The Washington times., 1925-06-29
with. The !.
|.Alibi Artists
Times Road Hog Test
Figures Down to
Problem in !.
= Arithmetic,
By. DONALD 0IeDOtjG GALL

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The washington Times "rpad.
hog experiment Ief last. Saturday
shows. that you can save two
and sthree-Quarter minutes In q
four-t1lile trip by breaking four
or five hundred &slelie re-, worth Of
traffic regulations - say, 300
worth to the mile ~ %s
And even at that YOU'D better
not try its.unieas your have four
wheel brakes and Esree an excfp-
tionally good driver.
Come to think OF it, yon'd bet.
ter not try it at all---that ss0ur-
wheel brake alibi sfsnIt taekd any
more Thessflasts one that sprung
it. the Judge fined III - ar4k $ !
AT first sight you'd think 4
driver making all the. fuss that
Colonel sMollers did ting cor
'ners, driving nm the WRONG side.
over the speed limit ,har the.
ting, sra bbinga the rig litsot
,scaring ped stEid 4 .osl9sa1 ois tttlt eir.
beliSionS yold think he'd save
more than two end three ezra ter
minutes by all s. aftic
vllIainv. E ~ s. Il. s5.SS 4; 81
But when you come stbx fielre
it out I. It's just about what y0fi d
expect. How much TING % YOU
save by HegIectina to gsIeWE aafwn
at d cross street, TOR silfStR aee as
the regulation requireSf
Unless the arithmetic teacher
We had in our eaflys youth vas
an awful preyarlcaito OF. syou save
somewhere around thirtyssix. hun
dredtfs OF second. II you're
running at tWentY-tFlo miles an
hour and dbhst slow adeMn to
fifteen. Thuk. IS
According to the brake chart
In the back OF the traffic regu:
latiDns, you should BE- able
slow down from tWenty .twc miles
an hour TO, 15{ inside Of ~ feet
and most engines Will pick up
again In the same disEAfee.
Four average speed from the
time YOU begin to slow down
until you reac1ns16, Ii the average
of 20 and 15, or. 81 miles per
hour, and you III pick up with the
same rate, or "a feet altosS tter,
at 1874 average, r s's
Our teacher told us that q car
runs half as many more feet per
second ae II does miles per hour,
very nearly. and she was a good,
Christian woman. and WoilIln de.
cieve anyone. so We believed her.
Besides We worked 1t out ouFseIf
one Saturday and Sunday, and
find it's good
So your average speed through
the 81 feet. I'm feet psr second
is Pits. That 10. you'll cover
the 81 feet In az seconds. While
II you continued at ~ miles per
hour. which Ii 80 feet per second.
you'd cover the 81 feet in 1894
seconds or q difference Of 0.36
seconds. Right?
Well. that's what Colonel Mol
Ter saved when he busted than
regulatjon--about one-third the
time II takes the Judge to say
$40"
In sthe course OF a miles drive
almost anywhere, u in Washington
city, youth cross eleven intersec..
tons. 80 by, running over Them
without slowing up. you. save
four seconds to the mile, and run
eleven chances Of making a trip
to the norgue. in a basket.
Putting your life up eleven
times in the same, place to win
four seconds IL poor rambling.
It's following impulse instead Of
percentages
A man who can't swim has. an
impulse, when he falls OVER
board. to open his mouth and
yell, while the best thing for
him to do H., shut his mouth and
save the breath to float with.
That man needs to be taught
how to swim. You can stand on
the shore and explain that his
body. Is lighter than water when
his lungs are full Of air, and he
cant sink YOU can explain
that until you're bluer in the
face than he Is. But that won't
take the place Of swimming les.
sons. It's. too much information
in too short a time for him to
absorb 1t properly. -
Anyone can take a paper and
pencil and figure out that by run.
ming at thirty mites an hour he
only saves SO seconds in, a; two.N
mile trip, compared with the man
who runs at twenty-five miles an
hour. :: ~
But his accelerator foot I, won't
believe 1t. A traffic school to IN.
stfil@ the habit Of. careful driving
so that each individual could try
for himself the lacts brought cut
by The Times experiment, would
help to make that foot behave.
Mathematics, don't make much
impression on it,. ~