Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-07
Lady Motorist Is Righteously Angry
"a About the Manners of Motoring Men
FsOo Recent Experiences in
Which She Has Suffered
First From Their Cars and
Then From Their Tongues

SSsWHY, even If you just joste people
I W in the crowd" exclaimed the
rate motorist, "you apologize or come
oack TO see IL you have hurt them or
enything. But in a car people don't
even slow up!"
She has had two experiences. recently
that have made her more than usually
smphatic on the subjec, of motoring
fnanners--of which she is now convinced
lthere are none.
both times she was close TO the curb
and going slowly in her car.
One time big car slithered past
her, scraping her mud guard. il came
% close and doing some rather expen-
{sive. though not vital, damage.
The other car did stop and the driver
tdid come back.
To investigate? To apologize? TO
hope that the lady wasn't hurt? Not
ske!
To talk in loud tones about. well.
twhy don't you get out of the way?
scraped all the paint off my front
wheel! Might think you owned the
whole street,
OF course. there was nothing wrong
about him: oh. no, he was model
little driver, and If traffic man hap
Ipened to be within hearing distance he
would hear all about it.
lTHE second time the Lady Motorist
L was going slowly because it was
selippery, and keeping close to the curb
because it was misty and hard TO see.
A car went past. and. in turning
around her. skidded and swung about.
striking her car with a nasty bump. =
! OF course. that wasn't the driver $
fault, and, of course, she didn't blame
him for a second.
But. with solicitude for her car. she
sepened the door to look out and see just
what had happened.
Before she had more than unlatched
Il the harsh voice of the other driver
disturbed her rudely-very rudely.
Its all your fault - he shouted.
why don't you go on. instead of
creeping along and keeping everybody
back? You've been stopping the whole
line all along. I've been watching you.
II anything happened to your car. it's
Ill your own fault.
Motoring Manners.
rs 1T any wonder the Lady Motorlst
4 Is excited about them?
4 And here's another instance of them
which has not even the excuse Of work
ing up q good alibi in order to prevent
arrest.
It was a woman pedestrian who suf.
4ered from this, and she really suffered
and is still suffering.
The streets were muddy and as she
hurried across a crossing car came
tearing up the street full tilt. crossing
the side street without even SO much
- q toot of warning.
In her frantic haste to get out of its
way she slipped and fell back against
tAe curb, spraining her ankle badly.
And the man in the car did not
Wa1te one look upon her, much less
0pologize or offer to help.
A1OW why should people change their
IN whole character just because they
drive q car?
None Of those men would have de.
hberately knocked a woman down and
then stepped over her and hurried on,
= he had been walking along the street
A man driving a horse and carriage
wouldn't bump into another horse and
carriage and drive on without stopping
TO zee whether the man or the horse OF
the carriage had been injured.
don't believe even an airplant
would be so uncivil; the pilot woulC
ct least call around next day to express
sympathy.
Why shouldn't people be just as con
slderate, just as polite, just as humanity
decent when they are driving an auto
mobile?
It would be a great help to womer
drivers and pedestrians who are help
less because they either cannot or vii
not descend to gutter talk If another
reouirement were added 70 the tests b,
which a man gets a license to drive I
ear.
The requirement of having to remail
p man instead of becoming beas
whenever an emergency arises that /
entirely his own faultt
I wonder If there would be so man,
licenses issued!