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).
Objection to the lack of immediate servo brake assistance during shunting and the risk of fatal accidents at high speeds.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\2\ scan0291 | |
| Date | 16th February 1935 | |
| -2- Ha/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}16/KW.S. 2.35. One objection to the chain has been that if the customer does not adjust his brakes he will find that he will not get servo assistance until he has run several yards when he is shunting. In view of the fact that the Bentley can be held on the foot brake on any incline less severe than about 1 in 10, the driver is unlikely to do himself much damage under these circumstances. If, however, the first indication which he gets when his brakes need adjustment is when he is driving at high speeds such as those indicated in the first part of this memo., a fatal accident would be likely to eventuate. Ha/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||