Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-19


 About Running a car-crossroad a Danger Spot of Which the Driver Should Beware.
 An instructor stepped out of car in | which he had been spending fort night off and on teaching new au- tomoblist how to operate his recently road, and the like, and said:
 There's only one thing more. You have a good head and have caught on quickly. But remember this one thing: Never consider that the driver approaching you on the road or coming up behind you is anything but nat ural born fool. an ignoramus. who hardly knows his right hand from his left, and throws on high speed when he thinks he's operating his clutch. This may not be the case. Probably 1t will not be in seventy-five cases out of hundred, but if you wish to play safe assume this anyway"
 sense in this advice, says the New York Post. It left that owner in that state of mind which convinced him that safety for his car, himself and his party depended not upon the other fel- low nor half upon the other fellow. but altogether upon himself. A man who feels this way is not going to have &C., cidents. He never assumes the other driver is going to do just the thing he should do, and as consequence he re- doubles ordinary precautions. Green Drivers on the Roads.
 And now" said an automobile driv- CT, speaking upon this subject, "that the time has come when the highways and byways are filled with cars driven by men who have world of experi- ence as we'll as those who are green to the game, as may be imagined. think down a few cardinal points which, if observed, will make automobiling safer this season than it has ever been.
 "In the first place. I should advise the amateur driver never to look back i fafter he has passed car twice his size. The driver of the big car may be sensitive, may see something of challenge in those backward turning eyes, or, if not. the eyes of a man op- erating his car should be ahead, not behind-not for a single instant. An instant at times-very frequently. in fact-spells the difference between ac cident and safety. Another thing nh xr,1, poSf ahead. Collision, as every driver knows, comes from ahead You would not think they knew this. however. to watch some of them run a car.
 Don't Gamble on Crossings.
 Don't gamble on crossings. Almost every automobiIist calculates that it takes lot of chance to cause two cars travelling at different angles to effect common juncture at the same moment. It doesn't take a lot of chance at all. It is most common-whether through the working of perverse fate or not, don't know. Just the same, when you dash on to a cross road with the idea that there is no car within at least quarter, of a mile of you on that road you are likely to be disagreeably sur prised. Sound your horn. go slowly when you approach bad crossing where the other road is hidden by trees or underbrush. You may lose few seconds; but. on the other hand. you may save several weeks in. the hospital or, at best, have to send your car to the repair shops.
 "Bc careful about going around cor ners at even fair speed. Rubber costs money, and nothing is so wearing on tires as curves.
 Dent be so cumulative as to insist upon your share of the road. Any man who doesn't give it to you instinctive- ly is dangerous company.
 Don't steer in between two other vehicles. even when they are standing still. You may save half a minute sometimes by doing SO, but the record time for fitting. painting and varnish- ing new wing is nearly half week"