Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1926, Page 78

'THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Make Driving S P. U, WMAY 16, 1926—PART 3.' ‘with Reos Split-Second Braking and Split-Second Steering ) The most important seconds of your life are the ones standing between you and sudden dan- ger. Danger from drink-crazed or reckless drivers—from cars dashing out of cross streets —fromstray animals, bumps or boulders around blind curves—and from all the hazards lurking in darkness. The National Safety Council, con- vened at Secretary Hoover’s call, emphasized the desperate need for curtailing human recklessness. But today, and for some time to come, only the driver’s alertness AND HIS CAR’S RESPONSIVENESS can save him in the fateful seconds. That is why Reo has Split-Second Braking and Split-Second Steering . . . saying the fractions of seconds that are the margin between safety and disaster. For years automobile engineers have tried, in the interest of much needed safety, to get rid of two serious defects in the ordinary braking control. The firstof theseisthedangerof press- ing down on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal in excited seconds. The second defect is the sometimes fatal loss of time while the driver lifts his foot off the accelerator and shifts it over before he can even begin to ap- ply his brakes. Splitting the dangerous seconds All the brakes on any car won’t be- gin to stop it until they are applied. ) And during the time between seeing danger ana applying brakes, your car speeds toward the danger. Too often that time can be measured only in sec- onds or even fractions of seconds. ° Reo Split-Second Braking makes it possible to save from one-half to three-fifths of a second in applying brakes. It is possible to save this time because you do not have to take your foot off the accelerator to apply the powerful Reo brakes. It also protects you from the sometimes fatal error of stepping on the accel- erator when you want to step on the brake pedal. REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Lansing, Michigan THE TREW MOTOR CO., Inc. Only with a Reo can you weave through traffic so easily and quickly. Reo Split-Second Steering makes it possible. The time that the Reo driver can save means a great many feet, as the following table shows: One-Half ‘Three-Fifths One-Half Three-Pifthe Second ond Second At Second At Secon: 20m.ph*14ft.8in. 17ft. 7in. 45m.p.h. 33 feet 39ft. 7in. 25m.p.h. 18ft. 4in. 22 feet 50 m.p.h.* 36 ft. 8in. 44 feet 30 m.p.h. 22 feet 26ft. 5in. 55m.p.h. 40ft.4in. 48ft. S5in. 35m.p.h. 25ft.8in. 30ft.10in. 60 m.p.h. 44 feet 52 ft.10in. 40m.p.h. 29ft.4in. 35ft. 4in. *m. p. h. — miles per hour Three choices which only Reo provides Only Reo has a brake that can be applied faster than any other brake on any other car—a brake so extraordinarily available that with it you can meet emergencies no other kind of control can meet. Only Reo has this, and only Reo offers you three choices of brake application. @ You can use exactly the same ways of applying brakes that other cars have—if that’s what yow’re used to, and if that’s all you want. ® You can have Split-Second Braking and enjoy the same superior safety that over 100,000 other Reo owners enjoy. ® Or you can have, at no extra cost, the ordinary pedal and lever for applying brakes PLUS Split-Second Braking. Only Reo offers you these three choices,and only Reo has a steer- ing gear that splits the dangerous seconds. Split- Second Steering Often only a quick swerve will avoid dan- | ger. i Even the smallest fraction of a second here spellsthe difference between safetyand disaster. The Reo Steering gear saves more than this small fraction—saves it in two distinct ways: first, because it acts more quickly; and second, because, the action is faster. It saves the split second lost on practically all other cars because they develop “play” in the steer- ing gear—“play” that wastes precious moments be- cause, until it is taken up, the movement of the steering wheel cannot move the front wheels. The Reo Steering gear seldom, if ever, develops “play.” Even ten and twelve-year old Reos ready JOSEPH B. TREW, President 1509-1511 14th Street N.W. Main 4173, 4174, 4175 Open Evenings and Sundays for the scrap-heap have steering gears as free from “play,” as flashingly responsive, as a New Reo. Quick and Easy Turning on Balloon Tires In addition to that saving, Reo Split-Second steer- ing saves whole seconds, because it turns the front wheelsof thecar fasterthananyother steering gearcan. Balloon Tires are harder to turn than high-pres- sure tires; and therefore, when Balloon Tires came into general use, most automobile manufacturers had to “slow up” their steering gears With Split-Second steering you can turn the front wheels of a Reo car—equipped with Balloon Tires —in half the time that the ordinary steering gear requires. Most cars now require two, others three, complete turns of the steering wheel to turn Balloon Tires from extreme left position to extreme right position. _Split-Second Steering does this in one and a half turns. Not only does this mean quicker steering in dan- gerous seconds—it means easier driving. Try these Reo contributions to greater driving safety By now over 100,000 Reo owners know the peace of mind, the comfort, that the Reo Split-Second features provide. These features are the outstanding contributions to greater safety in driving. Until the Ndtional Safety Council’s efforts to curtail recklessness in driving bear fruit, you must ~depend for safety in many fateful seconds on your own alertness and your car’s responsiveness. With Split-Second Brak- ing and Split-Second Steer- ing you have responsive- ness to control that no other automobile provides. NOT ONE AMERICAN CAR LASTS AS LONG AS Come in and try them. SIX $1565 at Lansing plus tax ©Reo Motor Car Company NEW AND IMPROVED SEDAN