How To Drive A Motorcar
A Key To The Subtleties Of Motoring

REAR-WHEEL SKIDS type of rear-wheel skid, many people holding that it is due to a lateral thrust at the back of the car caused through engine acceleration, others thinking that it is due to a slight touch of the brake or some variation in the steering, or, yet again, some combination of the three. The slightest suspicion of lateral thrust at the back of the car, no matter how generated, is sufficient, if one of the wheels is revolving faster than the relative progress of the car, to render the vehicle susceptible to rear-wheel skidding. Rear-wheel skid- For instance, the mere fact of letting in the clutch suddenly has some small effect upon the steering gear, and the after effects of this are especially noticeable if the road has a decided camber. If it should be the near side road wheel which is revolving at a greater speed than the relative progress of the car, or if the tyre should be under inflated, then the conditions are still further aggravated. c It must also be remembered, in this connection, that a considerable camber on the road may have the effect of altering the adjustment of the cables controlling the rear-wheel brakes, so that a slight brake application may be brought into being quite apart from the inten- tion of the driver. Still other causes which are helpful to rear-wheel 109