The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-09-06
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
BEGINNING TO ACT

The Kauai Automobile Club has
brought film to this island that
should prove of much service to the
general public. The name of the
picture is Careless America" 1t
shows very graphically the dangers
that await the careless motorist and
the damage he may do to himself
and others by thoughtlessness and
neglect. 1t also shows the dangers
that confront the 'skygazers" who
walk "catty-cornered" across the
streets with never a look up and
down the road to see whether motors
are approaching or not.
The picture was shown to a large
crowd at the Tip-Top theater in Lii
hue, Saturday night. 1t was run at
Hanamaulu Sunday night and Kealia
last night 1t will be shown at Ma
kaweli tonight (Tuesday) and at Kill
auea tomorrow night
The picture was brought to Kauai
by the Kauai Automobile club with
very definite purpose in mind. That
purpose is to help make motoring
the safe business or pleasure that it
should be- President H. d. Sloggett
secured the film from the Honolulu
Automobile club and has had it
shown as an extra, free, educational
attraction at the places named.
Going around the corners at high
speed is a very dangerous practice
the picture shows. This equally
true where the road cannot be seen
around the corner and when no warn
ing is given by good, loud horn.
This foolish practice takes a large
number of lives and does thousands
year. This lesson should go home
to Kauai people especially, because
there are many turns in our roads
and in number of places it is i'm
possible to see any distance ahead.
Railroad trains take a heavy toll
of lives when they hit needless driv-
ers, too. OF course, we do not have
the big transcontinental trains that
menace drivers on the mainland, but
we do have cane trains that have
mean habit of shooting across the
road. And this is often done with
little warming Cane trains are not
very big but they can kill careless
motorists if they hit them squarely.
The Hawaiian Sugar company at
Makaweli is especially to be congrat-
ulated on the stand it has taken for
years in regards to locomotives stop
ping before crossing any public road
The train comes to a dead stop. A
warn any approaching vehicle. Then
the engine proceeds. 1t is needless to
say that no lives are going to be
lost at that place.
Skids caused by fast or needless
driving on wet streets also causes
many accidents. The picture shows
how easily a car may be overturned
may crash into people, other cars,
or objects when skidding. Skidding
can't always be prevented but very
large per cent of it can, if the motor
list is careful.
The Hawaiian skies are beautiful.
The other side of the street, is of
course, always the most attractive.
But these really are not good rea-
sons for pedestrians ambling across
a street or road without looking a.
bout to see if cars are approaching.
The person that is guilty of such
carelessness is quite likely to wake
up and find himself in a hospital
almost any day.
The Automobile club has done a
good thing in bringing this film to
Kauai. And it is greatly to be hoped
that the general public will pay more
attention to the lessons it teaches.
A number of complaints have been
entered by automobile club members
of careless and needless driving on
our main roads. Club members who
witnessed such things have reported
them through the complaint offices
to the sheriff. AS the occasion may
demand these people have been fined
or warned. With a large number
of people on the lookout for such,
Needless driving should cease.