Show KEEP TO RIGHT RULE IS BROKEN error leads to many accidents say traffic patrol officers keep to the right Is the first rule in till all truffle traffie amys but according to earle brown chief of the minnesota state traille patrol this rule Is broken by more people than any other and falline failure to observe this rule la Is responsible for a very large percentage of highway accidents reports by the state traffic patrol men show that violation of the keep i to the right r ule rule la is very general and they have ap spent L nt a large portion of their time cautioning dioning drivers and culling attention to the danger in breaking g this rule drivers hug road center th the e tendency of a large number of dr drivers I 1 v e rs Is to hug the center of the road but bu on an state highways this la Is both dangerous and unnecessary mr dr 0 wu says on the old type 18 foot pavements if you drove with your left wheels two feet outside the center line you still have hae two feet between your right cleela and the outer edge of the concrete on oil the 20 foot pave pae ments and the gravel roads you hove have still more room where there Is no app approaching it may seem th harmless armless to drive in the middle of tile the road hut but it la Is just as easy to keep to the right it Is a good habit to acquire quire if your right fight wheels should get outside the t pavement ave or tile the gravel nothing serious will happen but if you go over the center linn ling and meet some one who Is center doing the annie tiling thing nn all accident la Is inevitable it if dryers dr lers will keep keel to tile the elgh except when passing other cars nut not pass cars unless tile left side la Is free from oncoming cars cara for a safe distance ahead and not pass care tin on turn s at crossings crossl nga on the crest of a hill ar or other places where the view Is obstructed half of our highway accidents could be avoided pew few arrests made only a few arrests have been made by tate patrolmen since they went op on the rond driving without license plates driving with licenses covered by luggage or bumpers parking on pavements failure to stop at arterial highways and driving with londa leads which exceed tile size limits mixed by taw law are among violations frequently encountered but so far no arrests have been made for any such offenses Tenses of eight men make up the first squad of 0 f state patrolmen and the full quota of 35 allowed by law will not be reached until next spring the men will alternate their time between highways in various part Bof the state all wear uniforms of oc dark gray whipcord and carry revolvers rev olvera besides tile the regular traffic officers insignia InsIgn in they have hae the words minnesota highway state patrol in large inage yellow letters on oil the right shoulder 1 the law abiding driver who corn cam mits mils a minor infraction ot of the truffle law need have no fear when he sees seen one of these a men ien pull ui up beside him according to sir air brown rown they are on the road tg help him travel safety and not to make trouble for him arrests will be made only for serious gerlous deliberate violations of tile the raffle traffic act |