The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-11-29
BARNEY OLDfIELD
SAYS:

the prediction that many prominent
makers would announce cars with
this equipment. The public has al.
ready heard the great strides this
form OF breaking has made. and be
fore another few months have pass
ed many more makers will adopt
four wheel brakes.
over in Europe. France leads with
this equipment. England. Belgium.
Italy and Germany follow. There
are around seventy-fiye makers OF
foreign cars with four-wheel brakes
One make, Isotta- Frasehini. has used
four-wheel brakes continuously since
1903. so the four-wheel types are
hardly new
Recently there has come to my
ears all kinds of ridiculous stories
about what four-wheel brakes will
not do. While in New York ] heard
about a certain branch manager who
was hurt because his four-wheel-
brake ear overturned. In Buffalo /
heard the same story about the
branch manager there. In Chicago |
heard similar story. e.
IL is quite obvious that stories OF
that kind are circulated by some
force that does not like the progress
being made by the companies that
are using four-wheel brakes. They /
are trying 10 discredit this type. II /
cant be done. You might as well /
question the judgment OF all the
good engineering brains OF France
and Italy. Belgium and Germany
The braking systems here are based
on designs that had their origin
abroad.
Safer System OF Braking.
In the first place. let me say that
fonr-wheel brakes are safer than
two wheel The reason for the
adoption OF four-wheel brakes was
The need OF greater safety. The need
has existed for ten years. We made
our cars faster and powerful. rapid
but forgot all about
making them good shoppers" The
railroad companies developed brak
ing first and then increased their
speeds. for IL was not until the ad
vent OF the air-brake and a brake on
zach wheel that railroad trains dared
o go faster than thirty miles per
lour. Now we travel at sixty and
evenly and the train can be brought
Q stop within its own length.
In the automobile field we devel-
ped engines and bodies and nearly
very part of the car and the brakes
1ere hardly touched. In recent years
rakes have become worse, as a mat
er OF fact, for diameters could not
G increased because the wheel sizes en-
ave been getting smaller and 10
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The smaller the brake diameter the
.ss effective IL is In braking; the
ider the brake. the longer IL will
Ist The brake diameter may be be
1nsidered simply as a lever. and IL RI
the length OF a lever that counts.
OF how wide II is. when there are
,ur levers OF given size they are
1und 10 be more effective than two no
vers OF the same length (diameter). De
hat is why four-wheel brakes stop as
IT quicker. The four brakes do not for
ave 10 be applied for so long =
,riod. Four-wheel brakes last Ion
n, because the four brakes wear far
IS than two brakes that have to do
e same work of stopping.
Makes Steering Easier.
One OF the questions that has been
ked often is the effect that the
1nt brakes have on steering. As a
alter OF fact. steering is easier on
rs with four-wheel brakes because
the fact that the designs call for
,iining the steering king bolt
hen the bolt is inclined. the So
lied center point, OF caster effect.
obtained.
In every four-wheel braking sys-
q there Is provision for automat- r
lily releasing the outer brake on
N. II the outer brakes rocked III
re would be an appreciabie effect II
steering. but the designers knew
Il and made automatic provision III
a. II there were any danger IN
Ir-uheel brakes. half the motoring III
OF France. Italy and Bel Ill
m would have been in hospitals -
q ago.
appreciate the fact that not ali
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