Milford chronicle., 1934-03-16
MANY ACCIDENTS
CAUSED BY SELF
CENTERED DRIVER
ICarfinned tr0m First raatl

! lLoEHHHed from FHU TdgtJ
driving or manslaughter. and in case
of damage claim. the jury is like
| ~ to give little consideration as to
| whether the signal light was green
or red. As soon as you are aware
OF the pedestrians danger. you must
Immediately take every precaution
to insure his safety, changing your
course or bringing your car to a
| full stop ii necessary TO avoid an
accident. The law rightly holds the
opinion that although the violation
| of a traffic rule or ordinance by a
! pedestrian may be wrong. danger
| Gus. or i'll advised. it does not justi-
| fy course Of action by motorist
which might result in serious in
| Jury or death to the offender.
The same rule holds in situations
of impending danger between two
automobiles For example, accord
ing 10 the rules OF the road. the car
approaching. from the right has the
right of way at an intersection. But
if a mUtOrist approaching AN inter
section saw another driver approach
ing from his left. who was unable
To stop or had no intention OF stop
ping, and yet attempted to take his
right of way. the mere fact that he
had the right of way would not alb
solve him OF blame in the ensuing
accident. Only il he had taken
every possible precaution TO avoid
that acrident could he justly claim
Ia have heen blamrless
IN .sr.atRI..N f,i.fl,V4.tr.
happens that driver will Try 10
cut ahead Of Il line Oi traffic when
The clear passing space is insult
ticienl 10 do il in safety. IT yOu are
in Il line of cars moving along at Il
moderate speed on the right-hand
side OF the road. and if another driy-
er tries Ia cut in ahead OF you 10
avoid Il collision with an approach
ing car, it is often temptation 10
Nant To hold your position in rela-
tiOn to the car ahead so as to make
Il difficult or impossible for him to
squeeze into line.
III hi- crack Drained driving tao
lies have got him into tight place"
you are apt To say To yourself. LET
him get ont OF it as best he can"
This is the wrong attitude to take.
however. First, because il he should
collide head-On with the approach
ing ear. you too are likely to be in
VOWED in tile accident. When two
cars hit al Il high speed. they won't
usually come to dead stop. One.
or both. is likely to go flying on on
4 tangent-and il your ear happens
tn be in that line OF flight it may be
just too bad for you.
In the second place. if any action !
on your part. such as slowing up 4 |
bit to permit him To get into line, /,
,.uuld have prevented that accident. |
and You failed 10 take such action, |
il would be hard job to square |
with your own conscience,
even il yOu were no, held guilty OF |
cont ibutary negligence. iemem-
her. in such circumstances. the
driver )and OccupantsD OF the ap-
preaching car is absolutely blame
less. and IL the road is narrow ha
may be pOwcrless to prevent Il crash
Also, the occupants of the Offend
ing tar are not re sponsible for the
action OF the driver Suppose sew
eral persons were killed. a couple OF
children perhaps. and others were
painfully injured. would you like II
think that that accident would not
have happened if you had been will
ing 10 slow mp so as to let the Of
Tending ear slip into line?