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Show Motor Driver's Part in Maintaining Good Roads Drivers can do almost as much for the maintenance of good roads as highway high-way engineers. Did you ever notice In going up a hill, particularly one paved with aaphaltlc concrete, thai the surface on the right-hand side ol the road is wavy and rough, while that on the left-hand side is smooth? The reason Is this: The extra traction required re-quired to climb the hill wears and tears the surface, while there is little or no traction down hill. Another thing, the right-hand track of the road in either direction is the one which Is worn most. This Is because be-cause the arched surface of the road throws the greater weight and strain on the right-hand side of the vehicle and consequently the right-hand side of the roadway. Truck builders and wagon makers have even adjusted their axles and springs so as to withstand with-stand the greater strain on the right-hand right-hand side of the vehicle. Drivers can prevent wear to the surfaces sur-faces of the roads and even Improve their condition, if, instead of driving In one track or on the edge of the road, they will drive over the middle and other less used parts of the road when traffic permits. The one thing that Is fatal above all things to road surfaces, whether dirt or paved, is driving in tracks, which subjects one small part of the road surface to all the trafllc and damage that the whole road accommodates. Traffic should be evenly distributed over the entire surface of the road, and a little thoughtfulness and care in this respect on the part of the drivers will do much to add to the permanence perma-nence and excellence of our roadways. |