HARSH BRAKES

NZ Truth, Issue 1182, 26 July 1928, Page 15

HARSH BRAKES

Far Too Drastic It is almost impossible, tp judge : the quality of the. brakes of. a car' except by the use of a brake- : testing meter or by careful meay surements. QFTEN, m carrying out road tests of V new the -writer has found that cars, the brakes of which appeared poor In the extreme, can be pulled up m extremely .short "distances, while,' on the other hand, brakes- that took hold with such ferocity, as almost to throw one through' the windscreen, gave mediocre: results when- checked with a tape-measure, y Generally speaking, the .smoother and safer the brakes the.-, less impression of stopping power is . given, while unpleasantly fierce brakes which are applied very suddenly, are far more impressive to the average person, who is not particular about measuring the actual distances m which cars can be brought to rest from various speeds.