Evening star., 1928-03-29
DRIVING DANGERS
/ SHOWN IN TOUR
Grade Crossing. Sharp Turns
and Other Hazards Found
in Survey.
CONTINUED from First pasc J


Golden Rule car showed Yesterday. Of
fcrS plenty Of opportunity for drivers 10
apply the supreme rule az human con-
Cuct--fCr the very reason, IL for no
other that there is SO much temptation
10 40 otherwise II was expressed more
forcefully by The veteran driver who
pilots the Golden Rule car Yesterday
4 ALWAYS tell beginners whom I am
teaching 70 drive" he said that the
only safe way 70 get along on country
roads Is 10 take il for granted that
everybody else OH the road is either
6ruC6 or crazy and act accordingly
II YOU apply this rule you can't 50
far wrong II Won depend on The other
fellow always 20 do the right thing YOU
are sure 70 set into trouble sooner or
later" This. after sil. NAV be q very
good 'rule-oI-thumb" method Of ap-
plving the Golden Rule
In the city there are some things
upon which the driver can depend with
reasonable aSsurance--Such as REQ
liehtS. stop signs and hand Ssnaphores
But in the country there is absolutely
nothing he can depend upon. Safety
for himself and others is thrown en-
tirely on his own shoulders
The Golden Rule car first carried its
message Of courtesy and good will across
the Francis Scott Key Bridge into tho
villages Of Arlington and Fairfax Coun-
ties
The roads OF nearby Virginia are i'm
proving But they still are narrow end
have sharp. trescherous curves. which
ere continual source Of danger to the
careless motorist Besides, policemen
ere not encountered 50 frequently Ths
driver has more temptation to exceed
the speed limit, because he knows that
-
There are long stretches Of open coun-
try, where some increase in speed is
justified. so long as the car is under
perfect control and the motorist knows
his road. But constant caution and
proper recnrd for the rights Of others
IS the only guarantee against frequent
and serious accidents
The county roads are fun OF traps"
for the unwary This becomes obvious
as soon as the motorist has crossed the
bridge into Rosslyn. The village lies
81 the foot Of steep hill Into the
busy little cluster Of stores and houses
tSo steep roads curve like fishhooks-
one, the Lee Highway. going toward
Cher-ydale and Falls Church and the
other the Clarendon. BallSton road. The
Golden Rule car took the latter route.
Right IN RosSlyn there is a sharp curve
al the afoot Of the hill and 8 little
further on was encountered that con-
ditlon 50 much dreaded by motorists.
an S-shaped double curve on a steep
hillside partly hidden from drivers ap-
preaching from the Washington side
hy the corner Of a building juttins
against the road II is a situation
made 70 order for the destruction Of the
careless or drunken driver or for those
innocent persons who unWittingly get
In his way That more serious crashes
have not occurred here is highly COM
plimentaTy 10 Virginia motorists.
Hazards of Driver.
From the first the Golden Rule car
found itself in an exasperating situa-
ton Right ahead Of il vas a large
furniture van which almost completely
hio the road ahead. Cars were ap-
preaching down the hill. but some dis
tance away. The gilded car is fast and
powerful The driver, by taxing a
slight chance. could have cut ahead Of
the van and avoided the machines COM
tng in the opposite direction The
temptation 10 do 50 was strong. Prob
ably so per cent ot motorists would have
taken the chance. But it is Just such i
s0-to-1 chances which cause tragedies. +
So Il patiently trziled the SLOW lumber +
ing truck until the hilltop was reached .
and the driver could see a clear road for /
more than 100 yards ahead Then
sounding a sharp blast on the horn, he
passed the furniture van.
And 50 into Clarendon. Here. with .
cars parked on both sides of the street,
some parallel 70 the curb and son1e al .
right angles. was another illustration
% the value Of careful driving. Persons
continually we're stepping out from be-
tween the parked vehicles and crossing /
the street The driver proceeded on tho f
assumption that persons would appear .
n front Of him Unexpectedly. rather .
than on ihe TO frequent assumption .
that they would ngt
The first sop vas made in front of
the brick scn00lno4s@ ~ Ballst0n. /
where Il gss found that teachers and .
pupils already knew al about Tne .
STAR Golden Rule crusade and were .
supporting 1t enthusiastically Yes .
3aoeee said the principal as she nast-
Iy summoned children to poBe for pic I
1lYe we always are afraid when me
children are on tneT way % and .
from schOcl 0ecags cars sometimes go .
along this gosd st fr.ghtfUI pace
Arlington County mas about one cnilo
q year killed on Us streets by auto
mobiles
Then me Golden Rule car switched
oseF through VaYerly Hills " the Ire /.
Highway and proceeoed u Pals
Church where B4ls MaJ6e Hooos
pr3nclps ri the MaolbDn Elementary
Gcagol called out the effcieni patrol II
boys Rnicn ms 5een recruited among
tae oder pupils - protect me others
fn tce streets between their hofnfs ano
me scnrol These Doys ElchsFo Cope-
izuc Jack Bowen ElDert MOffU VII
Ian S0fete src Steven ElAQt give gp
. gogc CcSl II their time ~ actsua ~
cYD6srZ Dg!3ceneH ~ the three danger
o9s eTGsluRS ~ faUF CHJJcH. They
sTe ~ tnel5 plSCes each npJnlnR before
sci2CC4 c4f4ug me oGoll recess and after
acnoDI DE0l I'll Inc pupils ARE safely
home They nave 0eeD sworn in by the /
ycr hz.e OacZes ~ which they take
c3psl1eTSole grlce sDo attend 10 lnelf
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