The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
Care, Training Urged
 For Faulty Drivers
Superintendent of Police Offers Several Suggestions
 to Aid Operators in Correcting Defects

Drivers with faults in their oper- ation of cars can correct them by proper care and training, says Po- tce Superintendent William J. Roach in 8 safety statement today. Such handicaps as slow reactions, poor time and speed estimates, and Faulty coordination can be easily corrected, he says.
 Supt. Roach's statement follows: Proper Training
 'Most faults in driving can be corrected by proper training. A few can be offset only by making al- lowances to counterbalance the handicap. Now the practical things any motorist wants to know about his driving are what his short com- ings are, and what he should do about them. The first step is to watch for the weak points in your driving. Do you find yourself mak- ing 8 good many sudden stops? Nearly climbing up the rear of the car ahead? Your trouble may be what is known as slow braking re- action. That means that you take longer than the average motoriSt to recognize a situation demanding a stop, or to lift your foot from the accelerator and slam on the brakes. The next step is to overcome this handicap"
 "In this case you can do 1t by not following cars so closely in traffic, also by starting to apply the brakes further back than usual before com- ing to an intersection. Here is an- other weak point with many: In passing on the road, do you just miss hitting car you passed, or the car coming against you? You thought there was ample room to pass and suddenly were faced with the possi- bility of raming the car in front of you or colliding with the oncoming one. Your trouble may be poor time and speed estimation. In other words, you misjudge the distance available for passing, and probably also the speed of the car you want to overtake and of the vehicle fac- ing you. Such judgment can be i'm proved"
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 "One way is to play at passing Make believe that you are going to pass car, with another coming from the opposite direction. Then estimate at which tree, house or telegraph pole the two cars would meet if you had passed. A little of this practice will work wonders. A tc fo tle as possible on two-lane roads. DO you wander all over the road, crowding other cars off narrow pavements? Or often catch yourself straddling the center line? Then it's pretty sure your eye-hand CO., ordination is at fault. You are weaving too much because you are driving too fast for your ability to look at the road and at the same time steer your car This difficulty will lesson if you drive more slow ly. You can become good at steer ing by practice. See how long you can hold the car one foot inside the white line without wobbling. Final ly see if you can take curves with out throwing your rear-side passen- gers off their balance. Does head light glare make your eyes smart and interfere considerably with your driving. If so you can be said to be glare blind. You can remedy this by pasting strip Of celluloid or other transparent material at eye-level on the windshield to re- duce glare"
 Tunnel Vision
 "What If you have tunnel vision" can see very little out of the cor ners of your eyes when looking straight ahead? You can't change