The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-28
INDICATIONS or
Cy2RECT 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 IT. Second Speed and Re-
taxing Vigilance.

The test Of good driver is not
whether he IS able to stop, start ana
guide the car along the road, but
whether lie is invariably cohsidcratc
Of the mechanism Of his own vehicle
and of the feelings, ccccntricticS ana
safety of an other users Of the road.
If a man drives well In every respect
except that lie expects all pedestrians
to know how to walk, all cqucstrians
to know how to ride, and all motorists
to know how to run II car, he IS still
Il menace Of the highways.
There are some bad driving tricks
which are encountered every time you
60 ignoring the right.or- way rule,
cutting corners, swinging around a
corner without first going close TO the
curb. cutting'in Oh the wrong side Of
a car,
The careless, unnlanncrly driver Is
poor driver, even though nc may be
expert in car control
The simple mechanics Of driving
the steering, the manipulation Of gear
shift lever, pedals and 50 on--t:rc
easily mastered But Tie record Of
wnysidc wrecks tell the story that q
whole lot Of motor car owners do not
know how to drive.
Result IN Accidents
Anon" the most common practices
that result In needless accidents NAV
be mentioned the following rxnlnpcs :
The first driver, Mr.. A., was very
ar l,., =,
m"nt. After hcin% held up by con
GrSi"d traffic hc always started in
second and WAS going twenty miles
Oh hour before slower cars had got
into motion.
one day he relD.cd his customary
vigilance and piled hcad.on into the
rear o! another car. FirSt result :
Two bent Tenders and no headlights
on his own car, plus two Shccrc,l
spring clips on the car ahead. total.
ing repair cost of $3.50 Second 70.
sun arising from stopping too quick.
~: Demolished rear luuunpr cnrrirr
ana me total eclipse OF the lights
on the car Which bumped him from he
hind. because he failed to put on, hi
hand on stopping, Mr. c. assumed re
SpOnSibilily for the damage to tn
Orcrtaklng cnr--nnd ii cost him abuM
hundred silver dollars to learn thn
ne didn't know how to drive.
Next in line comes MIR. B. He VI,
such 81 good driver that he could al
f0rd to be careless lie piidcd himScl
on knowing the bumps nnd other j.,
CulhrllicS OF all roads IN his nriyl
DOrhood. But one night after hc.lv,
rain he was Ioalins along at 30 mile
an hour when his car bounced in an,
out Of Il hole which had been cause,
by undermining water, and nc I'm
dulgcd in two now springs ana :
rather expensive rear axle assembly
was.
Could Divide His Brain.
Here we find Mr.. ID. u. Eff, to whom
driving had become like second nature
lie could divide his brain into tw,
parts, rcscrving the one for luidin,
the car around corners, speeding 1t u,
ana down hills, avoiding bad spot
In the road, and so on; and utiIzln)
tho other for entertaining his guest.
He could laugh and tell droll stnrie
which provoke his friends into gale
OF mcrrlmcnt. But one day he glnncc
around to see how the point of II stor
hnd been taken, and Just then Il tcc
phone pole grew up In what he though
was the middle OF the road Iii
spirit is now motoring down the long
long trail