The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1923-08-17
HAVE YOU A LITTLE ROAD-HOG
IN YOUR HOME?

have recently been giving quite bit
of attention to articles about driving
correctly and concerning politeness
on the highway. That is good;
everybody should be polite when driv-
ing, and should try to drive carefully
and correctly. But none of the
articles mention the man who takes
all the road and refuses to let one
pass-in other words, the Road
hog" And there are plenty of them,
too.
This animal is found usually in the
country town and on country roads.
The city scarcely knows him, here,
they have policemen to mind traffic
in the buhiness districts, and the
other highways are sufficiently wide
to allow at least two cars to pass
easily and neither have bad way to
run on. Hence, there is no jealousy
nor greed for the middle good road
of the graded dirt highways. That
selfishness is the main instinct in the
road-hog; he hates to give up the
good road and get off halfway in
the mud or ruts to let someone pass
who may be in big hurry.
He thrives on poor narrow roads,
such as we have. Of course, if the
road is very wide and made of con-
crete, asphalt or gravel, he can not
possibly cover the whole thing and
prevent passing. So his impulses
are checked and battered until they
die.
Many times the edges of the road
are too muddy, too sandy, or too
rough, or maybe it is too narrow to
warrant your turning aside to allow
a car to pass until some distance far
ther up the road. In that case, the
person behind you viii surely under
stand; if he refuses to do SO, you
may know that he is a road-hog, so
let him roll on, when you get to q
good place to turn out, and tell your
self that you did the right thing
However, don't let your imagination
make all the roads too narrow, sandy
or muddy, or rough. There are some
that are good even though they are
in Mississippi.
1t is not disgrace to let car
pass you on the road; it does not
prove that the other automobile is the
better. You might not have been
to race, get on the side, giving plenty
of space for the other car, and go to
it.
Don't try to dust every body you
see. Road-hogs usually do. Still, if
somebody comes at you rearing and
pitching, kicking up lot of dust, do
it too. l don't blame you; l do it
myself. 1t is just case of saying,
eff you're going to dust me. then I'll
dust you." Is that unfair? |
think not.
If somebody drives straight at you
and refuses to get halfway out of the
road, tries to act straightforward
road-hog, then it's best for you to
turn out; you might get knocked out.
But just because you ranup against
some rotten, sneak Of driver, don't
try to take revenge on the next person
you meet, by doing the same thing
You might meet another road-hog
who won't turn out and then / could
not advise you. If you have large
car don't try to run it over the
Fords. They will at least run when
they're new.
Don't stop suddenly in the middle
of the street; somebody may be be-
hind you. The hand signal, used in
the city is good device, as a great
many of the people already know.
Read all you can about how to
drive correctly; you can be an expert,
but there is always room for inn
provement-
We can't safely stop our car to
pick up somebody walking on a
country road and give them lift to
town or where ever they are going.
There are too many thieves and such
abroad, who thank you with a blow
over the head and the theft Of your
car. It has happened more than
once, and not only near the cities;
the country has its full quota Of them.
But If any car is halted at the road
side and somebody is working on it
in any way, stop and ask if he needs
help. Mind, now--if anybody is
working on 1t. Other wise You
might butt in on loving couple or
most anything now-a-day.