How To Drive A Motorcar
A Key To The Subtleties Of Motoring
År: 1915
Forlag: Temple Press Ltd.
Sted: London
Udgave: 2
Sider: 138
UDK: 629.113 How
Written and illustrated by the Staff of "The Motor"
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SKIDDING ROUND CORNERS
vehicle, or sometimes to swerve out in front of it, and
take the other side of the road, but it is a matter of the
merest fraction of a second which is allowable to make
up one’s mind whether such a course is possible or im-
possible. In some cases, it is absolutely impossible,
and neither by braking and steering to the rear of the
other vehicle, nor by accelerating in front of it, can a
Example of skidding car round- Car and mail va"
corner. There being neither time to »top nor room g nriOK;tp
car is skidded round eventually drawing up facing in opposite
direction.
collision be avoided. In such cases, the one and only
hope for safety lies in taking advantage of the fraction
of time gained by making the car turn round on its
own axis as it were, that moment of time allowing the
other vehicle to proceed out of the danger zone.
Corner Work
Another part of the art of skidding which may be con-
sidered is one which with good driving should not
really need mention, and that is the situation where
one is confronted with a right-hand turn or a sharp bend
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