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Show ItOLLI XG tllPim A monthly es A LOS a cobnut about ovtomobtlot Tf By RALPH STEIN This JT'eek's Automobile Editor Here's news a school to teach you what to do when your car spins OTirRffTiPTOTirTiirrfPr tivcrfattackstDiscovaj WOLVEY, ENGLAND mtdication that bringajfraJT What Unlike tablets which may take as long as a half hour to act, you feel Asthma-Nefrin- s relief in less than a minute. Its instant-actio- n medicated mist is inhaled the through i mouth speeds directly to your lungs. On contact, spasms relax, ait. passages open, blocked mucous plugs are released. Easy to use and carry. Medically approved. No prescription needed. Relief guaranteed or money back. Dont suffer needlessly another day or night Get breathing relief in sec-onds with AsthmaNemn. Take this ad to your druggist today! should you do when your car goes into a skid? Brake? Steer into ' it? Open the door and leave? Ive recently had a lesson at a school in England, the only one of its kind in the world, which teaches people what to do when the car theyre driving starts waltzing sideways. This place which must be the slipperiest academy anywhere is called the "Anti-Ski- d Schools International Ltd. and is at didnt loot forward to. We went outLeicestershire. side to a shiny asphalt-paveWolvey, private' In England to look at the British road 165 feet long by 28 feet wide, with Motor Corporations revolutionary new upward sloping gravelled shoulders to cars, which are coming out this fall, prevent inexpert students motoring inI mentioned to my British hosts that to the woods. The road was well soaped anti-skiheard about the school Id and then sprayed with water before at Moore and his associate Doug Towler Wolvey, and what about it? The next g demonstration to morning I found myself an apprehenput on a sive pupil at Wolvey. skids could be wild prove that very brought under control. d V d hair-raisin- Does A anybody know Classroom pointers & 8 here?" a "Does anybody care? Let every Gl know that you care, so that he'll never have to wonder. "Does anybody know Im here? Support the USO through your Community Chest or United Fund. m USO FALSE TEETH KLUTCH holds thorn tighter KLUTCH forme a comfort cushion; holds dental plates so much firmer and snugger that you can eat and talk with greater com fort end security; in many eases almost as wall as with nataral teeth. Klutch laaosm the constant fear of a dropping, If your drugrocking, chafing plate gist doesn't have Klutch, dent waste send ne 10f but oa money eubetitatsa, and ere will mail you a generous trial box. KLUTCH CO., Boa 24 1 -- H. Ilmira, N. T. ... ( d instantly SISS u Your fool foot cool I mountain print with tho vary Arvt touch of froaty-wh- it WhaVo moro. this vroaoatooa. modlcatod croam with toothing lanolin con y tmuoo to work long to koop foot cool, happy, tirolaos! Woodtrful, too for soft onifc. oUnglng coma and eailouaoa. For a now oxpononco in got today. At druggist. 14 phasized that a skid must be recognized and dealt with at its very inception and without panic. He said that once your car slid more than 40 degrees (it varies a few degrees with different cars) from its direct line of travel, the point of no return had been reached and a complete spin was likely. Moore gave four rules for correct" ing skids: t. Do not touch the broket. 2. Do not feed got. 3. tf your cur hat a clutch pedal; declutch. 4. Counter-ttee- r fastt Moore uses the term, "countersteer which is what we Americans mean when we say "steer into the Takes bum out of feet I The first part of the lesson was indoors with model cars on a model road. The chief instructor, Bill Moore, em- skid. Moore explained that the surface area of the tire in contact with the road was hardly larger than your hand and that you use this small area to either brake, accelerate or resist sliding. If you use it for braking or acceleration you lose much of its ability to resist sliding. Then came the part of the lesson I When it was my turn, they sprayed again and Moore joined me in the front seat of the medium sized sedan with American-typ- e steering. I was told to drive at about 25 m.p.h. and then steer gradually to the left to avoid an imaginary child in the road. Moore had previously shown that braking on the soapy road would mean sliding straight on into the child even if the wheels were cut hard left. I cautiously steered left as I was told. "This is a cinch, I thought, "I cant skid at this speed. Suddenly , I was in a violent , e dizzying , spin. Moore had stamped on a private brake pedal of his own, locking the rear wheels which had been purposely shod with smooth tires. I was ready for him the next time he induced a skid and 1 spun the steering wheel as fast as I could. It took many more turns and faster work than I ever imagined would be needed to get back ou course. Then disgrace. I went into another nasty skid in the other direction. "Theres always a secondary skid, warned Moore, "be ready to spin the steering wheel fast in the other low-geare- d full-circl- Never be skid-confide- nt After half a dozen runs I was elated to find that I could deal with some rather tricky skids, but Moore deflated me. "Pretty fair, he said, "but youre stilk a mite slow. And dont think you can go out now and be careless on slippery roads on the assumption that you can control a skid. Any skid is he warned. potentially dangerous, "Youll be far safer if you never have to use what you learned here. As I drove off from Wolvey, my carmates started making polite British noises of impatience. "Whats the matter? I asked. "Dyou mind getting along a bit faster, old hoy? This is a fine dry road. Youre driving as if you were still on a bloody skating rink. THIS WEEK Magazine August 26, 1962 |
