The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20

that you take a drivers licen'
airy 1 1913.
All other drivers will be re-ex-
amined IN alphabetical order with
in the next four years. The c.
and DIS will come up between
January 1.1948, and June 80, 1913.
Schedules for other drivers will
be announced later.
The experts in Raleigh, includ-
ing Col. Landon C. Rosser, COM
missioner of motor vehicles and
Col. H. J. Hatcher, head of the
Highway Safety division, advise
the AS and BIS to get their Ii
lenses now instead of waiting I'M
til the end of the year. "Get them
now and avoid the rush." they
warn.
Those wao fail to take a re-ex-
animation before January l will
be guilty of driving without a IL
cense, which is a misdemeanor,
the punishment for which is a
fine of not less than S25 and i'm
prisonment for not less than 30
days in jail, Or both.
7 According to Mrs. Hilda S.
Johnson, a license examiner in
Raleigh, the AS and BIS are anx-
ious to be re-eXamined, and each
day she has a long line of people
waiting to take their tests. after
reading about the States New
Highway Salty laws, most drivers
are a little frightened,' Mrs John
son said. But she added that the
examination is easy for a driver
who has studied his Driver Man
ual and observes all the traffic
regulations on the roads and high
wys.
An applicant coming for re-ex
animation - or a person getting
his license for the first time IS
required to take an eye test, with
the poorest visual reading permit
ted, with glasses, to be 1880. Mrs.
Johnson said several older persons
had failed to get their licenses
because they did not pass the eye
test.
Next, an applicant is given a
printed QUESTIONABLE, which he is
required to fill out. Here are some
sample questions:
What is the speed limit on open
highways, in business districts, in
residential districts? More people
have gone on record as missing
this QUESTION than any other, as
most of them give the old speed
limits. The 1947 General Assembly
fixed speed limits at So miles per
hour on the open highway, 20 in
business districts, and IS in resi-
dental districts.
Some of the questions are di-
rect;-you fill in the answers;
others are multiple choice, and
others are true-false.
Examples.
l. In cities, who are more likely
to be killed, pedestrians or driv-
ers?
2. If ga hear an ambulance,
police car or fire truck coming.
what are you required to do?
3. How far from a corner at
which you are going to turn
should you give a signal?
4 What are the correct hand
signals for stop, right turn, ana
left turn?
When you have finished the
questionable, containing about %
questions. your examiner will
shove before you a notebook filled
with abou. 80 photographs of road
signs, intersections. waving rail-
road signals, and side roads to the
left and right. You have to identi-
fly each sign and tell what TO do
in each case. Naturally, all good
drivers know that a diamond sign
means a curve Or winding road,
and they warn the driver to re
duce his speed. Square signs
mean caution, and usually indi-
cate that a driver is approaching
a school, intersection, or men
working. Round signs indicate
railroad crossings, and octagonal
signs mean STOP"
Applicants must know their
signs and what they mean, or they
lose out in this third stage.
Next comes the final stage,
when the examiner invites you to
go for a ride-you do the driving
of course, in your own car f r
about five or six city blocks. It's
not as simple as getting mo your
car. First you have to turn your
head lights on bright and dim to
see if they're working. Next it's
the tail light, then the little white
light that shines on t h c license
pate, and then the brakes. If any
of these essential mechanisms are
out of order, your examiner vii say
"I'm sorry, but you can't t a k e
your road test unit this tail light
is flxed,' or until your other head