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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, DECEMBER

1923.

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HOW TO STOP

SKIDDING.

Danger of Front Wheel

Skids.

Writing in the Daily Chronicle, Capt. E de Normanville says :--- We have dealt with the more nor al types of rear wheel skids and their prevention. There remains the more insidious and more- difficult-to-correct danger of the front wheel skid.

mands & goodly measure of cool Berve and expers handing. You can avoid 90 per cent. of the dao- gr by only using front tyres which are in good condition. These are there diferent ways of curing frant wheel skids, but as the least difficult is usually the most efficacious, we will coa- centrate on tha

We'll now have a front wheel skid. We turn the steering wheel so that the car should go out to the right at an angle of, say, about 45 degrees But the car continues to go straight along.

Remember where the steering wheel is.se: (ie. the intended direction of progress) decelerate and dab the pedal brake smartly to kid the rear of the car to the leir.

Luckily, such skids are of com paratively rare occurrence. But one is always liable to them on a really greasy surface. roote par- ticularly if the treads of the front wheel tyres are badly worn

There is une all-important When the rear of the car has piece of advice in res ard to avoid-skidded to the point which brings ing front wheel skids. Never use it (ie. the rear of the car) in line! plain tread tyres on your front with the direction in which the wheels, or tyres from which the front wheels are sat. release the non-skidding tread is nearly worn brake and very gently accelerate away. To do so is to ask for again.

trouble.

UNPLEASANT TYPES,

It may be that some, matorists do not fully appreciate what, a front wheel skid is. Let me explain.

its

Suppose you are following a tram on a greasy road at, say, 15 m.p.h. For some reason or other the tram has to stop suddenly, which it does by using magnetic brake. You cannot stop so quickly you should always re- member that when following trams), and therefore turn the steering to go to the side. To your horror, however, the car con- tinues straight ahead just as though you bad not turned the steering. That is one type of front wheat skid.

Again, you may find yourself to the left of a weil-cambered, greasy road, and turn the steering JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE. to go more towards the centre.

Instead of so doing, however, the car remains in its existing line of of travel, or even commences to slither further down to the left. That is another example of front wheel skid danger.

We have over 100 views damage at Tokyoland, Yokohama

on

MEE CHEUNG Ice House Street. & Beaconsfield Arcade.

DOINGS OF THE DUFFS

HOW TO CHECK THEM. Before dealing with the ques- tion of eure let me again-impress you that prevention, is better. These are most insidious, dangers and their cure de-

upon

VALUE OF SOUND TYRES. As you will have gathered, that manoeuvre is far more difficult of successful accomplishment than the checking of a rear wheel skid. But if you care to put an old pair of plain tread tyres on the front wheels and go out and practise on a greasy, deserted road. you will soon see that it can be made quite effective. But accuracy in checking fromt wheel skids always requiries careful judgment and skill. Unless you are prepare ed to go out and practise the art. try and avoid the conditions like- ly to engender such skids.

For the second time, therefore, Irepeat that "Prevention is better

than cure."

Never use worn-out trends for your front wheels- more especially in the winter months.

RESISTANCE TO ELECTRICITY. Among individuals having ex- traordinary resistance to electric currents was Lard Kelvin, who! is said to have startled the crowd at a railway opening by grasping. bare-handed a copper conductor carrying 500 volts. No harm re salted, bis immunity being at- tributed by him to quite unusual dryness of the skin.

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