Evening star., 1933-07-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

mitted to exist, which offer the pos
sibilities fer accident, and worse.
Not a day goes by but the lnotoriSt
has occasion to curse the careless
pedestrian, who seems to 1eel that he
is strolling In field of daisies. aprar-
emily, not crossing a crowded modern
thcroughfarc.
1t may be felt that one is neither
cowardly nor too cautious who at tbs
came time believes that too much trust
| had better not be put in rules alo
| regulations.
| The rules and regulations are all
right, but when it comes To trafflc rules
they may be violated 50 quickly that
before the thing has happened. almost
it is over.
The desire to face traffic, no matter
whether standing in safety zone
or not. is not an indication CT human
cowardice, SO much rs cf plain common
sense.
Why should one deliberately turn
Cne's back upon oncoming cars, ano
lCok in the direction from which they
come only en- the other side OF the
street?
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1Ilc ItCOSIlltlOIl VI kOootuIC
whether 1t ever occurs or not, l. safe
| and sane. just as sane as safe, and
happily, a great deal safer.
| One must look some way or other
while standing within the white lines
backed by the three round jiggers CVel
which motor car wheels are not sup
posed to 60, bat over which they dc
roll at times.
1t is just as easy, and far better, to
lCok up the street. from which dlrec-
ton ones car is coming. than to gaze
down the way one is going or at the
pavement ON either side CT the street
The failure to gaze back. not ahead
| Is en- par with that other incautiouS
procedure. walking along the east side
of a road without sidewalk when one
| is going north, and on the west side
when walking south
The correct procedure Is to walk On
| the west side when walking north and
/ en- the east side when going south. in
order that one may face oncOmirg trat-
| fic. To walk on the wrorg side is 10
! permit a car to slide up on one unseen
And it is SO much better TO see EN-!
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! Faith in mankind is good. but Is
misplaced when applied to rules and
restrictions which may be violated un-
necessarily as we'll IS uninteEtionally
| One ought to be ready to jump, II
need be, at all times when walking in
modern Street. yet how often is this
fundamental bit Of common sense
| violated on our streets!
Net an hour goes by. in the down.
town section, but somebody ventures
straight into the path If danger
There is an entire segment of the
population, evidently. which seems to
choose the street as iavo,ite place
for contemplation.
Men and women become introspec-
tive in the very place they should he
keeping their eyes open and their wits
about them.
| One often sees a man reading while
attempting to cross heavily Travelled
intersection.
! Only the other afternoon we saved an
| intelligent looking woman from being
run over three times in almost as many
seconds.
/ She ventured to cross at Twelfth and
E streets on green light, but did not
take into consideration thai this gave
motorists the right to make right
hand turn sQuarely into her as she
/ stepped of the curb. We hauled he,
! back, she tried it again, We hauled her
back again, she tried it again. We
hauled her back again. Each time We
saved her very careless life, but she
doesn't know yet she was in any danger
Less fear? More faith? No; less COM
mon sense.