Evening star., 1933-07-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

when doctors disagree. the patient
dies"
In the case Of disagreeing motorists,
no telling what will happen to the poor
pedestrian.
The other day we printed here a list
of a dozen faults of car drivers, as con-
tanned in letter from local motorist
We quote herewith reply from an
other motorist: Dear Sir: The quoted
and unsigned letter in your column in
The Star read like the product of an
escaped inmate of st. Elizabeth's
(Note.-It has been a custom of this
column for 10 years to use initials only
In printing correspondence. This will
be adhered to-
"This man may have driven $4,000
miles in II years as he claims, but it is
only too manifest that he has no con-
ception of traffic regulations, and is
ignorant Of the ordinary rules Of the
road.
Il and 2. The use of horn on an
automobile is as necessary as any other
safety device, and its provision in good
condition is required by traffic Or
dinances of all States and by the
uniform vehicle code. The horn can be
used unnecessarily, but I very seldom
meet with instances where this Is done.
"3. Traffic regulations prohibit over
taking and passing when clear vision
ahead is obscured within a given dis
tance-in some States 200 feet and in
others as much as 500 feet. Dangers
produced in overtaking are the slow and
lazy drivers. usually utterly ignorant of
traffic regulations, who are insisting on
driving in the middle of the road, re-
gardless of traffic moving in either
avrin trof In 1on
in moving traffic is prohibited by traffic
regulation The man who honks to pass
you in heavy-moving traffic is not driv-
ing your car, or doing your driving for
you, and if you know how to drive, you
have nothing from him to worry about.
"a. Making turns as described in
this paragraph is prohibited by
traffic regulation in all States and
municipalities.
IS. Parking double is violation OF a
traffic regulation for passenger vehicles,
and should be during rush hours on
arterial highways and avenues for COM
mercial vehicles.
"6. Traffic regulations in Washington
require hand signals of intention to
turn, but this does not relieve the man
behind the exercising care and keeping
his vehicle. under control.
az. Traffic regulations prohibit stop
ping in a lane of moving traffic or other
wise blocking a lane used regularly by
moving traffic.
"8 The man who knows how to
drive his car can in practically every
case avoid being side-swiped,' and if he
is on his side of the road, and has his
own car under control, the chances are
he will not meet with this nothing
unusual accident.
80 Getting out of cars on the left
side in the face of moving traffic is
the only sensible complaint this man
makes A man lost his life at Hyatts-
vile. Md. year ago by this form Of
carelesSnesS.
40. Under court decisions and traffic
regulations an equal responsibility rests
upon pedestrians and motorists. The
reckless pedestrian is as much menace
as the reckless motorist, and the
troubles that come to him are adequate
ly reflected in the statistics of the
National Conference on Street and
Highway Safety. Pedestrians under
regulations have right of way with
lights or otherwise on cross walks, but
they have no rights of way in the mid
die of blocks, and it is incumbent upon
them to exercise caution, and in
cidentally to look where they are going
and what they are stepping in front Of.
I'll. I have not yet observed in this