Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-03

! earthly authorities In charge Of such
things put the onus upon him, and he
Is o wise man II he accepts it.
If he does, 1t means that, first of all,
he must never forget, even for an in
stant that he is in danger. Eternal
vigilance is the price of safety. and
right here, we feel. the majority Of the
accidents come about
It Is so very easy to forget.
Even persons who realize the per-
feet necessity for remembering traffic
danger at all times will find themselves
upon occasion forgetting momentarily
And moment, alas. Is enough.
Many q person who Is constantly
are one or more situations in which he,
personally, tends to be careless.
We will let the reader in on two OF
our own. The first Is the situation OF
| the street car platform, upon which
one is standing with more or less safety,
facing the car tracks.
| Upon more than one occasion we
have carelessly turned and stepped into
the street. without giving thought to
the automobiles.
| And upon several such occasions we
have been within an inch of being
moved down.
To look around, while on platform
to wave to some one aboard a street
car. and then to turn hurriedly and
step into the street, is to invite disas-
ter, since there seems to be no onus
on motorists to keep from hitting you
Another unhappy situation arises
with some persons, careful although
they may be, when walking out be-
tween parked cars.
Here many a person has come tc
grief
It is quite easy, in such a situation
to fail to pause and peer around the
corner of a parked car.
Automobiles come on rubber shoe
feet, and no horn can sound if tbs
driver does not see you. The unfor-
tunate part about horns Of all types /,
that often enough they tend to paralyze
a pedestrian, rather than galvanize him
into the necessary action.
The pedestrian must protect himself
from the dangerous monsters which
roam the streets; therefore, he must
after remembering at all times the
exigencies of his unhappy state, be eau
tious. Now being cautious is different
4 thing from keeping in mind the neces-
stiles imposed upon him by trafic con-
dition, The latter Is mental, the former
phyical. II being cautious is to amount
to anything at all, 1t must be translated
into doing something about it. Thi.
means action looking toward persona
safety. This includes plain and fame!
jumping, lodging and other displays O.
agility as well as proper walking.
Also use Of the eyes.
Just looking, keeping ones eyes gcihg
is about the best means known II
escape getting run over in modern
traffic.
II you want to remain sound ant
whole Cor at least as sound and whole
as you now are) the best way in tn,
world to achieve this is to roll den
eyes. as the old MINISTRIES put it.
Especially will those no longer yount
find this invaluable They must replace
the perfect coordination Of mind ant
muscles of young people with TIL
poorer coordination of ageing man
kind. This will require mere use Of tn
"old beam" as the English once liket
to call the head, with special reference
to the brain.
One must look one way, then another
then estimate as well as one may tn
number Of cars, the speed they ar
making, how long they will require h
get by and Just when and where tn
crossing may be made by the interestet
party.
All this requires caution, good eye
sight, eternal vigilance and experience
But some such plan, as theoretical as
may sound. is necessary. In practice
will be discovered, as most people hav
discovered 1t, really quite practical
after all, and just what every one doe
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