Design of Artics Fundamentally Wrong ?
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MR. 1. E. JOHNSON'S suggestion (The Commercial Motor, August 27) of more intensive driver training to achieve greater artic control is only one aspect. The design of the artic as we know it is fundamentally wrong, and directional instability, especially during braking, has always been present. Attention has been paid to this in recent years, and it would be correct to say that the presentday attic is vastly superior to those of the past and so, logically, must be the skill and ability of the present-day driver. It is true some driver training must help, no matter what the class of vehicle, but the realistic need which cannot be refuted is for artics of unquestionable behaviour that depend less on human judgment.
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