Evening star., 1932-01-17
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

Some peoples driving may be i'm
proving but the cynic says 1t Is long
way from being cured.
Cars and their drivers are known to
be strikingly alike in many respects,
but the complaint of a certain woman
driver seems to be living proof of the
idea. MY, but it tires me to hold the
clutch pedal down this way when wait
ing in traffic!" she declared. That's
just the way the clutch feels about It,"
returned her passenger Keep in neu-
tral during these waits and save your
energy and the clutch spring as we'll"
Travelling along a New Jersey road
I was impressed by small signs desig-
mating emergency first aid stations. 1t
revived my belief that some day every
we'll equipped car will carry complete
flrst-aid equipment, including essential
drugs. We may yet appreciate that a
pill in time may save the whole motor
party, including the car.
In my personal kit carry bandages,
tape and antiseptic. Aromatic spirits
of ammonia, asperin, soda mint tablets
and nerve sedatives comprise the drug
store. 1t is just the idea in the rough,
but already 1t has been nfesaver on
long trips.
Playing chauffeur to the crowd
after a bridge party Is an opportune
way to learn the need for adjusting your
driving habits to match the passenger
load. 1t Is harder to stop fully loaded
car and more motor power is required
to start 1t. People who customarily have
full car usually feed too much gas
and use the lower gears too much when
ever driving alone.
Being the instructor sometimes has
its drawbacks My pupil had COM
N need to grasp the fundamentals so I
suggested that she take the car alone
and see what she could do with it," said
one who has had personal experience
With the difficulties involved. While
Che was gone it started to rain. Night
came on, and there I was stranded
without transportation or shelter. My
pupil finally limped back with the ex-
planation that she had lost her bearings
and could not remember where she had
started out"
You don't have to go so far as to be
like the diplomat who, when caught
headed in the wrong direction on
one-way street, said he was just prac
ticing the art Of backing his car, but
IIleIS Is IIluCIl W OC SdlIAcd 1AOui l I'LL
ming over the various processes of drtv-
ing until you become we'll Schooled in
them. The woman who lets willing at
tendants put her car away In a public
garage is forfeiting valuable opportu-
nifty for learning how to handle the car
in close quarters. Your own driveway
is another fertile field for experience
Drive in every time you are stopping of
at the house just so you can have the
practice of backing out
Passengers may mean well when they
keep silent, but one woman now makes |
it a rule to inform her friends that she
would appreciate being advised If there |
Is anything turning up which she may
not be able to see. She knows from |
experience that a silent passenger has
its hazards. Didn't she recently ram |
her car into some one pulling out of a |
parking space while she herself was busy |
looking to traffic on the left?
Watching women take a brake test, I
was interested to note that q great |
many OF them were unable to stop the
car at the designated point without |
making several trials. The machine
used called for their stopping the car
when all four wheels were on as many
plates, but time and time again the
drivers would halt short OF the plates or
90 beyond them. 1t seems to be good
evidence Of milady's pressing need for
greater attention to detail.
Better check that nervous tesion |
when you are In q hurry to reach home
Much gas is wasted through useless ac-
celebrating of the engine when waiting
for the traffic lights to say go" and |
often this nervous habit makes 1t more
dificult to sniff into low for the start.
ANY woman who is student enough to
remain psychologist after being pro-