Show pedestrians AND DRIVERS blaa BLAMED courtesy would aid to shield the public from traffic accidents by ERWIN GREER president G greer r coll college e ge of 0 automotive engineering chicago iley her yelled the motorist to the pedestrian whom lie he had just knocked down and run over take a look at my brakes aud and see it if dragging will you somewhat cl overdrawn possibly but any pedestrian will tell you that he put it above an automobile driver to do such a thing and the motorist himself would say why dont those birds watch their step do they think that we are mind readers right here Is the whole situation lack of courtesy does the pedestrian thank the motorist who throws on his brakes and allows him to cross safely from curb and catch a trolley that Is to get him to the train on time yes we have no bananas does tile the automobile driver wave acknowledgment to the pedestrian who goes out of his way to make things easier when the car driver Is trying to steer ahr through ough a congested street no he does hotl consequently both driver and pedestrian are to blame and a attle chur courtesy would aid them to ahle shield ld the public from preventable traffic accidents jaywalker jay walker inexcusable but there Is no excuse for the jaywalker A large jarg e percentage of accidents in the congested shopping districts are directly traceable to the disregard of the public at cross street corners my advice to pedestrians Is to look up and down and behind before cross crossing any street avoid dodging in front of machines realize that the longest line hue of traffic seldom takes more than thirty seconds to massand passo pas sand and that it Is better to lose thirty seconds than a leg even the habitually care less automobile driver driver will have trouble in harming arming Ii you it you take the ahe slight amount of care necessary to protect yourself I 1 try golden rule just plumb your faith of humanity with the old golden rule and see how bow it works out take a chance and give the other fellow the right of way even when it belong to him or give him the go ahead signal its a to 1 shot that hell grin and wave for you to go ga first but tile the moral effect will cause him to watch out for the next driver and offer some little courtesy that will make tills this other chap feel good once such a system Is started there wont be any end to it and the roads will be a wonderful place to ride on until along comes some bird who has no place to SO a and nd wants to get there in a hurry and then it Is all off all off unless you realize that sooner or later this bird will run up against a ana snag which will necessitate some extra yards bards of gauze and a couple of doctors in other words do your best to make driving safer and the th law of averages will take care of the rest |