The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-22
COUNTRY DRIVING
NOW AS DANGEROUS
AS CITY MOTORING

II has been frequently noted in this
vicinity that touring hazards in the
country are almost as numerous as
they are in the city streets and 1t is
announced by the Hoosier State Auto
mobile association that these condi-
tons exist and are increasing rapidly
in rural communities all over Indiana.
Because of this the automobile assoc
iation has issued a set of "don'ts"
which. if followed, will materially re-
duce accidents at road intersections
and prevent the many fatalities that
are being reported.
The "don'ts" follow:
1. Don't go sailing through blind
country road intersection at full
speed. Slow down to control speed.
1t is not sufficient to sound your horn.
Another car may be speeding along
the intersecting road. You take your
life in your hand every time to violate
this injunction.
2. Don't turn corners rapidly, eth
er in city. town or country. Give the
other fellow a chance, always.
3. Don't take it for granted that
no one else is approaching around the
now in Indiana to bank on that
chance.
4. Don't try to hog the center of
the road If the fellow behind wants
10 go around you, lay over. Above all
do not attempt to do any racing. The
state highway commission issues a
warning that many of its highways
have a soft shoulder" and if the driv-
er gets over too far on this shoulder
his car is liable to slip off into ditch.
5. Don't fail to slow down to 10 or
: - miles an hour in passing through
incorporated towns and cities, and
e close your muffler 1t would be bet
terri you kept that muffler closed all
the time.
6. Don't fail to dim your lights IN
meeting another car at night, see to 1t
that your lights are not cooked up
or askew, but in straight line and
down on the road. Don't count on so
called lens DINNERS protecting the
other fellow-most of them fail to dc
this.
Z. Don't fail to slow down when
you come to fresh or nearly fresh gray
ell. The undertakers are waxing fa'
on the failure to observe this common
sense rule.
Finally" says the bulletin, remem
Der to drive sensibly and with a Chris
tian-like respect for the other fellow
The city of Wabash, Ind, has splen
did idea in its signs on main entering
streets which reads: City limits
Drive Sensibly If motorists will JUS
drive sensibly the major part of thu
traffic troubles everywhere, in city
town or country, would be eliminated
and many, many lives would be savet
annually"
The Hoosier State Automobile as
ISOLATION also calls attention of town
ship trustees to the fact that a new
law requires them to see to 1t that oh
structions to the view at road inter
sections are removed, and that al
shrubbery, hedges, trees, etc., arr
trimmed so a view of the cross roaC
may be obtained. 1t is urged that mo
florists everywhere insist that thei
township trustee get busy now ant
comply with this law, which was sc
cured through the influence of tn
state association. This is but anothe
evidence of our protective work TO
automobile owners" declares M. Z
Noblet, secretary. What we nee
now is more members co-operatin
with our work in every section of tn
state The motorists need US; W
need them, for in greater organization
much more civic and individual wor
can be accomplished.