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Show STOICT REGULATION IS BEST FOR AUTO Rulings Owners Should Ob serve Are Discussed in Motor Print PREVENT ACCIDENTS One Should Never Enter Into an Argument With a Motor Cop The following extract from July Mo tor Pr nt f carefully perused an 1 the lesson heeded w II go a long wa to ward elim nat ng and lessen ng many carelesB and ser ous res Its n motor acc dents We repr nt it because of the valuable suggest ons t offers Extreme care and a devot on to tbe nterests of others are the chief qual f cat ons of a n otor f&r dr er The modern st m ght paraphrase the Scr p tnres to read What would t prof t a n an to absorb all the knowledge and acqu re all the si 11 in the world n the f eld of motor ng if he has no sense of r ghteousness! A man may be a clever sk pper of a boat and jet f he does not heed bar bor and channel regulat ons and h s duty toward other skippers h s skill will not keep b m out of la 1 Forgetful of the happ ness of others d sobed ent to the dec ees of the gov eminent a motorist who s a carefully tra ned operator will be involved n trouble every day of 1 s motoring life If v.e were I v ng in an ideal state all of our motorists would be elected to that pos tion as a mark of pre eminence as gentlemen Then they would be taught (Continued on Following Page) STRICT REGULATION IS BEST FOR AUTO (Continued From Preceding Page ) the rud n ents of ar constr ct on and control Then they would be required to memor ze the special regulations 1m posed upon them Then ve would have ideal motor sts in our ideal state Kegulat on n our complex 1 f e is made necessary by mult pie part cipa t on in a s ngle act t Regulat on prevents or is des gned to pre ent a clash between people of a class or peo pie of different classes vh ch we ex pound n the face of the fact that a motor ng regulat on proven to be class leg slation would be held to be unconst tut onal Regulation Conserves Safetj Eegulat on conserves the safety and con fort of each md vidual motor st all motor sts and all society Motoring owes its popular ty to proper regi lat on, for if cars were not str ctly controlled by law todav few people would want to own one because of h ndrances and dan gers created by rrespons ble drivers whose irrespons bil ty vould be magni f ed by be ng uncontrolled Ivor would the great publ c tolerate n otor cars if thev were allowed to speed at unlimited rates turn corners, pa's cross ngs and back np whenever the whim of an eccen trie motor st might d ctate Perhaps every h man be ng is born with the instinct to keep on the r ght when in mot on Manv careless people so cont nnously refuse to heed th s in st net that t f nally becomes callous and then we have a chronic conf rmed ncorr g ble jay Always keep on the r ght and you will always be on the r ght s de is a plav on words that is among the truest statements in the Engl 'h language 'Motor cars are the only sw ft mov ing veh cles in the world which runt witho t anv highly organ zed d spatch ing s tern Our ra lroads and street cars are well safeguarded m th s par t cular The motor st has only a pnmi tive method of being gu ded He must wateh the traffic off cer at the cro s ng Th s traf f c off cer e ther blows a wh stle or waves h s arm or turns a semaphore to inform the driver when he should stop and when he should go ahead Don't Dispute the Traffic Cop To d spute a traff c policeman amounts almost to treason nee it is a d rect affront to eff cient government It is a def ance to government Th s government s gnal system is supplemented by an equally primitive method of flagging used by the motor ists themselves, when you are to turn right hold out your right arm so that those ahead and behind you will know that von are about to change from your straight course When you are about to turn left hold out your left arm Nothing could be s mpler It is a sys tern made for ch ldren and some mo tonst3 with an understand ng snpenor to a child s have a child a uncertain sense of discipline so that they signal onlv when they are in the mood. 'Be especially careful of 6treet cars and always remember to drive about e ght feet away from a street car which Is stopping at a crossing That is a sofety zone fixed by the police Some cities require that all motor cars and dorse drawn veh cles stop ten feet be hind a street car in the downtown sec tion |