Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-06-15 | Page 19 | Brakes Applied Stop the "Dash"

BRAKES APPLIED ; STOP TUE "DISH" John J. Younger, one of the war department's de-partment's big engineers, says motorics motor-ics think too much of speeding and not enough of stopping. It is time to put on the brakes, he says. "Pick up," "get-away," clash," and the most familiar terms to the everyday every-day motorist, or truck driver, according to John J Younger, supervisor of engineering, en-gineering, Motor Transport division, War department. S 1th the demands of modern day life, motorists have been giving their entire attention to speed with no thought of how quickly a stop can be made." . "It is time to put on the brakes," says Mr. Younger. The national brake inspection movement, which has the endorsement of leading automobllists, police officials and government ex perts, will accomplish much good if It does nothing more than call the attention at-tention of motorists to the necessity of a regular inspection of their brakes. in fast rail traffic, both with the steam railroads and electric trains, the first requisite, says Mr. Younger, is the rapidity with which the engine can stop This point Is exemplified by the exactness with which the New York City subway trains come to a dead stop. The engineers in charge of these trains, know to the traction of a foot1 where they must apply their brakes, j The national brake inspection movement move-ment also Is emphasizing the importance import-ance of a good brake lining, the kind, for example, that is thermoid hydraulic hydrau-lic compressed and proof against moisture, gasoline, oil and dust. The government realizes the importance of such a brake lining, since it Is used on many of the American cars now going to France. Experts say that a woman driver should be able to apply the brakes on tho car she is driving as effectively as a man, regardless of the strength exerted ex-erted A test recently made, showed that a truck driver exerted a pedal pressure of 400 pounds. Although no ' iiuhim woman driver could exert this amount of pressure, the experts say she should be able to stop as quickly as the truck driver if the brakes are equipped with thermoid hydraulic compressed lining oo