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Show Shifting Gears Done Poorly by Average Driver The average motorist does not ( know how to shift gears! This is the conclusion reached after af-ter a series of tests recently conduct-; conduct-; ed by the Iowa State college In co-0.p co-0.p ration with the national research ; ( ouncil. Especially when be takes a hill the average motorist shifts his, gears Improperly, find these experts The motorist waits too long to, Shift from high to second on a hill, say the observers. Tims they lose j speed, ov ertax their engines and con-j sums more gasoline. The general ad-1 monition, not to slow down to less I than x.'o miles an hour, they found, u ' rarely followed. The tests also showed that, in descending de-scending a hill it is cheaiJer to re-' re-' tard the speed with the brake than i by leaving the clutch in. nrt |