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Show MUCH OF FATIGUE IS UNNECESSARY Many Little Driving 'Tricks' Which Will Conserve Driver's Energy. "Much of the fatigue experienced by the average motorist Is owing to an unnecessary expenditure of energy in the act of handling his automobile In traffic," says Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago Motor club Approaching Curves. "There Is plenty of avutlable evidence evi-dence to substantiate this point. Take the case of curves, especially on a strange highway. It Is a driving driv-ing error to approach a curve at high rate of speed, and to overcome this the driver Is forced to apply his brakes Suddenly, and at the same time put forth a great deal of strength to steer the car around the curve safely. There may be many curves In the course of a day's drive und if the driver continues to approach ap-proach them at a high rate of speed, he will have used up a great deal of energy by the end of the day. "Then there Is the driver who thinks there Is no necessity of shifting shift-ing to second gear when descending a hill. In spite of warning signs. .This means that he will have to hold his car buck with the brakes another useless expenditure of strength. Another Driving Blunder. . "Approaching at high speed any point where it Is known In advance that a stop murt be made is another driving blunder that leaves the driver exhausted at the end of tbe day. as this practice requires sudden and vigorous vig-orous application of brakes, and. as a-result, muscular fatigue. "There are many little driving 'tricks', which, If the motorist will learn and practice, will not only conserve con-serve the driver's energy, but will al-no al-no lengthen the life of the car." |