The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-11-23
keep BRAKES
IN CONDITION
Expert Advises Inspection Of All
apparatus at Least Once
a Month.
MEANS Big SAVING OF TIRES
Whenever Possible, sliding the Wheels
When Stopping Car Should Be
Avoided - Lubriestlon Of
High Importance.

The state laws of Ohio and many
other states require that the brakes
and mechanism OF every car driven on
the public highways shall be in good
working order The reason for this is
obvious and should be remembered at
all times by everyone who drives
car.
The proper adjustment Of the brakes
in order to make them work efficiently
at all times requires experience and
skill. II the brake bands are adjusted
a little too tight or close, they will
then drag. and besides using an excess
i've amount Of gasoline to drive the
to burn out the lining and in rare
cases set the car on fire.
II the bands are a little too loose
then the brake pedal will go clear
against the floor board before produc-
Ing the proper braking effect. II one
brake band be little tighter than the
other, most of the braking effect Is on
the wheel with the tighter band, which
means that this wheel will stop spin
ming and thus slide the tire with but
little braking effect on the other
wheel. This means, first, the spelling
of the tire in few hundred miles of
service. and, second, very poor brak-
ing or retarding effect.
Therefore II is quite necessary that
each one of the two sets of brakes
on car should be so adjusted that II
is possible TO slide both wheels with
the action of either set OF brakes
without the aid of the other At the
same time, the wheels should be per
fectly free to turn when the brake Is
not In use.
Ordinarily when stopping the car, we
do not wish to slide the wheels, as this
places unnecessary stress on the
brakes and braking mechanism and
also pulls or tears lot Of rubber off
or the tread Of the tires which are slid
Ing.
Another reason Is that car will
not stop so quickly with the wheels
sliding as when the brakes are applied
just hard enough to permit them to
such as the bands, pins, yokes and
rods, should be inspected regularly at
least once month to see whether
they are becoming worn enough to be
weakened. Many serious accidents
have been caused by a brake rod, yoke
or pin breaking at critical moment
when the brake was applied suddenly
and little harder than usual, writes
an auto expert, in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
II may be true that the reserve
brake or emergency brake, as II Is
more often called, was at the time in
perfect working condition, but the time
required to get this emergency brake
into action after the other had given
away was too great to prevent a crash.
There are usually several places on
the brake mechanism which require
periodical oiling and lubrlcating, and
the driver who conscientlously takes
care OF this fabrication and checking
of the parts to see whether they are
worn. is one at least who goes long
way towards the prevention of acct
dents and the saving of human life.
A fact which very few people real
lie, perhaps, Is the distance covered
by vehicle in one second of time
when going at. say, 80 miles an hour.
BY little figuring with a pencil and
paper. you will find that when going
80 miles an hour. the car is moving
a distance OF A feet in every second.
When we think this over and con-
slider that so many drivers travel at
this rate Of speed. we wonder that
there are not more accidents, and we
can easily agree with the police de
partment and the safety council in try
ing In every way possible to keep the
speed down within the legal limit.
Another point which Is interesting
TO all drivers is the space required to
stoD a car travelling at various speeds