TYRES AND BRAKING
J - j Carefully conducted tests ■ have shown that a set of perfectly new , tyres can be worn out by the stresses ( imposed on them by repeating about , 1000 times the^process of aecelerat- j . ing rapidly to a speed of thirty-five miles an,- hour, and from that speed ' stopping the car as quickly as the brakes will bring it to rest. When i it is remembered that one may be ' obliged to stop half-a-dozen times . , when driving in congested traffic, it 1 is apparent that. the operation of stop- ! ing and starting is performed much ! more often than most drivers realise. J "Fierce" braking, except in an emerg- ! ency, is the hall-mark of the bad 1 driver. Not only does it damage the j tyres and stress the whole of the • suspension, but it encourages an overconfidence in the brdkes, which may ■at some time prove disastrous. For nine out of every ten stops made by the average car throughout its life no applieation of the brakes, or only tbe mildest applieation, should be necessary if it is skilfully driven.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 725, 28 December 1933, Page 7
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182TYRES AND BRAKING Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 725, 28 December 1933, Page 7
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