Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-01
|otonsts Might Learn from Locomotiue Engineers Hoy to
 Control Car with the Ens;oo

so YOU are waiting on g
 town corner in any large city
 chance to cross the street
 Tor cars are rushing oy in a'
 .,on stream. Suddenly ,hf
 enc officer blows his whistle
 ot do YOU hear? The blasts of
 wb;stle are drowned in the
 o.m;ne of brakes and the scrap
 If tires on the dry pavement
 oro ;s nothing unusual in that
 say.
 Unfortunately, there isn't, be-
 ,sa at least ninety percent of our
 m;llion and more automobile
 sers handle their cars that way
 Hes E. T. Strong, general sales
 naper of the Buick company. They
 sva with their brakes. They let
 safety of their cars rest en-
 elv on the serviceability of their
 akes. They do not believe there
 any need of preparing to stop be-
 re conditions actually require the
 inning on of brakes.
 Not so many years ago public
 ;nion declared a man 8 good driv-
 when he could speed up to d lint. jam on the brakes and bring
 car to stop in a very short
 Btance. In fact, this sort of
 raking power" was supposed to, be test as to the worth of an ah1D- bbile.
 This idea of good driving still |evails to some extent.
 |In the words of people whose
 Pigments are generally accepted as ue by those we call sensible a Iod driver is one who has his car bder control at all times. He is Sutious in whatever he does that
 may not endanger the safety of kdestrians, other motorists Or his fn car.
 |It naturally arises, then, that Ian who drives with his brakes not a good driver This may lem like strong statement, but an halysis will clear up any doubts in lis regard
 Why Cars Have Brakes. livery automobile manufacturer re- )ixes that it is just as important stop a car as it is to start it. cith the average driver brakes re live more wear than any other pat the car. And for this reason. rgineers pay great deal of at- ,ntion to the design an dmateria; l brakes.
 Most cars are equipped with two 'ts of brakes whi h operate on runs bolted to the rear wheels lccessful car manufacturers have orked out the proper friction area nd the correct lining material 10 sure positive action. Because they are efficient, how Ter, the average driver gets into e habit of bringing his car to a lad stop with them nine times out ten. Because they are convenient , subjects their service brakes to wear and abuse. If the iction surfaces were twice the ap- owed size, he would want to stop
 half the ordinary distance. And because his brakes are us- lily dependable. he trusts them tc lswer his call in rounding corners, 'ossing streets. passing other cars e is simply driving the car with S brakes. He does not have his car under 'ntrol at all times. He imperils 'destrians. He tries to hold his 1T on hills wholly with his brakes e ruins his tires and often causes Images to many of the working lrts of his car. Notice the long i'd marks on the pavements, the rs in service stations waiting for 'ake Things and cars along the rb with broken wheels
 What Is the Answer?
 Our constructive criticism is this: scure all the assistance possible cm yonr motor as brake in 1nging the car to stop or in go- g down hill. To the common nse driver there is nothing start ng in this advice. He has disco-- ed for himself that it is the safe 10 satisfactory way to control otor car. He has found that it axes driving real pleasure.
 " IS just as logical for the motor stop car as to prcpel it. In le case, with the throttle open. the sploslve power within the cylinders used to drive the rear wheels: the other case, with the throttle osed, the compression offers a re. stance against the pistons which lrried through the transmission re- 'rds M, the movement of the wheels. Ine driver who uses his motor tnls manner will call on his .akes less than one-uuarter as Iten as the driver who depends on ls brakes entirely. He will drive 'sler and skid less,
 me correct way to use the mo- z as brake is first to place the anq throttle in position so that 's motor turns over slowly.s Then se the accelerator for driving IfI ~ are going down a grade, mere .ake your foot off the accelerator, ., aG the motor set at safe speed M hold the car back. If you see 'at the grade is likely to be very NJ, shift to second or first speed, .ne grade may require before 'aafting down.
 Meyer throw the clutch out when ''.aliy driving down hill. To do