Some Finer Points of Car-Driving
| Author | R. E. H. Allen |
| Published date | 01 October 1933 |
| Date | 01 October 1933 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X3300600404 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Some Finer Points
of
Car-Driving
By R. E. H.
ALLEN,
A.M.LA.E., M.LAe.E.
Engineering Branch, New Scotland Yard
THIS article is not intended for the novice or the expert
motorist
but
rather for the ordinary driver who wishes to
become more skilful. One might be tempted tritely to observe
that experience is the best teacher and leave it at that. Recall-
ing, however, that many of one's acquaintances are experienced
drivers
but
comparatively few of them expert drivers, one
feelsjustified in assuming that something more than experience
is necessary to make a first-class driver.
To
sit beside a man
who really can drive is a pleasure instead of a nervous strain,
even though he be in a hurry.
The
number of police officers who have to spend several
hours a day as drivers or passengers is rapidly increasing.
Any improvement in the confidence they feel in themselves
or in each other must add to their efficiency. Improvement
in skill should be the cause of the added confidence and this
must be good for the cars they drive.
Manufacturers whose cars have developed certain troubles
in the hands of ordinary drivers know only too well that these
troubles seldom happen to their cars when driven by profes-
sional drivers.
Let
us see then in what respects ordinary driving differs
from expert driving. My remarks must necessarily be rather
general, if this article is to be of reasonable length, for so
many different makes and types of cars are in use in the police
forces.
If
details peculiar to each car are to be mastered,
however, one cannot do better than recommend close study
of the respective instruction books.
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