Evening star., 1923-02-06
SAFETY DRIVING
SCHOOL TO OPEN
First Session of Evening In
struction to Be Held at
Mckinley High.

The first session of the" evening
school for automobile drivers, which
is to be conducted under. the aus
pices of the traffic committee of the
Washington safety council, Will be
formally opened this evening in Nc
kinlcy High School, eth street and
Rhode Island avenue. Two hundred
and fifty com nercal firms in the city
have notifTed the instructors that
their chadfcurs Will ne present.
swelling the anticipated initial at
tendance 10 about 1.oGa persons
l. ]. Boobar, general manager of the
Terminal TaHcaD Company. will serve
as permanent director of this school.
He viii start the meeting by explain
the mcthcd which will be. used in the
instruction. The lessons giTer
throughout he school will be based
on outlines preferred by the National
Safety Council and successfully used
in other cities. Each lesson will be
divided into two sections. one dealing
with the mechanical safety of the
automobile and the other with safe
driving practices.
Will Instruct ON Brakes.
p. T. kisc, Instructor of drivers for
the yellow Taxi Cab Company. Will
itSch lhe nlccudnlcdI portions oi lie
iirSt lesson. which includes complete
study of automobile brakes and
brakinG methods. Mr.. kise will show
how important it is for every driver
10 understand tho braking mechanism
Of his car and how a properly main
aimed brake .'.i frequently prevent
serious acciden-,. le Will explain
the details Of installing and main
tanning brakes and will demonstrate
this by an actual automobile brake
T. a.. hos II II inn
Inspector \. ]. Hcadley of the traffic
bureau. Washington police department
will handle the safe driving section of
the first lesson aud will speak on acc-
dent prevention as it is viewed by the
police and will explain how drivers can
cooperate to make the streets OF Wash
ington safe.
school at Dunbar Also.
G. W. Price of New York will tell the
experiences of drivers schools in other
cities and show the enormous reduction
in accidents which have been obtained
i'll every place where these schools were
conducted.
\ similar school will be held in the
auditorium of the Dunbar High School.
lst and . streets northwest, next Tues
day February Is. at the same time.
This school will be under the direction
of Mr. {. W. Chiids. jr.. instructor of
automobile mechanics in the colored
public schools. The same instructors
VIII De present al tniS ScnoOi as at NC
kinley and the same course of lessons
will be given.
As many drivers are employed at
night and will he unable to attend
either Of the two schools. it is planned
TO hold day classes after the compile
tion OF the school in order that with
In tn" next twelve months every au-
tomohile driver IN the city will have an
opportunity to receive instruction.
No charge whatever will he made
For attendance at the school. 4 diploma
viii he presented to every driver who
attends given number of classes.
rhiS diploma viii bc certificate show
ing that the holder has received in
structions in the safe maintenance and
operation Of motor vehicles. AS en-
pioyers are anxious to have safe driv-
ers on their trucks and other motor
vehicles, these cards should materially
assist man to secure employment.