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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MODERATION IN BRAKING
the braking effect on the car is not so great as when it
is revolving at the slowest speed possible in differential
relation to the actual speed of the car’s progress; in
other words, if the wheel should be revolving, say, at
50 revolutions a minute, according to the actual speed
of the car, the braking effect is greater if it is revolving
only a few revolutions a minute than if it is actually
held stationary by the brake.
Try Not to Over-brake
In nine cases out of ten, where sudden application of
the brakes is employed, it is found—when the incident
is reviewed afterwards—that the braking was greater
than was necessary to save the situation. It is, of
course, a question of a well-trained power of judg-
ment to distinguish between the occasion when only
the maximum brake power available will arrest the
progress of the car under certain conditions, or when,
say, 75 per cent, of the maximum brake power will
suffice.
It would, perhaps, not be wise to propose to the aver-
age driver that he should not utilize all the brake power
which he thinks requisite, but, on the other band, care-
ful study of different. circumstances will, if he is
observant, gradually lead him to a knowledge of the
type of apparently critical situation which can com-
fortably be saved by 50 to 75 per cent, of the maximum
brake application, when probably nine drivers out of
ten would instantly employ the maximum brake power
available, only to find it far too much.
The Necessary Care of the Brakes
In conclusion, then, on this subject, remember
always that the lives of others, or their personal well-
being, in addition to that of your own and possible
damage to property or your car, are frequently, during
the course of an average day’s run, preserved from
danger by the good ■ condition and efficiency of the
brakes. As they are so important, then, keep a close
watch on their welfare.
Never contract the habit of relying on one brake
alone, or if such habit has been contracted get rid of it
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