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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HOW TO DRIVE A MOTORCAR
country roads one can frequently give a momentary
glance at something not directly ahead with reason-
able safety, at night such a practice should never be
indulged in. In broad daylight one may, for instance,
be on a road where there is no sign of a crossing or the
possibility of any hidden thing in the neighbourhood
of the road within, say, a couple of hundred yards, so
that it may be reasonable to relax the set study of the
road for a second or two. At night, however, condi-
tions are different, and although one may see the road
as a generality for a hundred yards or so with good
headlights, nevertheless one cannot rely upon seeing
anything at the side of the road, and consequently
the outlook should be continuous and undivided.
'J Meeting Powerful Headlights
One of the many difficulties encountered in night
driving is the one experienced when meeting a car with
powerful headlights. A cap has recently been brought
out provided with a secondary brim of coloured mate-
rial, which, when one deflects the head so as to in-
terpose it between the lamp glare and the eyes, very
considerably minimizes the glare and enables one to
see fairly well.
If, however, one has not such a cap or similar device,
then it is always desirable to use considerable caution
when passing a car with powerful headlights. The
chief danger, of cours®, lies in the faet that when just
on the point of passing each other, the glare from the
headlights is so great that it is practically impossible
to see anything not itself illuminated just at the
side of the road, even though possessed of powerful
headlights on one’s own car.
If one happens to be driving with only small head-
lamps, then it is preferable to slow down very con-
siderably, as the risk of running into anything at the
side of the road is considerably enhanced. In such
cases it will be found that the right hand may be
used as a shield between the eyes and the light of
the approaching car, as if the direct glare is removed
from the eyes the vision is considerably improved.
Obviously, of course, the hand has to be moved to keep
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