The Dolores star., 1922-10-20
-voert Advises Inspection of All
Apparatus at Least Once
a Month.
kFANs BIG SAVING OF TIRES
kn.r.ver Possible, Sliding the Wheels
wb.n Stopping Car Should Be
Avoided - fabrication Of
High Importance.

Tho state laws OF Ohio and many
thor states require that the brakes
nd mechanism of every car driven on
kbe public highways shall be in good
rorklng order The reason for this Is
hhy,ous and should be remembered at
I'M fines by everyone who drives a
lar.
The proper adjustment of the brakes
IN order TO make them work efficiently
all times requires experience and
[tul II the brake bands are adjusted
little too tight or close, they Will
Then drag. and besides using an excess
ve amount of gasoline to drive the
rar. will sometimes become hot enough
10 burn out the lining and In rare
cases set the car on fire.
II the bands are little too loose
khen the brake pedal will go clear
taralnst the floor board before produc-
|,ng the proper braking effect. If one
krake bard 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
hlttle brakIng effect on the other
wheel. This means. first. the spelling
ot the tire in few hundred miles of
service. and. second. very poor brak-
ing or rctarding effect.
Therefore, it Is quite necessary that
each one Of the two. sets of brakes
on a car should he so adjusted that it
is possible to slide both wheels with
|thc 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
mot in use.
Ordinarily when stopping the car. we
do not wish 10 slide the wheels. ms this
places unnecessary stress on the
brakes and hraliing mechanism and
also pulls or tears lot of rubber OF
or the tread Of the tires which are slid
ing.
Another reason is that car will
not stop 50 quickly with the wheels
sliding as when the brakes are applied
Just hard enough to permit them to
turn. All of the brake mechanism.
such rs the bands, pins. yokes and
rods, should be Inspected regularly at
least once a month to see whether
they are becoming worn enough to be
weakened. Many serious accidents
have hnan raucnJ hy- n hraba rod ynlya
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.
1t may be true that the reserve
brake, or emergency brake. as 1t 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 oillng and lubricatlng. and
the driver who conscientiously takes
care of this fabrication and checking
OF the parts to see whether they are
worn, Is one Mt least who goes n long
way towards the prevention Of acci-
dents and the saving of human life.
fact which very few people real
ze' perhaps, is the distance covered
oy vehicle in one second of time
Wheh going at, say, 30 miles an hour.
ny a little figuring with pencil and
paper, you will find that when going
:" miles an hour, the car is moving
distance Of A feet in every second.
nheh we think this over and con-
s,uer mat so many drivers travel at
'l's rate of speed. we wonder that
'"e'e are not more accidents, and we
van easily agree with the police de.
par'iheht and the safety council in try
'"s IN every way possible to keep the
'p.eu Gown within the legal limit.
another point which Is interesting
" al drivers is the space required to
''0p car travelling at various speeds