The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20
ETIQUETTE OF THE ROAD.
How WheeImen should Treat Theme
selves and the Public.
From Harper's Weekly.

&c 81, o.,-..
e''N"e''e ol Ohe ROAD III driving
skating or walking, and that this etiquette
is Simply the following out of certain. for
the most mart upv,-ritt,r r,l,s ,,.t,t,,, ,,.,.,
cow, -. 10
w "u"Pue" py clNhlzeu people
everywhere as being the most convenient,
simple and sensible 10 govern them in their
highway passing or Intercourse. 1t is not
to be expected that the man or the woman
who is ignorant Of the rehnements OF life,
Of cultivation and education, or who,
knowing these, willfuly neglects or breaks
the ordinary rules Of politeness. will obey
what may be called the etiquette of the
road simply because he or she may be a
cycllst Bad manners or rather the want
of manners. becomes discernible upon the
road even more quickly than in the draw
ing room, and rude and Unpublished people
will ride the wheel Just as they viii drive
and ride horses or travel in public convey
ances. The unretined but aDpropriate epl-
tibet of road hog" which has now he
come part of the vernacular in the Unit
ed States and which is applied to the in
dividual who monopolizes the road and re-
fuses to turn even a little from his course
to allow other drivers or nartieuIarlv cv-
clists, to pass him. whether going I'm the
same or the opposite direction renresents
unfortunately too large n class who use
the public streets and roads of America
and who are NOT an1ppa bip IN any rules
of etiouette or even to the dictates Of or
binary civilitv
The etiouefte Of the ROAD fran, tho cv-
clist's standnoint is i'm general str,nIv tbe
ordinary rnies which l9n, ar cnsto,n hos
ordained for tho povernrne,,t IF ,,sars of
the highways s,nnlornented IN, those m
written rnIes ana customs witch reane-
nAnt and civilitv lictate ana which con
NOT alvvoI,e ha t,t,,Iotod a 49, - tta,,,
are snonfapoous a1,d a,.tse fro, H. o,oe-
sities ~ tha noo,,ont
Tn5io ~, en-. -, - III. -, -,
onette comes s,,ch cardinsi ,,iies t,,rn
,ns 70 tho ,iott ,,,,a,, ,l,aetisr ,,ab,io
or nodos+ri, ,,,,i, go, re ;+ a.
yection ,,assi,e, 80 ,,I,;-I ~. ,,1,t,iev :,
going in The same direction aIu,aSJs 70 The
Iaft and si,,,o1i,,,r M, ,,,,1li,, =, .,,al,
turn or chance 81 direction rbara ars
minor r,las conn,,ta5 LII 81, H.
irnnortant o,ce M H. ,,,ist ~ ~,
serves the three ereat car1tnoI onas CO..,
hardly co ,,,ra,,,- NJ, ,,t4,,t -. -,
cIiste ana - no7os+,.iare ~ ,,+',,,,,ar
have occnrred f,oY, a ,,toIa+io,, re 90 or
ali of tbeso tbrao r,ios r., ~ ~, at,,or
vvav II 10 son,a+irnos 60 oa,,, ~ eo,.,rop .
or nepIect to ohservo any, of tbo tbSee
when this neglect n,oons a sboy.t az
saving Of time or chance 70 show ar
one's skin in tho rnsna,er,a,,t ~ az
wheel that noan1, a c,,cItst is er,,il+,, of
a breach ar etiouette os roaa,.,s, those
ru1es who y,,o,,il ~, b,,.,.,e "a -. ~ ~
she accused of bad ynanatror,,,,+ a.. Io,sl,
Of civiIitv Tho 1Cno,,,Iode,9 ,,.itb tLo ~
creasinp I1sa of tho wheel +bot tbosa Who
incur eccidents or are rosnorstIIo 90
accjdonts 80 ill.,, s,,,, ~ i,i9'
or failure "a carrv o,tt those y,1Ies COZ,
he held resnonsibie for damages IN tba
second Mace ond carpo+ ,,ol,,,,,. 49,,
in the first sbouId he ironressed IN son,o
way upon the cyclists of the country and
in this wav a reform can nrobabiv he
effected
Tho minor ,ru,rit+o,, r,,Ios 90 o,.,,,,, -,
road etiotlette have 10 deaI y,o,.e y,lt6
the social eide Of the snort Sbo,,id
wheelmen and women who orc s+roncors
salute each other In nassin,y eenecialI,y
when thew So mass on col,nt,,g roads9
Does the fact that a man ana 1,or1o ~
are cyclists allow the man n tarTer 90
sistance 70 tbe woman e. her UJbeoI - i
cone wrong in any vga,,9 r4o,,, to,,11
men and women drass uyban ,,,baoiinoe9 A1i
these and n hundred other ouestions
which are daily answering Themselves
or are being answered nv the cvcIists nj
the country. constitute when solved Nv
the larger number Of men ana ,yor,or
cyclists the etfouette Of tbe road ~
cling is Is vet TOO voune n SNORT "a have
fully established an etfouette ana tboro
are situations which almost daily confront
the cyclist. experienced as he or she NAV
be in the refnements which govern the
intercourse of cultivated people. which are
puzzling ones to solve. Ii would he far
easier to compile the etiquette of the road
from the negative than from the posi-
tive standpoint and unfortunately the
cycling craze affords every day on our
streets and highways too many evidences
of examples Of bad manners and inap-
propriate dress, which would enable the
| observant man or woman to treat the
whole subject comparatively easily under
the heading Of "Don'ts." The men or
women of natural or acquired refinement.
who know how to conduct themselves in
the parlor, dining room and in other de-
partments Of life, are not likely to misbe-
have on the wheel; and those who are sim
cerely DESTROYS of knowing what Is the
proper thing to do should study the man.
ners and procedure of the most refined
person of their acquaintance when on the
wheel
1t is recognized as BETTING a gentleman
to offer his services in repairing pune
tured tire, adjusting a nut, or arranging
something that has gone astray with a
womans wheel, and it is not considered
improper for woman to accept his polite