| Show r edw MR ff ff eff ano B I 1 CHILD chauffeurs ij 0 o the automobile runs so lightly so smoothly so si st bently so easily that many people lose sight of the f fact act that it is really a road engine of heavy weight and cap able of inflicting death unlike the railway locomotive which is confined to one narrow track over which it has excle exclusive ive right the automobile has the freedom of all country roads and threads the crowded streets of our cities at pleasure in the interest of the public stringent regulations should govern concerning tl abse who should bo be permitted to drive these modem modern agdern ilits th tint thit it can so easily and quickly crush maim or ol loll 1011 really no adult who has not pissed an examination a as 3 to eyesight knowledge and skill in handling the ma chine clime should be permitted to drive one and children never Eer everyone vone has seen small boys and girls at the wheel of big to ang cars and those who hive gi gli en the matter a though hive wondered in how parents could trust to their close attention skill judgment and coolness in a crisis their own lives the lives of the multitudes who ti averse averso our roads and streets to siy say nothing of the lesser of the danger of having a machine costing hundreds liun dredA of thousands of dollars doll irs wrecked in a moment there are thousands of adults so constituted temper that they could never become site rel lible drivers low how I then can it be expected th tint thit it children who lack both the physical and mental strength to handle a car safely and instantly in an emergency cin meet sud den peril either to themselves or others with the bequir cd d instant and md skillful action A short time since we read of a young girl fainting at the wheel having ably by reason of her lack of preparedness nes struck a child between the fools drunkards children and speed maniacs who are permitted to run the road locomotives locomotives the wonder is that accidents are no more numerous but there are still so many that the general public demands much more stringent regulations exchinger id |
