Show WOULD YOU DRIVE ON NAILS THEN WHY RACE R R TRAINS Br Dr ERWIN GREEN CREEn Greer r College of Auto uto Automotive motive moth and D I Trades Trade Chicago Note Charlie Note Everhart an en engineer gincer for tor the Santa re le flU na writ writ- written written written ten mo me m the th engineers engineer view of the reckless and careless automo automo- automobile bile driver who takes lakes chances at railroad crossing 1 I am cure ure ure you reader will get a 11 new nw angle or of orthis orthis this more mor terrible way ay to COnt- COnt con com commit mit Erwin suicide Greer There are ar quite quit a a few kinds of reckless drivers rs The rhe Tn worst It seems cerns to me roe Is I I the Joy oy rider rider- rider out for tor thrills driving at a ft reck reek reckless less Ius speed nowhere In particular to go io and all day dy le I get Ret there This class claM of o driver does cloes not seem to give dv a thought to hIs hi responsibility responsibility to the th other others in the th car with him Another Is I the th person who Is I driving autom automatically at 01 al lowing hi his mind to be concentrated ed on something other otner r Ulan than log lne the th car We W have hav often otten heard th that t self belt preservation Is the th first law of nature However Howver from the tb per performance of some orne om driver drivers we w be- be begin begin be gin to think this law nag nas been reo re- repealed re repealed pealed When we w know that no n Relic Raile ne person will dellb deliberately rat ly drive driven a 1 car over a board with null nAils sticking lip up up that would au surely rei puncture the th tire why way will these same drivers driven take II a desperate chance of losing their ther life lite by y crossing a track Suet jut ahead of an approaching train 1 I The ordinary passenger train ranges In weight from front to 1200 tons tone ton and when moving from forty to sixty miles per er hour It requires nearly one halt one mile to come corn to SL II Stop atop top FreIght train trains with their longer hea healer up ler make up require about the th sam same distance owing to their slower Ver speed peed If It you will please pleas care eare carefully fully fully cart consider this Immense amount of ot weight when moving at such euch II a terrific speed p ca you wilt will appreciate the th trem mc- mc mo momentum that must be b overcome to bring brine these thue he trains train to a stand standstill still at SUDDEN STOP It If It even for tor us to stop these thes train trains suddenly It would result In the th killing or In In Suring juring of all aU the tho th on board the train as ae well aj as livestock and the demolishing of other freight and the th train Itself If the train should happen to be freight Should anyone stall etall on the crossing and give us u reasonable notice we w will gradually stop and help them get Into clear It IS not necessary to have hav a red Ian tern n-tern tern for case cases casu of this kind buta buta but a hat coat or violent waving of the arms will get let the th train to stop But Dut we must have hav a rea rex reasonable distance In which to do doSO doso SO 80 |