Show FAULTY BRAKES HELD TO BLAME FOR ACCIDENTS Stopping Distances for Cars at Various Speeds Revealed By Ry BILL ILIJ l DOUGALL Defective brakes were held directly and end provably responsible for four accidents ac ac- ac in Utah during the first 11 months of or 1934 They proved responsible responsible responsible sible for lor 57 accidents during that time according to the state stale tax com corn commission mission traffic survey I How many more accidents were were due directly to faulty brakes is ImPOSSible Impossible Impossible Im Im- Im- Im possible to estimate estimate but but it is a high percentage police sa say Held Responsible Police explained that it is difficult to make an exact test of brakes after alter an automobile has been involved ina in ina ina a bad accident They are satisfied from Crom observation however that bad brakes were responsible e for man many more than 57 serious accidents during 1934 Only a motorist with absolutely no sense of responsibility for himself or his fellow man will drive an automobile automo automo- bile with any but good brakes police po po- po lice said Mr Motorist do you know how quickly you rou can stop your own automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile Police tests show that under perfect per per- feet driving conditions with perfect wheel four brakes an in automobile traveling traveling trav tray eling cling at 20 miles per hour moves 29 feet per second that second that the automobile will travel 22 feet leet between realization tion that brakes must be used and time of application and will vill take an additional 18 feet to stop stop stop-or or 40 feet in all A fraction of time elapses between the motorists motorist's thought to apply his brakes and actual moment of cation This distance Is called thinking thinking think ing tog distance Distances Listed The miles per hour speed feet per second traveled thinking distance braking distance and total stopping distance at various speeds speed follow 30 miles per ho hour r 44 feet per sec second second ec- ec ond 33 feet thinking distance 40 feet braking distance 73 distance 73 feet total dis dis- tance 40 miles per hour 59 feet per sec ond 44 fee H feet thinking distance distance- feet braking distance feet feel total dis dis- dis- dis tance The table increase up to feet leet total stopping distance at 70 miles per I hour A motorist traveling 70 miles per hour requires nearl nearly one half a n city block to stop in ml Can he avoid an object object ob ob- suddenly looming in in front of ot him r l Motorist test your brakes if it you would avoid sudden death |