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Show H I SAFETY AND AUTOMOBILES Bit k BJ. ' ' !' An automobile Is no longer an ox- BT U cluslvo luxury. It Is a practical, l i r k common senso proposition that ap- f 'j . penis to men of every calling and It B, I H has been a leading factor In better m streets and better roads. Tho great 'j majority of automobile owners and! jji drivers adhoro much closer to the! n rules of "Safety First" than do a Bj ' Kreat many pedestrians. BJ A business man, who has driven a BJ , car for sovoral years, makes some ox- B cellcnt suggestlous In tho following BJ' letter tu tho editor of The Examiner; I B "I havo Just been listening to n ills- BJ' cusslon of your cd torlal on tratllc BJ ( rules by a number of old and season-' BJi cd automobile drivers, nud I thought BJ' you would bo glad to know the sub-' K utnnco of their conversation. BJ "All of them were very much in BJi faor of what you havo said regard BJ lug Safety First In automobllo driving H ' and nlso uf tho now ordlnanco re-' Bl xpecting tralllc rules Hut there nro H u few things loft unsaid which should ' Bk ho ndded to tho good adv co already Bb glen, and tho chief ono Is this that Bl' ' It becomos Impossible for nn automo-! Bl'l mile driver, or a driver of any other Bl vehicle (o turn tho corners squaro BJi while pedestrians are crossing cat-n- BHi corner the intersections. In all tho Blj cities whoro tli s square turning is) Bi Insisted upon tho pedestrians aro In Bb etructed to uso tho sidewalk in tross- 1 Ing tho streets and not to cross cat- BVk i n-cornor. Thin Hlmplllles tho squaro1 BV' I cornorcd crosHlng Imcasurably. BMj And along this name lino there aro BV: n few slmplo rules laid down In a re- BM cont numbor of an automobile magn- Bft 'Ine, which aro good for tho driver BA to know, nnd which help greatly In BK nvoldlng accidents. They are these: Bj Second, Speeding is a good accident, H preventative when threading tho BM, masses of city traffic. Tho car is Bj easily hold in leash and may ho BS j stopped gently without Jamming tho B; brakes. -"'I Hj ' Only an amateur will allow his mo-' BV, tor to ra.io unnecessarily. Motor rac- BK ' Ing consumos ganolino in appalling. BMu draughts, nnd 'is also hard on tho B I BBJ I Tho bnglo that haH collected more, BMj i life Insuranco and delegated moro ' MBJ j enro to tho scrap heap than any oth- BM cr destroyer of tho guuus automobllo BMJ Is bkldding. When pass'ng oer et BMJ pavements or slippery roads, avoid BMJ Midden turns nnd spasmodic nppllca- BMJ i tious of tlm brakes. When ou feel BMJ tho rear end of tho car stalling to' BMJ slip, turn tho front wheals qulcKly In BMJ , tho saino direction that tho rear BMJ wheels mn taking nud tho car will right itself. BMJ If tho car starts to si do on account H' nf sudden applications of tho brnkesi R roloaso powor nnd brakes nud allow' BMJl the car to mast free. An automobile j MBJ' ( i will skid least undor these conditions MBJ) Do not assumo that it Is amateur. BBj i Ish to use your horn. Tho warning i I elgnal Is yours and tho other fol- K Iow'h safeguard It is llko rocking tho MBJ boat NOT to uso It. BPi When you come to a Htop In traffic BBj don't forgot tho man hehnd. Tho BB band hold up In warning may snvo BMJ rear end collisions Do Btiro to show BBJ your Intontlous of swerving oft into HMH a side street hy holding out jour arm B, horizontally Theso signs hnvo be- BB come accepted among motrlsts ns unl BBJ versal langungo. It Is theso little. BBJ courtesies that holp mako motoring BMj n pleasure I BBJ "Theso few suggestions In nddl-, Bl l,0 to thoso already given will groat- BBJ ly fncllltlato tho enforcement of tho BBJ now and sonsiblo traffic rules." BBJ Anothor point that Is rathor Import- BBJ ant to boglnners In autombllo driving MMf conio In a suggestion from another BB business man who says: BBJ "When I started to drlvo n car I HMMJ bold tho demonstrator I wanted him BBJ to teach mo how to make tho thing BBJ go, but ho soon Informed mo that tho BBJ Important part was In knowing how BBJ to Btop It and do It quickly when no- B ossary. A few minutes lator I had I" !l" bTM .c JbbVa bTb -1 bWbybTI HHHHHHHHHBBHBBBSh I tlio lesson thoroughly Impressed on mo I was at tho wheel and wo wore afpronchlng n railroad crossing, A train was coming, but I did not seo It until It was close upon us. I lost my hend and forgot how to atop the car. Had it not been for tho quick work of tho demonstrator thoro would havo been anothor crossing accident to record. Today I know moro about stopping my car than I do nbout the speeding It nnd tlio knowlcdgo adds much to my ploasuro In automobll-Ing. automobll-Ing. Ogden Examiner. |