Arizona republican., 1921-02-20

Every 20 seconds the motor car trans ports rider from Augusta to Los An Seles. Day and night this lonely mo- torlst travels at the rate of 9,133 miles minute. Each second of the year sl.2O In tires has to be made, trans ported, sold and fitted on a car
 With all this stupendous cumulative activity can the driver recognize his share of responsibility to other drivers and to the public2 Can he maintain for this giant industry the favor of the people? For it rests in his hands whether with the rapidly increasing road congestion he will continue to be treated with cordiality. Today many cities must have elaborate traffic and policing regulations and the traffic is growing
 The careless driver, the sthoughtless driver, the driver who does not force himself to be a knight" and gentle man Will greatly increase the danger Of motoring to the pedestrian to other drivers, and to himself. and jeopardize the privileges he has hitherto enjoyed
 What should drive do? The rules are very simple:
 Keep to the right of the road.
 Slow down at crossings.
 signal for stop or turn to the cars behind by holding out the left hand. Appiy brakes slowly. Change speed rates slowly. Drive carefully. Be prepared to help any rnotorist .n trouble on roads distant from garages.
 Be prepared to give pedestrians lifts on country roads Stop car and engine when meeting droyers with sheep, swine or cattle on country roads.
 Park only at side of roads. leaving l fair way
 When buying produce in the country. park alongside road, not on the road. 1 When parking at night, leave warn 1 ing lights.
 Have headlight dinners and use them when meeting and passing other motorists at night.
 When picnicking, carefully put out picnic fires.
 When picnicking do not trespass to gather wildflowers, tree branches. blossoms, fruit or shrubs. l When picnicking clean up thorough ly. removing from sight all cans, papers and rubbish
 1 Give all vehicles, especially loaded trucks, a good half of the road.
 Take hills on the right side of the road Go over the crest carefully Avoid coasting or speeding around curves at foot of hills
 Be courteous to pedestrians. Do not drive your car at them full tilt. and laugh when they jump Do not spIash water on them as they stand at cross inss or near curbs. waiting for you tc pass.
 Avoid street cars carefully at stops. I Learn and follow the local traffic rules, speed limits, and driving ordi- nances. These are made for the com mon good of all drivers including yo,,r. self, and of all pedestrians
 With these practices universally fol. lowed by drivers, motoring will main tain its safety, its freedom, it's stand.
 ing and its favorable acceptance by tn
 community. Five years ago such stlg
 gestions as these were unnecessarv
 Today, when each eleventh persor
 owns car. it is vitally necessary t,
 have drivers recall the days of chiyalrv
 Crowded and still more crowded street
 and roads have produced a nation wid
 problem whose simplest solution is : : return to the courtesy of the days Whe, knighthood lowered. The automobile Is too vital to tn nation, too much 8 part of the bloc, and bone of the country's economic If 10 have it's use curtailed through tn failure of it's users to follow the rule of simple courtesy and safety