Evening star., 1938-11-27

into Tiff1n and Fostoria. The large
dirigible hanger can be seen from the
road on the outskirts OF Akron.
At Fostoria take Route % into
Bowling Green where the highway
joins Route 6 leading into Napoleon
and Bryan, the last two places Of
any size In Ohio. Continue on !,
Route 6 into Waterloo, Kendallville,
Nappannee, Bremen, Walkerton and
Hammond, all Indiana towns.
At Hammond take Route Al which
leads into Chicago and the South
and North Shore Drives. Then as
to speed let your conscience be your
guide.
Maryland and Pennsylvania speed
regulations are we'll posted and par
ticularly in the latter State watch
your accelerator. They mean busi-
ness there. You will find the other
drivers will not fly past you. They
know only too well. Be careful
of the school buses everywhere. Come
to complete stop behind them
when they stop for unloading or
loading. In Ohio stop when meeting
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on the other side of the highway.
Authorities mean business too about
this regulation.
Speed up if you like through Ohio
and Indiana. There are no limits
except through towns. Watch care
fully the railroad crossings. There
are many of them and some unpro-
tected. Be careful not to pass over
the white lines in the center of the
road. 1t is to be found on all curves
and on both sides of all hills. Ohio
and Indiana are fiat in that section,
but there are some grades they call
hills. In Indiana there are two
white lines in the center of the road
where you may not pass. Whether
this means double jeopardy or not,
don't try to pass.
One finds the quintessence Of
politeness in the Middle West.
Catch their spirit. Ninety-nine per
cent of all cars, including trucks
quickly dim their lights for you and
seem glad to pull over to aid your
passing.
Chicago's shore drives take care
Of much traffic. Inner lanes outer
lanes, underpasses and overpasses
allow the driver to speed along in
comparative safety. Chicago is not
a city Of horn blowers. They drive
quickly but silently and although
they drive almost entirely with all
windows closed in some way or other
they drive so as to let you know
what they are going to do next.
No hand signalling exists, but
neither do they turn quickly or stop
without warning.
Indiana drivers in Chicago are
likened to Virginia drivers in Wash
ington, but this sort of neighborhood
regard seems to exist everywhere.
In Indiana it is the Illinois and Ohio
drivers that seem worst. Each place
believes it has better drivers than
the adjoining one. After all, 1t is
just mental and not actual.
Evanston, just north Of Chicago
on Lake Michigan, is proud of its
safety record. All drivers learn ts
say, I'VE must drive very carefully
now; we are entering Evanston" 1t
seems to work, and it is too bad that
psychology is not used elsewhere.
Above Evanston is Willmette.
There traffic record is fair. There
one cannot park all night or even
after dark without light on. 1t
seems that few years ago there
was bad accident involving a
parked car. So now in that section
alone the rather archaic regulation
exists. Anyway, there has been no
repetition Of the accident, although
1t is bit hard on some of the bat
teries those cold nights for those
without garages.
Parking restrictions are somewhat
unknown in most sections of the
Middle West. There are some hm-
itations, but, except on the main
artery, the Shore Drive, cars are
parked everywhere at the curb, day
and night. But how they move when
going.
Chicago's transportation is well
carried out. Trains and the ele-
waited carry what the automobiles
do not. A subway for Chicago now
seems close at hand. 1t may mean
the end of the loop.
The Windy City now receives lot
of its breezes from the whizzing cars.
It isn't all from the lake.