The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-14

the law. just the same as passing a street car that is taking on pssl' sensers.
 Don't be a iay-walker.
 The next suggestion is also directed at the pedestrian--"Loo Before You Cross"
 It seems absurd to have to tell a sound-minded man to look before he ventures out into the street, but If you will stand on any street corner for five minutes you will see person after person start across the street, their heads down, walking with as much nonchalance as debutaute strelling across ballroom, , th capital letters, the words, Drive Carefully, bit you right between me eAes. Every person who has ever driven knows what this means ana ! We assume that Il needs no further explanation.
 Next comes the most important, os possibiy the neS most important piece of advice on the whole card "Always Give the Hand Sicnais., ' | Upon investiga ton 1t vas found that a majority of accidents are caus- ca by the failure of the driver to give the hand signal. For your inforrna-
 ,ion. the adapted hand signals arc: to stop, put hand straight out hori- %AOsh tu6 Dodys TOT FlKlt turn. hand is held above the hori- zcntsl position; for left turn, hand IS placed below ths horizontal posi- tion. It Is such an easy matter and requires but an instant to give these signals, which tell the car behind ex-
 actiy what you intend doing and the pedestrian on the corner which way you are going to turn, failure to give them is inexcusa ble.
 Test your brakes" is the next good suggestion.
 Motorists in general do not attach sufficient importance to the brakes 'on their cars. They will drive and drive. knowing all the time that their brakes are not 100 per cent without once considering the respon- ability which would be theirs in case or an emergency. A well known brake lining company has compiled chart which shows the |. tance in which your car should stop when go- Ing at different speeds. Unless your car can come within this standard 1t IS dangerous to both yourself and the rublic. When the brakes are not as t should be the time to get them fixed is right now--tomorrow may be too late.
 In the interests of the pedestrian the card asks that you Give the Pe- destrain a Chance At the inter- section the pedestrian has right to cross. If, by slowing down for the smallest fraction of a second you can allow someone to pass without causing him to jump for his life, do so-it Is merely being courteous. An other way in which the driver can cooperate to make walking more en- toyable and safer is to stop behind the white line and by approaching the crossing at sensible speed when it is apparent that the "Go. signal will not turn for him for minute or so.
 Watch the car 3Seadr-this is evidently intended for the youth--and some of the older men-who watch
 he side walk when driving down town rather than the car in front of Rim
 Slow Down at Crossings''-either comply with this or some day you are going to be calling the insurance company, or perhaps some friend will be calling up the undertaken.
 Obey the Law'i--are indeed words of wisdom, yet how many of 0s let our cars remain parked overtime. hoping that they will not favor us with as sticker? How many of us run on past Street car that ia load Aii6 VT dlllOdQlHB pdSStilHs CTS Just dS though no car were there, thinking and hoping that the conductor was 100 busy to get our number or that all the motorcycle men had left for parts unknown? How many of us resist the temptation to push the ac- cclerator to the floor board when we hit nice stretch of paving Not many. unless we happen to be driving an old car that is so full of carbon that it will not do over 20 without bounding the engine to pieces. How i many of us ride over the safety zone and park our cars without any lights. or have the license tag covered with mud, or a hundred and one other things which cause to spend an en- joyable two hours or so "explaining it to the judge" that we could not understand how it happened? Obey the law and, while speaking of the law, remember that ignorance of the law excuses no one. Tn this connec- ton it might be a good idea to get copy of the rules and regulations and see just how many of them will be foreign to you the first time you Tread them.