TYRE HINTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 115, 17 May 1930, Page 13

TYRE HINTS

Handle a car as easily as possible. Don’t jam on the brake. Don’t try to beat the other fellow to the get-away every time. Be considerate of your car and of others. Those are some of the bits of advice given by Mr A. G. Dawson, tyre manager of he Canada Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd. “Starting and stopping has been increased a hundredfold as a result of the rapidly increasing traffic,” says Mr Dawson. “Naturally this has increased the wear on tyres as well as on brakes and other parts of the car. In a recent test a car driven at the rate of 35 miles an hour was brought to a dead stop

every quarter of a mile without sliding tho wheels, but as quickly as possible. And then it was immediately accelerated to 35 miles an hour again. After 108 miles of driving in this fashion it was found that one-half of the tread design of the tyre had worn away.

“Added to the heavy braking of modern driving conditions is tho ability of the modern motor car to jump from a standing start to 30 of 40 miles per hour in a few seconds. It is no wonder the tread is worn down rapidly. If a driver wishes to increase the. life of his tyres he should bring his car to as easy a stop as possible and in starting, should gradually so as not to bring too great a strain on his tyres. Motorists who observe these simple precautions will be surprised to note how much longer a set of. tyres will last them.”