TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

Shannon News, 4 May 1928, Page 4

TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

INTER BLOCK speeds.

, “Will four-wheel brakes on all modor ears solve the present traffic problem which is confronting nearly every large city?” The question was recently propounded by -an American writer, following experiments and observations covering several hums a day at the peak of traffic.' i His conclusions axe of interest: “Not including taxi-cab drivers, but basing 6bservations ou cars driven either by Chauffeurs or owners it was relatively Casy to see that cars equipped with lour wheel brakes were first away as ‘go’ signal was flashed, and seemed to travel greatest distance between flashy ds of signal lights. The observations were made after a thorough study of makes and models of cars equipped with brakes on four \fheels, so that guesswork was eliminatfed. \ • '-’i The apparent reason for greater sjieed of these cars between signals lay in the sense of braking safety afforded the driver. Questions asked at random from a sufficiently large number off drivers revealed the ( answer that they usually drive at a speed within the sdfe stopping limit of their cars. In other words a man would drive at 30 miles an hour between traffic signals if hb felt sure that at this speed he could stop his car within the distance separating him from the car ahead. Elihiinating the personal equation of relatively fast drivers, and basing deductions on. an average, it appeared tliat the average driver would make better time if he were using a car with flour-wheel brakes.”' j