Show TROLLEY CAR CANNOT CHANGE ITS COURSE dangerous practice to 10 follow street caratto cars too closely keep twelve feet away dy ERWIN ane T dont broer aboor col logo leifa of A automotive 0 chicago accidents in which automobiles fig ure with trolley cars aro are not the ryrie rals t uncommon on the list and there are ara several little points that if followed by the auto driver will lessen such accidents one of the principal things to keep keel in mind Is that a trolley car cap runs on oil tracks and consequently cannot change its course so that it Is up to the motor our car pilot to watch ivantch out for trolleys rather than for the motorman to watch out for automobiles every elvery day we see automobiles closely following street cars on the tha rails tills this Is a very dangerous practice for the auto driver has no means of knowing what instant the motor man may jam jain on tits ills brakes and in such a cose case it Is almost impossible to avoid a collision then there Is tho the auto driver who falls falla to take into consideration tile the fact that trolley cars are likely to turn off at corners comers where tracks intersect and thus at times the motorist finds himself him self jammed between the trolley and tho the curb also the driver often falls to figure that when alien a street car turns euins away from him on a curve the rear icar end la IS bound to swing sving out several feet beyond the tracks to be safe a driver should always stop his auto at least twelve feet behind a standing street car and in no ceso should he be take dangerous chances crowding in between a 0 trolley and the curb also drivers should never attempt to pass a street car moving in the same dl direction on the left side but this Is a practice that Is common in many cities |