Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-01-20 | Page 14 | Lady Drivers More Careful

I LflDV DRIVERS I MORE CAREFUL I Lloyd-George. England new pre- ji mler. has a woman for his chauffeur, ij It if one case in hundreds, no. even I In thousands, for the "woman of the war I not only capable of forgetting all the 3 squeams and fears Ions placed to berj j credit, but has de eloped a mechanl- cal turn that enables her to exercise i I the full duties of a chauffeur. I Berlin has the woman tram con j! ductor and the tares are rune up just ! as cflicienily and the time sehcdu.e; T is adhered to just M rigidly hs in B ihe day when masculine conductors: B were available. v omen, in driving motor cars, are' more careful in approaching dangerous railroad crossings than men. some of ficials declare. In recent tests more women than men slowed down fori Wm grade crossings, according to the re I That approximately 7" prr rrni of j fatal automobile accidents are due to! careless driving at street and road I j, intersections, according to the cbro- f ner's report, is pointed out by Sec-1 I retary of State Hugo of New York,' ! who has made a study of the t raffle! conditions accompanying such acci-j I There Feems to have been little dif- I flcultly where cars travel along inter secting roads of unequal importance, owing to the established custom thai the car on the less important road must approach the main highway witli i special caution, a practice expected by ! those moving rapidly on the more lm-j lm-j portam thoroughfare The road difficulty diffi-culty arises when crossroads are of qual importance, with the result that drivers approach rapidly from bolh directions, each considering hlmsell j entitled to the exercise of caution by the other driver. There seems to be an increase in the number of Instances where misunderstandings based n tkic L-inrl nf vu.niiin? pae (he driver to take chance- by approaching Inter-1 sections at high speed. Though the' law requires drivers to slow down and signal for ihe crossroads, comparatively comparative-ly few observe these rules, thus en-hanc en-hanc ne the risk of accident nn '