NEW EDITION OF "HOW TO DRIVE A CAR."
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THE popular handbook, "How to Drive a Car," by the Editor of The Motor, is now in its eighth edition, and has been entirely rewritten and reillustrated. Car driving has become much more of an art requiring skill, sound judgment and rapid decisions than in the days of the earlier editions of this book. There is vastly more traffic on the roads. which, more particularly in the touring season, is crowded with cars, many of which are handled by novices. Consequently, road risks have greatly in. creased.
The new edition of "How to Drive a Car " has been written throughout in the simplest terms .4) convey the correct and must efficient methods of handling a car, and no previous knowledge of the
n16 subject is assumed_ The instruction is progressive and carefully graded in 12 chapters; and numerous illustrations assist in rendering the text clear.
In the opening chapters the reader is instructed in the meaning and use of the controls of a car, the steering, and the art of gear-changing and use of the brakes. Followir 7, chapters treat of road practice it, all its forms, the manceuvring of .. car in traffic, entering a garage, parking, avoiding tram-line risks and skidding dangers, night-time driving, eti. There is a very instructive chapter or Road Sense" and how to acquire it, useful advice on cultivating observation, and another chapter treats fully of competition driving and how to prepare for speed and hill-climbing events; the concluding chapter deals with such important matters as car licensing and reg:stration. Altogether it is a remarkably comprehensive handbook on the art of car driving, embodying all the subtleties and finer points of it. It is an kdispensable handbook for the beginner( in motoring,, and even the experienced hand at driving will find much valuable information in its pages. Its worth is, naturally, not limited to car drivers, and those in charge of business vehicles, more especially of the lighter types, should derive helpful instruction from its pages. "How to Drive a Car " is published by Temple Press Ltd., 7-15, Rosebery Avenue, London, E.C., price 2s, 6d.., post free 2s. gd.