The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
LEARNING ID DRIVE AN ANCHORED" CAR
 BEFORE BUYING T
Brooklyn Concern Finds Way of Selling Automo- piles to Timid Prospects.
 Anchored" the Car

The anchored" automobile has solved the big problem for the beginner who doubts his ability to master the art ot driving. From the inception of the au- tomobiie to the present day the prog ress of mastering control of the motor car has been slow and fin many cases has even kept persons who really wanted automobiles from becoming owners of cars. The new plan for teaching the beginner however, has eliminated every difficulty, and the pupil can learn to manipulate car without being exposed to the dangers of the road.
 Like other inventions, the anchored car was the result of necessity The idea originated in Brooklyn, N. Y, in the salesrooms of the Bishop. Mccormick & Bishop Co. Cliff Bishop found 1t neces- sary to discover some easy method to teach driving when the sale of a motor car depended on it.
 The president of a large Brooklyn cor poration recently told MT. Bishop that his wife desired a car, but that she felt that she could never learn to drive. That remark started the automobile salesman thinking and the result was the anchored car.
 The method used to obtain the result is so simple that 1t Is amazing that It has not been thought of before. By using two swall wooden horses the rear wheels of the car are raised from the floor just high enough to prevent the from moving when the wheels re- volve. Sitting in the machine it is pos Eihlp tO fhrnngb all fhe nations O driving minus the fear of road dangers.
 To aid the beginner the car Is placed before a large plate glass window, where the driver can watch the reflection of the wheels they go around and see just what happens when the various levers and pedals are operated,
 According to Mir Bishop, the first per son to receive lesson was the wife of q big business man whose remark in spired the idea. It was explained to the beginner that the art of driving is sim ply mechanical and that certain things must be done to get the desired results. In fact, practice simply made driving automatic.
 The first thing required of the pupil was to become familiar with the key board" Of the car, which included the starting and ignition appara tus. Then there was the brake and clutch pedals the gear shifting lever and the accelera tor pedal to get acquainted with and pressed or pushed the occasion re- quired
 After starting the motor the beginner 'ent through the gears and saw the
 heels revolve at different speeds Then le accelerator pedal could be depressed nd the speedometer would register from
 . 30 and 40 to 50 miles an hour. Be
 des being instructive it was the great 4 of fun and absolutely safe.
 After four lessons in the anchored car lie pupil was allowed to take a car ii on the road for real" drive. [t len was found that six months ad-
 ncement had been made in dmving.
 rough the lessons taken In the sta
 )nary car. The nervous strain of driv-
 a moving car for the first time was completely overcome. The operator was letter-perfect in the control of the car before going out on the road MT. Bishop was so impressed by this successful dem onstration that the anchored car has be- come a regular fixture.