The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
.SKIDDING is TERROR
y. OF ALL MOTORISTS
Some. :, Ways TO- Avoid Trouble
% When Chains .Are, Fersotten
W. Told by Muller. "
USE THE BRAKES


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ASK rhe, average .motorst- what he
fears mqst in tbe daily handnNS Of his
<n,sehins, and che Answer viii be "skfd-
rdinx." for II there be one ching more
than ali others that the motortst fcars,
~ y that sickly sinking Of one's interior
veiuu comes with mo sudden n entire
rross Of control inevitably accompanying
"a had ekid.
The reckless. the foolish and the In
competent pedestrian a b guarded
nnans even the man who loses himself
In q brown study in the middle OF q busy
Street and the old lady who futters back
and forth In tho path Of a car like a be-
setddled hen can be taken care OF with
~ brakes. But with a skid once started
only Providence and the skilful hand Mt
Tho wheel are of any avail. The side
Nip IL almost always entirely unex-
pected, but, unlike the former. II 10 not
Slways Unavoidable. The case 10 dis
.tinctIy one Tor ~preventves and not for
Ssmedies. There IL no remedy for n bad
ssScid but. to patch up the damage and
l.tathcr together your shaken nerves as
best you may
:. As an absolute preventive Of skidding
.bon-skid chains vail naturally suggest
themselves at once to the reader. and II
hay be added thak two of the insurance
Companies that write automobile acd-
0euk policies have taken o0gni0ncef OF
the frequency Of accidents caused by
s<iddins n recommend the use OF
chains. In truth. Il the chains arc in
their proper place On tho tires our ever
present danger been exercised. 80
chat the remarxs which follow may be
taken merely as advice for that day
when somebody forgut n left his
chains IN the locker at home. And right
hero we raj Offer the best anti-akid rule
OF al: Make It an invsriable rule to
keep the chains In tina cas md Hot trnSt
to reshenbering to put them khsrs Just
bcforN you start out.
Skidding Is the result Of the failure
Of ONE force to counteract ancther-in
0tharh words, the momentum of the ma
chin9eis in excess Of its traction and al
nrost Invariably has its origin In IN at
tempt to aher tho direction Of travel
when on n slippery surface. Conse-
quentiy. the first p~recaution to be OBJ
served In to drive slowly over the ooca-
sional stretch of wet asphalt. A slow
pace Will also obviate the necessity Of
using the brakes In the majority Of in
stances, for braking 10 one of the things
that should be avoided by all means
when. attempting TO regain control dur
mad 10 resume their usual function Of
roIIjn~ ,rtsr the front one. Tine aide
viii he over. The average motorist'r
AIRS, i,npuIse In 10 lam on the brakes
hard, with the result hat the driving
wheels immediately lock and continue
10 travel sidewise or the small section
or lii. lire thai lost n. traction and
co,,se., the skid In the arst Mace
n Z, n. noss,hj. 10 avoid the Use of
tho ts,akas and IN. front ubeel. he
thr,vSo ,,nn.dIa .eIv IN the Same direc-
,in, ne tho roar ~, tho car starred 20
.,,1. ,i,o ,crJsncv IN nssn -, MI. n,nc.
css ,,ztil In. car lands nm srainst IN.
curb az some other equally unnleasan
ohs,r,ttjop win he coun,aracted and its
p,o,rrss crabwis. arrested, For ex-
,nn'S ~ I'm Alternating 10 mass another
y,bu,Lo to the ,cft the rear wheels re-
r,A-r l., AK. mart in The ma no.uvre bu,
starr an I, saving for the curh M the