Show Coasting Cl Clutch ut chO Out ut Condemned s Brake W With th Compression Adv Advice e It is stated that a large percentage of or all motorists make mako a practice of ot throwing out the tho clutch when coasting down clown hill The reason they give is that it Jt saves the motor clutch and In this the they aro are in error for such practice is not only dangerous but Is detrimental to those very parts which the motorist would sa save veIn ve In some states says Sergeant J. J H. H Warden Varden of or the traffic squad a n driver caught going goIng- down hill with his clutch released Is severely dealt with Over in France during the war ar It Is stated ted a driver caught doing this was given a term in tho the guardhouse There Thero is little excuse so 50 far as I am amable amable amable able to se see for tor such practice Naturally when approaching a 3 decline decline de de- de- de cline dine the tho vehicle is slowed so that the motor la is turning over very ery slowly On releasing the clutch tho the car is no longer long long- er held back by bp the compression of or tho motor and gains speed at ever every revolution revolution revo revo- luU lution n of Ot the wheels Very often orten if It tho the hill bill is long tho the speed attained d alarms the driver who then applies his brakes A brake which under ordInary ordinary ordinary nary conditions would be sufficient to stand tho the car on end or throw the driver cr through tho the windshield will taU fall to hold ver very often when Jammed on at high speed on n a a down grade grao It often otten happens that it if the road Foad is rough the tho wheels will lock and skid around perhaps throwing tho car over a bank |