each morning as the sun rises a great green fleet thousands of telephone cars leave garages all over the country to provide more i'm better telephone service driving these cars is serious business and as the number of cars a increase in traffic conditions become worse the drivers bear an ever increasing responsibility for the safety of themselves and others crippled by like it happened yesterday to the day before it will happen tomorrow the next day and the next they  that's what they say but actually they didn't see they didn't hear they didn't think it's human failures not mechanical failures that cause most kinds of weather and highway conditions but don't forget the most important factor of all the driver behind the wheel it's the driver who determines whether accidents have to happen things here another common a car when joe left his drugs there was nothing behind  as he starts his first job  car goes on to the next job they know their car and report probably conditions for repair or responsibility of every driver when they sit behind the wheel they realize that they're driving  you have seen a fellow take good care of a dollar screwdriver or other small tool and then a little later do this safe drivers have a sense of value to their car as a procession to more importantly they have developed the habits of concentration control and courtesy here is bob clark through his eyes let's see what we mean by concentration wow that was close by it's moments like that one accidents happen concentration means exploding everything but driving from our mind control is equally important you can send another short ride let's go along with mel robert there you may not be as lucky the next time courtesy is another habit of the safe driver courtesy is just good sportsmanship jim reilly prides himself on being a good sport on the course jim is one of the nicest fellows you ever met he doesn't think twice about letting the other fellows thro now don't be impatient jim don't try to drive around concentration control and courtesy of the preseason defensive driving they keep drivers out of accident tra of course every good driver knows that in addition there are important fundamentals of good driving it's the responsibility of each of us to be sure that mechanically all parts of our car are and proper condition to ensure safe driving make sure the seat is adjusted to your heigh down grade or stopping your engine to slow down your vehicle and your brakes merely to assess the engine think ahead begin to slow down early by taking your foot off the accelerator the parking brake is not intended for use in stopping or to slow down except in an emergency next time your time to do exceed safe speed limit remember a ninety horsepower engine can build up forces that brakes cannot control the force of a head on collision at sixty miles an hour is the same as driving your car off the roof of a ten story building would you do this no you wouldn't so why do this these cars might just as well have been driven off a ten story building nature often causes conditions that require added concentration control and courtesy one hundred i think calls for all the times of driving technique a snow covered countryside can be beautiful to the slave driver it spells danger clara vision is of first importance when jail is an accident maker traction is equally important spinning the wheels can be prevented by releasing the clutch pedal slowly with the car in second or high snow tires will help safe driver knows when chains are necessary but he also knows that he cannot be over confident just because he has a good set of traction  wherever we travel perform a courteous the give freely the right of way or give aid in an emergency it will be convincing proof that the telephone men and women giving service is more than prodding an instrument for answering calls this is our safety creed it's the creed of the defensive driv