couplings Unless a motorist has more than a passing knowledge of engineering he should first * °consulU h * S ? wn cou P ,in 8 without more about ' Vb ° knov s Cornering. Even the best coupling allows a cer•Srn e^ U V, t of * ,de r*'ving. ami when eimg this can become dangerous Am' should be approached slowly] as it is the sudden swing into the bend S oil the damage. Sudden brakwhl a similar effort. *■ * braking 'tissssr thruet ™ tiie Breaking Away. Sir a br^r m a> ‘ These chains are used 'L nlVk case of railway trucks and are mean Ceßßary precaution. it j s no jm* m any th a %'oodTon^V! , Th a e r r S e ° e°n«. £ XSS? th ‘ S u "' nv, - b, » f _ f ? l . lere need he no danger i n „«i nc , Q «r* ,ler » ,)r °viding ordinary precautions eon at. SerV( both in driving «i ■ in dm ln ■T I " k ,i "' vehicle. There isfor a ■•ainni.m , , A cc.et.soi ies needed vainpmg holiday.