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

INDEX (continued) O Obstacles, Steering between .. 55 Obstruction, Steering Into, to Miss it.................... 57 Oil, Carrying Spare Lubricating 137 Overtaking Cars and Other Traffic................ 55,135 P Passing on the Wrong Side .. 11 Other Vehicles.............. 55 Other Cars .. .. .. 135 Pedal Brake, Use of .. .. 62, 64 Control Movement .. •. 48 Petrol, Care with.............. 132 Supply to Carburetter . . 42 Carrying Spare .. .. 137 Plug, Gap, Question of .. .. 44 Sooting Up ................. 45 Point, Variable Firing .. .. 26 R Radiator, Hint Regarding .. 137 Rear Wheel Skid ..............109 Reversing ........................ 35 Road Conditions .............. 14 Manners and Customs 129, 134 Obstacles and Steering .. 55-57 Turning Round in .. .. 134 Use and Misuse of the Horn 1-23 S Side Brakes, Use of......... 62 Skidding, Brakes and .. .. 70 Art of, for Safety............ 113 Its Dangers and Precau- tions ............ 104-118 Round Corners..................115 To Avoid an Accident .. 117 Types of............. 105, 111 Spark Gap, The Question of .. 45 Speed in Traffic ................ 13 Start and Stop a Car, How to 30 Starting and Backfires .. .. 23 On Hills...................... 36 Up the Engine................21, 39 Up in Gear ................... 27 Up, An Exception to the Rule ...................... 39 Starting Handle, Feeling the .. 28 How to Grip .................. 22 Steer, How to ..................48, 50 Steering Between Two Obstacles 55 Into an Obstruction, to Miss it ........................ 57 Points ....................... 59 The Right Grip............. 53 Wheel, Driver’s Position .. 49 T Throttle and Ignition Control .. 75 Use of, in Traffic .. .. 78 Tight Corners ............ 55 Traffic Dangers ............ 55 Precautions .. .. 10 Speed in...................... 13 Training the Eye.................. 3 Tyres and Driving................ 14 and Steering ............136 Punctured, Driving a Car with ......................137 W Warning Devices, Use and Mis- use oî.........................123 Wheel, Steering, How to Hold .. 51 Wiring a Magneto............. 43 LIST OF CHAPTERS CHAPTER. Introductory Chapter....................................... 1 I—Training the Eye ..................................... 3 II—Traffic Precautions ................................ 10 HI—Starting Up the Engine .................................. 21 IV—How to Start and Stop a Car ........................... 30 V—Starting on Hill....................................... 36 VI—What to Do When Troubles are Encountered .............. 40 VII—How to Steer ......................................... 48 VIII— The Question of the Use and Care of the Brakes...... 61 IX—Throttle and Ignition Control ......................... 75 X—Gear Changing........................................ 80 XI—Gear Changing Downwards : Trick Changes...... .. 93 XII-Skidding : Its Dangers and Safety ....................104 Kill—Lady Drivers ........................................119 XIV—The Use and Misuse of the Horn........................I23 XV—Notes in Epitome ......................................129