Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
BY THEODORE p. MOVES.

In connection with that species OF
driver known as the road hog" we
find, in reading through some pub
Lefty matter from a large tire con-
Germ. the following:
'One of the most despised types Of
discourteous driver is the one termed
inelegantly but quite accurately the
road hog He is the fellow who in
sists on taking two-thirds of the road
and crowding your. car off the paved
street whenever you meet him, or
who refuses to turn out so you can
get by when you overtake him. BY
his tactics he not only takes the joy
out of the lives of the other mo-
florists. but also actually endangers
their safety"
Point Is Emphasized.
Read this part carefully:
Passenger car drivers might well
follow the example of drivers of
trucks on this point of giving the
other fellow his share of the road.
Every motorist who spends much
time on highways freouented by mo-
tor trucks knows that there seems
TO be feeling of pride among the
truck-driving fraternity in having
trucks show every possible considera-
ton to other cars.
1T is a much less simple matter
1or big truck to pull to one side
than it is for light passenger vehicle,
yet many motorist touring on heav-
lily travelled roads will remember with
what cheerful quickness some heavily
loaded truck pulled to one side to let
MN pass on the very first blast of the
horn"
Have you ever had the expe rience of
blowing your horn for a truck so that
you could pass. and ION the very first
blast have the truck pull far off to
the side of the road? Or have you
several. and finally continuous
blast-in the vain hope that you
might at least be awarded the right
hand ditch, so that you could take
your life in your hands" to get by?
Says Reason Is Obvious.
The article continues:
TN searching for reason for this
almost uniform courtesy shown by
truck drivers it is not necessary to
look far. Nearly every motor truck
bears conspicuously the name of the
firm which owns it. The truck is a
s~uring advertisement of the COM
pAny. Every truck driver who is proud
az his company knows that no easier
method could be found of establishing
1ood VIII for it than by manifesting
on the highway the courtesy and fair
dealing his firm stands for. 1t would
be mighty poor advertising for some
business man who depends on public
favor to rush about constantly show
ing d1ScourteSy to other motorists"
Excellent theory but the question
is: Do the big business men who own
trucks know just how these same
trucks are driven over the roads and
how much CONSERVATION they can
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others.
Instances Are Cited.
Take a local instance, observed in
the last week. Scene, 18th and I
streets northwest; weather condition.
raining; time, night; speed limit for
trucks, twelve miles an hour. Truck
dashes along I street at rate, by
cen miles an hour. Truck reaches in
tersection of 18th street at same rate
of speed. and attempts to slacken its
pace. Skids violently. sideswipes au-
tomobile, crashes into curb, but, with
q roar like maddened bull, continues
on it's way without even investigat-
ing to see whether any damage had
been done.
How considerate that driver was
and how proud he must be of the good
will toward the company for which
he drives.
Here's another. reported authenti-
cally by a District motorist who was
driving to Baltimore. Just on the
other side of Hyattsville, while trav-
cling at perhaps twenty-five miles
per hour. he topped hill, and found
the road ahead absolutely blocked.
BY what? BY three five-ton trucks.
which were stopped in the middle of
it. After blowing his horn for some
time the motorist got out to investi-
gate. Each truck had driver and
each driver was curled up on the
drivers seat asleep.
What a credit to the "truck-driving
fraternity" these drivers were, and
with what cheerful quickness" they
pulled aside on the very first blast
Of the horn.
The term. bully" might well be APP
piled to this class of truck driver. He
knows that he is secure perched on
the seat of his heavy truck and that
by mere force he can sweep every
thing on the road before him, with no
prospect of retaliation.
This type of man, when he sees you
coming towards him, will continue in
the middle of the road, and when you
wish to pass him. will follow the same
tactics, and if the motorist ventures
The