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Show H TELLS li TO mi m trucks Safety-first Handling of Big Machines on Highways High-ways Described. "There is only one way to drive, and that is to handle the truck so that it is always under complete control," says A. W. Shaw of the Shaw Motor company, local F. W. D. truck distributor. "Modern motor trucks are so con-i con-i structed that they are simple to opeiate and easy to handle, and the brake systems sys-tems have been so perfected that a truck traveling at fair speed can be checked and brought to a stop within a few feet. "One thing the driver must remember when driving along the road is that nothing noth-ing connected with a motor truck must be done suddenly. When you decide to turn, let the man behind know it by holding your arm out at full length. Do not decide to turn to the left and put your arm out after you h a v e begun to turn. Many a driver has done this and then f o u n d that the m an i n th e r es r couid not stop in time and that the other truck jammed his and smashed the headlights. head-lights. "Another thing1 to remember is to keep your distance. Don't crowd too closely "to the truck in front. He may have to stop suddenly and then you can do nothing but crash into him. In driving along such a royd as the main highway of the state, go slowly, especially on Sunday. Sun-day. Keep at least fifty feet from the rear of the machine ahead of you. At the speed that cars move along this road this is a sate distance. You then have your truck" under full conti'ol at al! times "and can stop slowly, warning the car in the rear, and you will avoid a lot of trouble. "The first principle of making haste slowly applies in more than one way to motor truck driving. When you decide to stop, put out your arm. No matter which way you are about to turn or whether you want to stop or not, let the driver behind know about it by extending ex-tending vour arm. When a man in the car behind sees an arm outstretched he Is warned and slows up involuntarily until he finds out what you are going to do. "Tf you decide to stop, slow down gradually grad-ually 'and the car behind will have a chance to turn aside and get out of the wav, but if vou stop suddenly the man behind will have to turn sharply to avoid hitting you. "This same rule applies to tne mechanical me-chanical work of driving. If you let in the clufrh slowly and easily the car will move off without a jar, smoothly, and with less strain on the working parts than if the clutch is jammed in and the car jerked. "Remember that a truck is a fine p.ece of machinery and requires some consideration consid-eration if it is expected to last any tune at all. Sudden jars and jerks will put anv machine on the junk pile in a lot less time than it would be there if it were handled carefully. "Drive carefully do nothing about a motor trvck suddenly, and keen your distance. dis-tance. These three rules will make a good driver." |