, 1922-09-28
INDICATIONS OF
CORRECT DRIVER
Something More Needed Than
Being Able to Stop, Start and
Guide Car Along Road.
SOME UGLY DRIVING TRICKS
Among Most Common Practices That
Result in Accidents Are Starting
Ahead IL Second Speed and Re-
Iaxing Vigilance.

The test of II good driver Is not
whether he is able to stop, start and
guide the car along the road, but
whether he is invariably considerate
Of the mechanism of his own vehicle
and of the feelings, eccentricities and
safety of all other users of the road.
If u man drives well In every respect
except that he expects all pedestrians
to know how to walk, all equestrians
to know how to ride, and all motorists
to know how to run II ear, he is still
a menace of the highways.
There are some bad driving tricks
which are encountered every time YOU
go out-ignoring the right-of-way rule,
cutting corners, swinging around Il
corner without first going close to the
curb. cutting in on the wrong side of
n car,
The careless, unmannerly driver is
a poor driver, ven though he may be
Lexpert in car control.
The simple mechanics of driving
the steering, the manipulation of gear
shift lever, pedals and so on-are
easily mastered. But the record of
crumpled tenders, damaged lamps. and
wayside wrecks tell the story that a
whole lot of motor car owners do not
know how to drive.
Result in Accidents.
Among the most common practices
that result in needless accidents may
be mentioned the following examples
The first driver. Mr.. A., was very
proud of the cars acceleration equip
ment. After being held up by con
gested traffic he always started in
second and al going twenty miles
an hour before slower cars had got
into motion.
One day he relaxed his customary
vigilance and piled head-on into the
real of ANOTHER car First result
Two bent tenders and no headlights
on his W car, plus two sheeret
spring clips on the a ahead, total
ing n repair cost of $3.50. Second re
suit. arising from stopping too quick
ly: Demolished rear luggage carrier
and the total eclipse Of the light
on the car which bumped him from be
hind. Because he failed to put out hi
hand on stopping, Mr.. @. assumed re
sponsibility for the damage TO tn
overtaking car-and IT cost him abou
a hundred silver dollars to learn tina
he didn't know how to drive.
Next In line comes Nj. Il. He wa
such a good driver that he could AT
ford to be careless. He prided himsel
on knowing the bumps and other pc
culiarities of all roads in his neigh
borhood. But one night after a heay.
rain he was loafing along at 30 mile
an hour when his ear bounced In AM
out OF a hole (which had been caused
by undermining water, and he In
dulged in two new springs and
rather expensive rea axle assembly
He is now n better driver than HI
was.
Could Divide His Brain.
Here we find Mr.. ID. T.. En-. t whom
driving had become like second nature
He could divide his brain into tw,
parts. reserving the m for guiding
the car around corners, speeding It NJ
and down hills, avoiding bad spot
in the road, and so m and utilizing
the other for entertaining his guests
He could laugh and tell droll storle
which provoke his friends into gale
of merrlment. But one day he glance,
around to see how the point of Il stor.
had been taken, and just then n tele
phone pole grew NJ in what he though
was the middle OF the road. III
snfrit il uow motoriug down the long
long iran.