Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06


nunsheF OF drivers III pass
ses ether ears on the high
xsaNx Some serious mtxhap~ are the
direct tesuIs ii Inexperienced passing
aad ore has oetN 80 DRIVE along any
popular boulevard ~ highway 10 Oh
F.. serve the surprising snccmpetcnty
in this PARTICULAR branch OF driving.
There seems 30 he too little re-
gard fcr the increases IN the average
speed al all cars, according "a one
view. Many drivers consider several
hundred feet sufficient space iii
which 10 pass around other cars,
never realizing that space isn't SO
much of a safeguard as II used to
be. The car ahead moves faster and
the car approaching IS running some
times 50 per cent faster than II did
but few years ago,
Much of the difficulty III passing
can be traced to poor Judgment
The driver cannot make up his mind
whether he has an opportunity TO
pass or not. He discovers that he is
missing opportunities aud then de-
cides 10 take chance the next time
there is an opening In his very iii
decision lies the chief reason Tor his
inability to get by safely,
AS one veteran driver puts il. III
you're going TO pass. pass. Get
right up tehind and little 10 the
left of the car ahead and then shoot
by. footing the horn meanwhile The
reason for keeping little to the Left
is largely d matter of being able
to Judge the condition accurately
This also warns the man behind
that you are going to pass, and pos
slbly prevents him from trying 10
pass around you. In addition, the
driver of the approaching car OBJ
serves conditions and may be inclined
to cooperate in behalf of safety.
THE greatest tribute ever paid my
driving was that of a child who
smiled when | stopped and waved
her across the intersection" says a
inotorist friend who IS conscious of
the little things of life.
y
Difficulties encountered bv the
rnotorist in his attempts to abide
by the instruction books fabrication
char. have been responsible for
many service station and repair shop
visits since the automobile became
the greatest medium of individual
transportation. The past few years
have seen simplihcation step into the
fabrication problem
In spite OF this, probably because
the habit became so strong, many
motorists still dodge the issue and
put off oiiing and greasing as long
as the car performs without excess
sive protest
he current year, however. should
mark great improvement Manu-
factureis not only have made great
advances in this respect but they are
going further in that they are edu-
eating the motorist OH the subject
They are telling the car owner how
simple luhriGation has become. Con-
slant rciteration will drive home the
point. Au' omohilcs cannot be made
to require no oiIing and g~easiug.
The motorists part in lubricating
the cars working parts has become
less and less, but the operator still
has role TO play. 1t is such all easv
one that undoubtedly many more
VIII be likely to play it this year.
An Eastern State proposes to in
crease the gasoline tax from ? TO AZ
cents d gallon to raise money to
eliminate grade crossings.
But trains do not use gasoline"
counters the motorist who thinks
that automobile taxes have reached
their limit
a survey conducted by a national
motoring agency develops the inter
esting information that insurance
companies rate "co-eds" as better
risks than their brothers on the
campus. They are reported to take
fewer chances and TO show sounder
Judgment i'll emergencies.
A father who boasts of a coed
daughter and son, also in college.
overheard the former sustaining the
insurance companies argument. He
entered and ended the discussion
with but one terse observation, to
wit:
You may be better than your
brother as a driver. but you will
profit exceedingly by realizing that
that fact does not make you good.
Better is greatly relative in all cases,
but ii is never more relative than
when 1t describes the driving OF one
halt OF the younger generation as
against the other"
What with all cars so gayly colored
it is hard to tell whether the fashv
machine ahead belongs to the deb
or the dowager.
~
Automobile statesmen no longer are
dealing with neophytes when they
go to see the average prospect. In
thousands of cases the prospect may
know quite as much about the me-
chanical ability of an automobile as
the man who sells it.
Accordingly, the salesman who
once was able TO do most of his sell
ing before the demonstration actual
ly began now must meet a growing
show me" attitude on the part of
the prospective buyer. The motorist
does not need to know the technical
side OF the car to be we'll up on per-
Torrance, and he demands demon
stration that puts the car through
all of its PAGES.
Although he may not know what
makes a car fast. powerful. safe.
easy TO handle. and economical in
operation, he wants TO be sure that
it has all these qualities.
To the credit OF the automotive
industry, it can be said that the
manufacturer has given the sales