Evening star., 1922-06-11
The man ,rho passes everybody on the
rood doesn't Gl,CGys get by.
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In n Strange City.

In n strange city.
When YOU encounter the traffic OF
strange city do you become. con-
fused?
Do Won drive miles out of your
way rather than run the risk of get
ting into a one-way street the wrong
way?
Do you wonder at every crossing
: whether il is permissible to make
left turn. and then make "a complete
circuit of the block because you are
afraid to take a chance?
And when you park the car do you
anticipate being arrested inmedlatelS
for violating some local parking
regulation which you cannot be eX-
pe"ted to know?
Unless you do you are 100 per
cent perfect as tourist and these
paragraphs should be skipped.
Most of us, however. entertain all
these doubts and fears--and many
more not mentioned above. But II
is encouraging to know that there is
way of avoiding nine-tenths OF this
trouble and of making traffic eX-
ploration actually pleasure. In just
SO many words it is. "Follo<v the
leader" but its application requires
a little explanation.
Suppose you were driving through
strange city and wanted to know
whether turning to the right was per-
miSSible at either position of the traf-
fic officers "Stop-go" sign. Having
caught the idea of the plan you would
begin to note what the native drivers
do under similar circumstances. BY
the time YOU had reached the street
into which you wished TO turn you
would know exactly what to do.
Watch Native Drivers.
So many drivers complain of not
knowing whether they should pass
around the traffic officer at a cross
ing or before him when making a
left turn. obviously. uniformity in
such matters would be greatly well
comed-and ii will certainly material
lie in time-but meanwhile no
stranger tourist need he emhroiled in
an argument with the guardian of a
croSSWay. There is scarcely any
prominent crossing where the tracks
of tires do not reveal clearly the
course left-turning cars follow.
The driver who observes how the
native drivers conduct themselves
about town seldom goes wrong. It's
a mean sensation to realize that You
have made bull" but ii would
never happen if all tourists would
learn the gentle art of noting how
others do things and then initiate
them. Tourists often worry need
lcSSly over whether the car has been
parked near enough TO the curb and
far enough away from the cars ahead
and behind II. when a brief compari-
son with the way majority of the
other cars are parked would settle
the doubt in jiffy. All of which
gees 10 show that as in any other
line OF driving. the man who tours
needs two good eyes that keep busy.
As a general thing a mans desire
to own a car is SIX parts vanity. three
parts femininity and one part need of
facilitated transportation.
Heaven Forbid.
Those who specialize in disseminat-
Ing statistics alleging to prove that
the automobile is a modern jugger-
naut. brutally running into and over
the timid pedestrian, will find little
consolation in a recent report of the
British Average and Percentage So
ciety. which says. in part:
Were the present army of jay
walkers to become motor car drivers
and as such continue to display. the
same thoughtlessness and careless
ness they have shown as pedestrians.
our urban population would be COM
pletely wiped out in less than five
Years time"
Village Mechanic.
Some of these days lot of motor
ISIS around mere are going to realize
that their Sunday rides would he
trouble-proof if they'd do little more
than fill up with gas. oil and water
before starting out. Just before you
came along chap stopped off to ask
II had fan belt. 1 told him 1 wasn't
running supply store and gave him
a line of thought about carrying a
spare belt with him, or at least ex-
amining the old one before leaving
the city: but l couldn't help offering
to help him out. l wound about two
dozen turns of twine about the engine
and fan pulleys, drew it up tight and
tied the ends securely. charged
him dollar for this improvised belt.
just to impress upon him the impor-
tance OF carrying odds and ends in
the tool kit.
Trouble Ahead.
Now. | want you to look at that
bTand-new car going like sixty I'm