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Show Always Release Clutch When Rounding Corners Always throw out the clutch when rounding a sharp corner. It has a beneficial effect upon the tires. Whenever When-ever the car tends to skid, due to its deflection from the straight course, a cross strain is brought to bear on the tire treads, which is directly proportional propor-tional to the weight of the vehicle and the radius of the curve and proportional propor-tional to the square of Its velocity. If the power Is applied In rounding a curve, the tendency to rip off the.tires is further aggravated by the backward back-ward drag due to traction. If the clutch is released, however, the factor Is eliminated and the strain Is thereby there-by reduced. |