The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-12

 the clutch must not be engaged quickly nor the engine accelerated suddenly. With 8 powerful car on a greasy road it is possible, by merely opening the throttle two or three notches, to cauase the back of the pcar to slide down towards the gutter. Closing the throttle to it's original po- sition allows the car to resume it's normal course.
 Fortunately side-slip is generally confined to the rear wheels, though occasionally the front wheels slide when taking 8, corner too fast. Little can be done with a front wheel skid and the only precaution is to slow down at turns or to use suitable non- | skid treads.
 If the back wheels slide towards, 1 say the left hand, it is obvious that righthand footpath. The first thing | to do is to take out the clutch and re- lease the brake if it has been applied. ] This will stop the skidding and allow the car to travel in a straight line,
 which will be towards the right-haud path. The driver must consequently l turn his steering wheel to the left so
 as to bring the car into proper line
 again, and when the car is perfectly
 straight the clutch can be let in gent i ly.
 The beginner is apt, as soon as the car commences to slide, to apply his l brakes, which simply accentuates the side-slip, and it must be remembered that the brakes should under no con- | sideration be applied until the car is | in it's proper course again. The cor recting of side-slip by means of the steering wheel should be contempo- raneous with the side-slfpping of the
 rear of the car with the result that the car subsequently, travels in a line l parallel to it's original path.
 It will be well to mention one fre- quently recurring case where side-slip occurs You are driving on a, some what narrow road which may be per fect1y straight, and when meeting a vehicle you have to pull down towards the gutter. On turning the steering wheel to resume your position towards
 the center or crown of the road, if you
 are a beginner you are surprised to
 find that your car heads for the right l hand pavement. In such a case you 1 should, of course, iTnfh edfately de- l clutch and exaggerate your steering towards the left-hand side of the road, refraining from using the brakes. ou will then regain a straight line and it 1 is hoped will have learned an impor- l tant lesson. That is never to steer l sharply from the gutter towards the crown of the road when the surface | is wet or greasy. This applies to start l ing a car from rest as well as in the l case mentioned. The cause is chiefly 1 that the adhesion of the driving wheels is insufficient to overcome the
 centrifugal effect, whilst at the same
 time there is a slight tendency for
 the wheels to skid forwards which, as stated previously, is in itself cause 1 of slide-s1ip. When pulling up at a curb it must be remembered that the
 car will skid towards the gutter if the road be greasy and the brakes applied l suddenly at all hard. This may in many cases do no harm, but if the
 hood overhangs much and there is un adjacent 1amppost some damage may
 be done by a more or less serious col 1ision. Side-slip can be absolutely I prevented So long as no reckless driv- ing is indu1ged in by the use of non- l skid devices, such as studded tires
 Weed chains, etc, and it behooves
 the beginner to see that he is either
 safeguarded by means of such fit ments or else capable of dealing with
 an occasional side-slip which may oc-
 cur to him during the next few weeks l The best course is to drive very slow Il ly on greasy roads, not to accelerate
 quickly and to apply the brakes gent Iy.