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Show ny ;es on od Is at a ;es fly nd ed .111 igh are ose ear ihe on ich ier :ng of ,k- tat ;es It ith ;es he er- Is ve ds he nd .ff d- II IR 1 aIrT"cam,lco"7trrLnTrn" o " turn. AH of the brake mechanism, such as the bands, pins, yokes and rods, should be inspected regularly at least once a month to see whether they are becoming worn enough to be weakened. Many serious accidenls have been caused by a brake rod, yoke or pin breaking at a critical moment when the brake was applied suddenly and a little harder than usual, writes ' an auto expert, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. It may he true that the reserve brake, or emergency brake, as It is more often called, was at the time in perfect working condition, but the time required to get this emergency brake into action after the other had given away was too great to prevent a crash. There are usually several places on the brake mechanism which require periodical oiling and lubricating, and the driver who conscientiously takes enre of this lubrication and checking of the parts to see whether they are worn, is one at least who goes a long way towards the prevention of accidents acci-dents and the saving of human life. A fact which very few people realize, real-ize, perhaps, is the distance covered by a vehicle in one second of: time when going at. say, "0 miles an hour. By a little figuring with a pencil and paper, you will find that when going 30 miles an hour, th? car is moving a distance of -14 feet, in every second. When we think this over and consider con-sider that so many drivers travel' at this rate of speed, we wonder that there are not more accidents, and we can easily agree with the police department de-partment and the safety council In trying try-ing in every way possible to keep the speed down within the legal limit. Another point which is interesting to all drivers is the space required to slop a car traveling at various speeds |