Show SCORCHERS ON THE SIDEWALK The sidewalk sr scorcher is i 1 getting the wheel fraternity into bed bad b repute Pe Pc Pedestrians have been knocked kuok down dow baby carriages crags upset and havoc hav in general genera created create by wheelmen running rUn nl amuck amuck As a rule bicycle riders are ar careful It I is as a much to their interest to avoid avoid collisions as a it i is that of any a other user of ot the sidewalk But But unfortunately not all al wheel people are wi wl e enough to t sense sn this The various grades of ot mentality are aze a represented on wheels as a are the various trades tade and professions There Ther are wheelmen whelen as aswell aswell well wel as footmen with wheels on their shoulders shoulder And so 8 it is that occasion occasionally OCio ally aly we e run across a a cycler or more often he runs across acro us who Is etther ther desperately reckless reke or incapable of controlling his machine mahine The percentage of or scorch scorchers sor ers and novices is small sal but it is enough to cause cus a roar r of complaint to ascend from every eve in inhabited inhabited Inhabited habited part pt of nf th te the city AH AU bicyclers look alike alk to the th man or woman who has ha been run down Thy Th Innocent the earful careful and ad the competent therefore have hae to suffer with wIt the guilty git and ad the te indifferent and the beginner In Berlin BerUn the government undertakes to decrease the number of accidents adent by permitting only such wheelmen to t ride as a have hae passed pas an examination as to their fitness Whether this in includes I Includes dudes an inquisition as a to sanity or oris oris orIs is merely merl confined to tests of skill situ is not known koyn Doubtless it Jt should in elude dude both The examination ia l a eon con cn ducted t UC M by the police pollee who issue isue metal tags tag or certificates to all al who qualify These are re forfeited Whenever the bi hi bicle bice eycle cle ce regulations re are ar disregarded by bythe bythe bythe the holder holde Some such etch system might he be b intro introduced Introduced with profit in the cities cites of this country c mtr the police pUr should seek to reduce the t e danger by arresting sidewalk scorchers and making it a hazardous pastime to race where pe pedestrians p pedestrians are entitled to jome me consid consideration oration In this way the heedless hele and the vicious might be b punished Without molesting decent who enjoy enoy the sidewalks and permit others other to do so Spa sp |