Arizona republican., 1921-05-03
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The Control of the Automobile

I9ne only lesson conveyed ln the depiOraDle dcci- dent sf last Saturday evening in which the life of an eminent and useful citizen lost is reminder that an automobile is always dangerous and pow erful Inachine useful but most destructive one VII en not under restraint.
 In this there recklessness care lessness, violation proper traffic regulations, ot those things which usually cause con- tribute to disasters. The driver careful and ex perienc,sd, but there occurred of those things. and thei.e many of them which suddenly deprive the drivser of control. It like the sudden ping of rein by which spirited team is held in restraint.
 But spirited horses not always frequently trying tsb escape control. The automobile with the engine running and the gears in mesh is always ing to ran away and will always away unless control maintained or quickly regained.
 In thhs the machine put into danger of oyerturnibg by the left hand wheels being driven setft shoulder The driver did the only thing to do, suddenly turning the right to put the chine upsn the pavement. That done with promptness but there the driver lacking physical strength los. control and in the next small fatal fraction Of a. second unable to regain it. stronger driver could probably have rghted the auto- mobile the pavement before its momentum could have carried \ sidewise.
 A probable .contributory of the initial acci- dent. the leaving of the with the left hand wheels, the position in the roadway of slow moving vehicle We do not know that that in this but have observed the tendency of only the driv ars of such vehicles well fast moving disregard the safe rule of keeping all times the right hand side of the roadway The pavement that highway, eighteen feet believe is wide enough to permit the passage vehicles with wide margin of safety. But thoughtless and sometimes obstinate drivers in heavy. slow moving wagons. disregard the warning signals of machines approaching from the rear, and sometimes from the front and hold their places in the middle of the forcing passing vehicles risk leaving the pavement
 But the main thing in any event for automo- bile driver is keep control of his machine That does not mean that he should always drive at a slow speed. Control may be maintained Or 30 miles hour well at ten miles an hour and drivers usually do maintain it where there is any congestion of traffic. The thing to do is to know what to do next in any circumstances.
 Losing control cases means also the losing of ones head in unexpected contingency It is that which accidents in city streets and that there are not more serious ones that only rumped lenders or crushed wheels or radiators result
 Driving automobile either in city street or country road is busy occupation The attention of the driver may not a moment be diverted from it. In the beginning. he no time to look at the to give heed to the conversation of companions but after awhile second nature developed which enables him his attention between the business at hand is going on about him, but there must be division as will detract from his attention his duties as driver.