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Show TEN MILLION AUTO DRIVERS Methods of Handling Cars! Have Improved As Rapid- 1 ly As Have Designs There arc omc 10.000.000 motor. cr driven in ,hl, Bountty distribut. "' I""' -auully lf,twcrn the two "; !-.' "'r Whl"h Prewnt in control of affairs. Two docadoH ;.ko the automobile waa the-vehicle only of the millionaire million-aire Now It is the necessity of ; father. .-ot and even grandson, to say nothlnK 0 tihe wlVM and daughter, i who could not be without It Many of these drivers are self-taught" and as a result certain hablta of car opcr-at opcr-at on and superstitious bellefn have irlsen Which have almost hceome 0 part of the motor lore ot the nraaarif generation. In eonsequenee of thK drlvln? iiie.hodH have not Improved as rapidly rap-idly a, has c;ir design and the auto-moblle auto-moblle engineer f,nd, it nee,ary to 1 1 1 1 - Ihe average cur from the fon). hardlnata of the average driver Many of theae habiti of car 0p,,.i. lion do not represent MrloUfl faults and may affect only a small percent, ace of the life of the ear of ease d' its herrnrmnnpo a i ; . . I . , r" """"uiicu or tne few I..V..1 ruin,, however, will ,-eprv-Mnt the difference between the driver driv-er uho abuaea his car and the feel IngK ni hie pussongers. and tho one in whom occupants and car manufacturers manufac-turers place Implicit confidence , Time after ti,,,,. W(8 havp the first thing to know how to do uh. n learning to drivo B oar ls t0 ! know hOW 10 .top It This eonnlsts of an almost Involuntary pressure n the Make pedal when an emergency irises, followed soon thereafter by the release of the clutch through the depression de-pression of Its pedal. T'roper nrak-. nrak-. Ing of a ar. ha-,n,r. unde, ..v.linary MondUlons will require s variation of this Practice that will result m long- 'Sr itoelt L'Un,J3, Urcs and th0 The Increased use 0f the rear dan-vl,i. dan-vl,i. h illuminate a rl Stop." whenever ihe brake pedal la i depress Indicates the ,x,ess to . which brakes are used. Follow a car so ..,,ulppd that is improperly dr.venl and you will find this 'stop" ir. I 1 von . v,- Ume Uu.B ;ar hea, makes a flight turn Qr fl sires to cheek its speed While coasting coast-ing down a gentle grade, an illuminated illumin-ated danger signal will give evidence of ihe constant and unnecessary use r ino tirade. The reason for the excessive use of the make s the faet thai the average aver-age driver does not realise that, while llls,"lul" ' Power plant when it is desirod to move the car, it can In turn, be transformed into a very sf rectlve airbrake through its pumping e en . becau8e H of the latter Is closed and the clutch and tranemlsslon are stm connected the ' Pistons suck In. compress and dl harp, the cold air and meet with resistance In so doing because of the ClOSed position Qf the throttle This ' " atei ... effecUve brake which can be used whenever the throttle Is ' ! ' the clutch pedal unnjoleet- ea. If the average driver wuld use I hi! Clutch only one-tenth as frequent- ;V" ,"'",:y u" would rind It neceaaar) to employ his brake only about one-half as often -Harold u B E In U lte-i w-.kiy. , oo I |