A word about skidding and the tendency thereto. Given good
and properly adjusted four-wheel brakes, there are four factors which help to prevent skidding : a low frame level, a good system of suspension, careful distribution of weight, and finally the use of tyres with a large and preferably but- tressed tread-contact with the road. A number of 1928 models are fitted with some device for dipping the headlights. Almost any of these devices are satisfactory—particularly those which dip and turn at the same time, and they are all vastly superior to any dimming device, which, while it does not dazzle an oncoming car, at the same time deprives the driver of light when he most requires it. It is most regrettable, in my opinion, that there is no law compelling cyclists to carry tail lights.
Little need be said about speed, as there is hardly a car on the market to-day which is .not capable of 50 m.p.h., while the majority are capable of anything up to 65. For those who want excessive speed there are a number of makes, such as the Bugatti, Sunbeam, Mercedes, Isotta-Fraschini, and others which guarantee speeds anywhere up to 110 m.p.h.
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