New Britain herald., 1923-10-06

slowing down speed and gentle brake pressure with luteh sngased.
 Disadvantages Of Four Wheel Brakes Against the only advantage CD of four-wheel brakes, amey, quicker stopping, there are six serious dis dvantages which make them mechanically imprac- cable, dangerous, uncomfortable, and expensive to wners, as follows,
 l. Danger Of Accidents. With permission, we quote om recent circular of the Rolls Royce Company to heir dealers, upon which we cannot improve,
 "Basically, the fault with front-w wheel brakes lies in the danger of front wheel sids, which uncontrollabe and consequently vastly moro dan- gerous than a wheel skid.
 ''It must be appreciated first of all, that for their ability 10 steer the car the front wheels cease to roll they lose all power to steer the car, which slides straight ahead on a flat road or into the ditch if on a crowned or cambered road.
 ''When the brakes arc used in an emergency it is of primary importance that the direction of tho car should be under control; that is that the car can be steered from the time that the brakes applied until it is brought to a complete stop. 'When an obstacle suddenly presents itself Gas in night driving) the drivers instinct is to inme diately apply the brakes as hard as possible.
 "If, under these conditions, the front wheels are suddenly locked, disaster may overtake the driver, through inability to control the cars direction, even though it may stop before meeting the obstacle.
 'In traffic driving, the ability to dodge-to con- trol the direction of the car-is of almost equal inportance~Vith the ability to stop.
 "On wet or sprinkled city street, granting that the front wheel brakes perfectly capitalized, the car would slide straight ahead unable to take advantage of traffic conditions either right left. eff the brakes were not perfectly capitalized, wheels would take on a skid (which would be un- controllable, in whichever direction the equaliza- ton of the brakes was faulty.
 "In traffic driving, under most favorable cond- tions (perfectly capitalized brakes and dry pave ment) sudden application of the brakes checks been known to crash into the ahead, causing rear end wreck through not having stopping room and time.
 "Itis, of course obvious that front wheel brakes present double the difficulty of keeping the brakes properly equalized.
 "Aside from the above apparent defects in front or fourwhee braking, there is the stiffening effect on the steering to take into consideration when the brakes are applied, and tho drag the steer ing unless the braking effect on both wheels is absolutely capitalized. This, of itself, constitutes serious disadvantage reflected in the handling
 
 !. Adjustments by O,Oner. Brakes must be properly usted, fabricated and kept free from dirt, gravel foreign substances, to prevent unequal pressure brakes and possible locking eff front wheels. The den of this responsibility rests the owner not the factory.
 Added Inpedimenta and Lubrication. Four wheel kes double the number of parts in the braking chanism, add about one hundred pounds of un- lng weight to the front end of Che car, and create m twenty to thirty additional places (1,osty inac- ;ible) requiring fabrication Usch must be applied trund.
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