| Show V 1 N 0 O 9 Cops oPsa Say Women J Wo tn n Are re Best es Accidents J Jo Do o Not Cure Men lv of Carelessness Carelessness EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE Tills This is h the lie of or a series of or nino on of men and women fis as In nino nillo cities ere cro lowed and and 5 to t j I in favor ra of ers erg NEXT T SUNDAY Kansas City C S C By nT NEA XI Ser Sen Ice 10 NEW ORLEANS Sept IS- IS IS Women are are- better automobile drivers than men according to traffic officials of New Orleans While Whilo 35 per cent of the SP- SP 85 cars of New Orleans are driven driven driven en b by women statistics traffic courts and police records show that they are oro responsible for only IS 18 per cent of the traffic ac- ac accidents accidents ac accidents Arthur Burns who controls the tho of traffic from his sema serna- sema- sema semaphore semaphore platform at nt the tho corner of Canal arid and Streets Streets- Streets New Orleans busiest corner corner- corner says s A A man driver just shrivels up from frOnt nervousness nervousness-I nervousness I wont won't say fear after fear after ho lie has JUtS pulled a boner and I come up to say a afew afew afew few words to him THEY'RE POSITIVE Not Not ot so BO the women They In- In In Invariably variably have some alibi read ready ready- Women never admit they are oro in inthe Inthe the wrong The Tho men have bavo no such Stich positive mInds It If I may say so the tho men of Now Orleans seem to have a clearer sense of justice When they know they have o been In the wrong they generally ad- ad admit admit ad admit mit It and maleo mako no argument The Invariable In formula of de- de de defense tense for a woman who has for forgotten gotten gOllen to look at the traffic sip sip- sIgnal sig signal nal Is a 0 warm friendly smile ILs IL's hard for a d cop io to take h r number down with the tho memories of those smiles shining in lit a u mans man's mInd But Dut a 0 cop has hIlS to perform hIs duty Personally I prefer to han hang on to my Job than to the tender but empty smiles of D a pretty auton driver er Men are oro usually less practical minded than women in heavy henvy traffic declared Officer Jurns They worry orry about their business affairs I guess uess instead of paying attention to 0 the light that tells em cm to como come on Men lolen can bo be looking right atthe at atthe atthe the and not see tho the color colot change chango from front red to green When hen ny face faco gets gels rod red from shouting at them they sometimes come to lire life But flut then fussed they arc so are so and nervous ous they are likely to torun torun torun run down n a 0 pedestrian or smash Into Inlo another car VOLLEY OF 01 W Women show less frenzy and more fight tight there Isn't any doubt about that I would rather o hae havethe the task of arresting a dozen men drIvers than a lono lone woman oman in her car Sho Iio he will have ha more words ready roady than a phonograph dIsc S IL Ib rt I I Q j k r L 4 43 3 t p FURNS T oT E ORLE will hold and a machine gun un vol Icy of of- of excuses Take Talo It all In all I believe that women omen are arc better drivers than men I attribute this to their absolute confidence Capt Capt Eugene Casey head of the tho New Orleans traffic policemen says sas that utter after a a woman woman has hao had one automobile accident she sho Isn Isa Is a better driver than than- thana a man mar Accidents dont don't seem to cure cur the men front from carelessness and recklessness said Capt Casey But Dut once a 0 woman has baa sma smashed hed her car a bit she he I Is a 0 saner and safer person Women seem to me roe drivers than men Men lien ale aie In- In In Inclined dined to dream day-dream or stretch their necks at pretty things on the tho sidewalk Women ore are In dined to try to talk a 0 III little lie too much If It anone anyone Is 19 with them but bir buton buton on the tho whole they pay more at- at to their driving than themen the men |
