Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
MOTORING
Some
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

on the running board and show the
stranger the way.
Washington is fortunate in this
respect. 1t is the exception rather
than the rule to meet with unman
ncrliness or insulting behavior from
members of the metropolitan force.
As a result, visitors find motoring in
Washington much more pleasant
than in some other communities
whose policemen are VIGOROUSLY
uncivil.
| Where heavy traffic streams CON
verge into a slow-moving mass OF
pleasure cars, numbering trucks and
unwield1y buses. experience has
taught that traffic signs are not
needed and must be replaced by the
| human element. One uniformed
officer, it has been found will do
more for the regulation than hun
dreds OF signs.
An instance of this has been dem
onstrated i'll New York, where a
certain amount of order has been
established from the recently prevail
ing chaotic conditions on the Queens
boro Bridge. AT the suggestion OF
the Automobile Merchants Associa-
ton, which is cooperating with the
police, an increased patroling of the
bridge has been put into effect with
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theleSS, the local motorlst is having
taken away from him one source of
complaint to which he has been able
to turn almost unfailingly in recent
years when he has felt the need for
an object of a TRADE. In other
words, Washington streets are
being repaired. At length they
really arc undergoing a rigorous
| overhauling, rather than the usual
dabs here and there. A critical ride
over our streets and boulevards will
convince even the most embittered
car owner, whose property hereto
fore has been loosened to distrac-
ton by bumps and ruts, that the
pavementS are in generally better
condition now than they have been
in some years. OF course, there arc
plenty of spots, and lengths of
street. where reconstruction is crv-
ing need Many holes remain I'M
patched, and many roads still resem-
bic washboards. But nevertheless
we are progressing. and the present
general condition really gives much
**
Indications are that hundreds upon
hundreds of Washington motorists
this year will make their motor tours
during the month of September. In
crea singly, September is becoming
touring month. The reason for it is
plain. Primarily, one often has the
most ideal motoring weather of the
entire year in September. The morn
ings usually are cool and fresh, and
the afternoons have the Summary
flavor which many like so we'll. There
IS combination, then, which makes
driving not only somewhat varied,
but surprising invigorating as well.
For the most part, the motorist who
selects September for his tour will
circumvent that wilted feeling which
occasionally overcomes the touring
neated term. In SeptemDer the coun-
iySrue presents brilliant picture,
Gnu almost everywhere IN the United
- aee - - month curing winch
49,, ,mv "ea:neI - suIn as 10 allow maxi
iiuni enjoyment OF the passing vistas.
*
M otordom. like every other sphere
OF human activity, has its inexplic-
able incidents. Recently in a we'll
known community car was stolen.
1t was found a day later, stripped
and deserted along a country road.
The owner, somewhat pinched for
cash at the moment, decided to look
over the secondhand market in buy
ing tires with which to re-cquip the
rom the ne ist IN the telephone direc-
him was one that bsd han ' nr .La