Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-24
GOOdhue, of State
Highway Police, Talks
to KiWanianS FRIDAY

AZ the regular meeting OF the ki.
wants club held in the Elmwood ho-
tel last evening Clinton H. Goodhue,
member of the State Highway Police
and formerly County Commissioner,
read a paper and gave short talk
on road and traffic conditions in the
state.
4 AT first Mr.. Goodhue gave stats
Tics which showed the vast improve
ment in the state roads during the
recent 10|years. He then said:
Now when you stop and think
that a large percentage Of this covers
up the worst places, it gives you an
idea of how fast we are getting along.
You don't have to bark back
many years, when to get to Augusta
from here any time between N0vem-
Der and the next June, unless it hap
pened to be frozen ground, was an
impossibility. Now you can go to
Augusta either by Vassalboro or Bel
grade. You can go to Pennington.
Skowhegan and Bangor any time
when the snow is off the ground. The
piece of road which caused SO much
trouble between Fairfield and Shaw
NUT is nearly finished and then
holes in the state.
Perhaps 1 might mention at this
meeting a few nice trips to take from
Waterville. To Skowhegan, to Corn
vile, to Athens, across to Harmony
to Cambridge to Parkman to Gull
ford to Sangerville to Dexter, Corin-
ma, Newport, and Rome.
Another, to Rome, 10 New Shar-
on. Pennington, Fayette. You can
go to Pennington and back to the
falls and home by the Vienna, Mt.
Vernon arcoss the Narrows which is
all new road, thence out to the State
road to Oakland and home.
Il know you will pardon me if /
wander from roads to traffic. You
doubtless know that we have what is
called Wash Boardy" or corrugated
places. This is caused by intense
traffic. One can tell how many autos
are travelling a road as the corruga-
lions start somewhere around 500
autos per day.
a." There are many ideas as to
cause, as there are corrugations SO
am going to give my opinion, and it
1is this: 1t is the slip of the tire when
pulling. This is the way it is proved:
Some time stop your car in a good
sandy place, then if you are lucky
enough to get out, go back and see
whether your tracks are corrugated
or not.
Here are a few things to observe
when on the road. Never stop to
lunch or change tire at the top of a
hill, on curve or on the travelled
part of a road as this holds UP traffic
and you may be the cause of an ac-
cident.
Never attempt to pass a car when
you are not positively sure that you
have time to do So, even if car
coming too fast shows up. remember
you are the one taking chances, but
others might get hurt.
Don't try to be funny and see
how slow YOU can go. Keep along
with the traffic.
IF some one blows their horn and
attempts to pass, don't speed up. Let
him pass along.
And above all things If you are
on hill or curve or see another car
coming, slow down. and this will let
the careless fellow in line in front of
you. thus avoiding an accident. As
it Is better to give mp your right,
than to be right. and in the hands
of the undertaken.
Here lies the body of William Gray
Who died protesting his right of way;
He was right-dead right as he sped
along.
But he's Just as dead as though he
was wrong"