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

■MM HOW TO DRIVE A MOTORCAR order to enable a complete sweep-out to be made. Say, for instance, that one has to dash out in this way from the rear of a tramcar and that on the other side of the road there is our old and imaginary friend the steam- roller. Now, the distance between the tramcar and the steamroller is, say, not very much more than the width of one’s ear. If the start of the steering manœuvre referred to had been made in good time everything would be quite in good order and there would be ample room. Suppose, however, that, contrary to instructions in previous chapters, the driver is hugging the tramcar in Steering into an object—to miss it. question and the driver of the tramcar for some con- ceivable reason has suddenly to apply all his brakes. The stoppage of that tramcar will be very much quicker than any ordinary motorcar could possibly hope to stop. Therefore, it is a sudden swerve at the last moment, and perhaps one’s front wings only just skim the rear of the tramcar and one feels intuitively that the back of the car is going to strike the bigger vehicle. Now, it is rather natural to assume that to steer out as far as possible towards that steamroller is one’s only chance of making the best of the situation. In point of fact, however, such is not the case. When the car is about half-way past the dangerous “ comer ” of th©