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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 682, 7 November 1933, Page 2

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It is proposed td open one of the higgest garaiges in Paris as a pawnshop for motor cars. Of the fatal road accidents which occur in Britain, the greater proportion happen in built-up areas, and only 25 per cent. in the open country. Comparatively few occur in really dense traffic, even in th'e London area. On many cars the accelerator pedal is so high off the floorboard that only the toe of the driver's shoe touches it. This makes a long drive very tiring. If the pedal cannot he adjusted, a way to improve it is to screw a small block : of wood on to the floorboards just in front of it, so that the heel can rest on it, and th'e pedal can then be worked in comfort with the sole of the shoe. Much inconvenience and danger are caused to- all classes of traffic by faulty metbods of comering. There is a tendency on the part of many drivers to take left-hand corners far too sharply, with the result that the car is carried out into the middle of th'e road. _ Brake cahles require only occasional luhrication t0 ensure that they slide easily over the pulleys where they are exposed, and easily in their casiwgs. The exposed portions of the cables should be cleaned every 8000-10,006 miles, and the casings disconnected at the same time and slid along the cabies .toward the cross-shiaft; thh' portion of the operating cable thus left exposed should be greased thorougihly Ibefore finajlly j-eplKcinjg th'e casing in its correct position.