Response to a query regarding an accident, defending the braking system and axle control on the F.2B series and Phantom II models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\2\ Scan245 | |
| Date | 26th March 1930 | |
| W/S. {Derby Works / Sales} Cf. From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} c. to H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} XC4117 HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} 3/MJ. 26.3.30. Re. Mrs. Merton 46-G2. It is of course very difficult to give any information on an accident such as you mention. As you know from F.2B series onwards we have fitted an axle control which positively prevents any chance of the pivot leaning forwards and however violently the brakes are applied. This has been perpetuated on Phantom II and it is certainly an invaluable asset for people who persist in stamping on their brakes when swerving at high speeds. We think the best thing to do in the case of anybody who suspects our front wheel brakes is to give them a demonstration driving hands off and applying the brakes, or doing any other test they like because we feel sure that any cars from F.2B series onwards could go through such a demonstration with flying colours. Of course we are always likely to be faced with people who corner too fast, leave the road, and then blame the brakes, and we would emphasise that with the higher speeds of the Phantom II and its super-flexible road springs provided to give good low speed riding, accidents are bound to happen if limousines are driven like racing cars. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).