Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-29
QUALITIES OF DRIVE RS
.HlGH SPEED AND QUICK
STOPS NOT QUALIFICATION
iCompnn, Explains why Brakes Arc
Placed ON Motor CactOry
Output.
Not so many years ago public

5tSy Not so many years ago public opinion
Z declared a ms,a a good driver when he
-.S'a ,~..>i Up TO II point. jam Oil
Is the brakes ana bring the car 10 stop
I In very shor; distance In fact, this
sort of "braking power" was supposed
I. 10 be "A test az TO the worth OF an auto
! mobile.
Ans idca OF good driving still pre-
q yaiis to some eNtent. SAYS =. =,
Z Buick Motor Company.
In the worus o. people whose judS-
I Oy those We Gait sensible, a good driver
!, Is one who has his car unuGr control
I at AL times. lie is cautions in wha,-
torists. or his own ca-.
81 !; naturally arises. then. that man
e who drives with his brakes Is not II
good driver. This may sccm Ike a
s,rons s'aSrmGnii h"i an an@ .i.:, VIII
Why Cars Have ur,kc>.
Every auiomohi'e mnnnfarturor Etal,
n car as il is 10 start IT. Wih III"
3 average driver, brakes receive more
avea- than any other nArt OF the car.
great deal OF attention 10 tho design
and material i'm brakes.
Of brakes. which oper4;' on drums
bolted TO the rear wheels. successful
car mannf;ncturerS nave w2rkGd "n GU, , ,lT
)ining matoria! 10 insure positive ac-
Because they are efficient. however.
4 the average driver gets into The habit
( With them ninc times out OF ten. BE-
vice nral;cS 10 unnecessary wear ANA
}. abuse. II the friction surfaces were
to stop in hall The ordinary distance.
And. because his brakes arc uSNalIy
. dsepcndaolc' he trusts : nGm 10 anSWSr
X streets. passing other cars or dnnro;t'll-
I ing railroad CROSSINGS. lie Is simply
He does not have his car under
control at al tunes. lie imnerils
ped@strianS; he tr:%;s To- AoiS ms y IiS
Ruins his tires and often causes dam
age to many of the worilinS. parts Of
on the pavcments. the cars in service
stations waiting Tor brake Innings aud
cars along tho curb with broken
What Is The Answer:
Our c9nstruvtiye criticism = ma;
you motor ,:t AS ns :, br:Ee in brincin. ,he
oar 20 Il stop or in going down hills 70
s the conlmonseRse driver there is moth
4 discovere "a for nmself mat 1T is Tic
safe and saiifinciory Wy No I" y2",-G. !!
81 l; is just as lo2ical for the motor
TO stop a mote" 2ar rs - prone II,
{ exr,osivc power Within tn" cylinders IS
Il used 70 drive tho rear whoc,s; IN tn"
u other case. with the throttl" closed
K arainst the ps,ons which carried
thronr,l the transmission rotaris She
Virtually every mot"rist understands
j this nrincc!plc Thg point IS howHver
TIL driver who uses his motor in
this manner will call on his brakes
H less than ono quarter as often as the
/. driver who doncnds on his brakes en-
1 iiraly. He Will drive easier and skid
less.
How 10 Use Brnkcs.
The corrcct. way TO use tho motto,
PC - brake is first 10 place :hc hand
thro.tle IN 4 nosition so that the motor
tr-ns over slowly. Thnn use tho ac-
c.'arator FOR driving IL YOU are going
down n grade. merely take YOUR feet
90 tho acc:lern tor. ana :hc motor 50;
~ safe snead will hold the car hack
7,Tf YOU see that tn. grade is lilclS
IN hc very Stacr. Shft 10 second or
he-nr. starting down.
e. Consider, Tor instance. tho cnrincc!
on any uf oir fast pass"ngor trains
Fl pnes he rash his train almost to tn,
z s'at'on door h"fnr" shutting OF steam
ard then s'amminr on 'hc brakes
The proper care OF property nud the
co~fnr; of passengers prohibit suci
practice
As he enters ;hr yari limits hc
Ii begins :" clos" the throttle ana whor
f, Sion h" ann1i-s tno brakes easily and
81 srr' o,;ir'v. rh" train pulls in and comes
sltc an easy S,op
S 'rhe sam" nracticc should b" adop,
S9 ch hv m"torists Tr'i" cornf"r, and
economy Should de-,and H. When ,.or
know that YOU will be ronnirrd Il
lrssAn vour speed MAKE, nrnnIration.
q co. 'tS'nuc" away Let tho laatoI