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Show CORNER TURNS ARE NOT EASY How to Follow Laws Regarding Re-garding Speed and Proper Signals Turning corners properly is not as : simple a matter a3 It seems, says Mo-Itor Mo-Itor Travel, the Automobile dub of America's monthly. The law requires that the speed shall not be more than fcur miles an hour. It Is difficult to coast uround a c orner at four miles an hour, and if the high speed Is used, the car goes too fast So the novice should practice going inu second peed just before he reaches the corner cor-ner and then drive round at tho speed prescribed by law. An occasional glance at the speedomotcr will u-li !hlm if all is well. Another detail Is that of signalling I The law states that a driver must signal In some unmistakable manner which way he is oging to turn; In f.c t in some localities the exact signals are almost universally used, and uny differences dif-ferences may be easily learned from the nearest traffic officer. As most American cars now have the left hand drive the matter of signalling sig-nalling one's Intentions is an easy one. If the operator Is going to the left he should hold the arm out In a horizontal direction, keeping-it rigid. This Is like the bar of a gate and Indicutes to those hack of him that they should not come up on that side When making a right turn the car should be run close to the curb and (he signal given by waving the left li -1 n a In o cn,ll ,.,Uk .. m li . ...... u ... . Lilian in iii. nun ,1 101 wain swing, as if to say: "Come up on this side." This indicates that the left Islde will be clear, a he intends to I turn to the right. The come on" j motion Is not prescribed by law in all Miles and It would be well If more idrlvers used It. These two signals 'leave no doubt in the minds of those I following If a suddori atop Is necessary neces-sary the hand should be held upward :ur.d outward. This is the signal used by the coachman on the box and la well known to all users of the highway high-way But turning to the left around the center of Intersection of two streets In la proper manner Is someihing which most motorists seem unwilling or un-lable un-lable to do. Where there Is an officer j stationed at th.s point they get over I their unwillingness temporarily, but 1 they will persist in cutting corners to 'he left when they are not watched I Many accidents haev occurred from this cause, and some day the law will ! be enforc ed even more strictly. There is. however a certain dlfferenci In the laws govenring this matter In different ! communities. Some cities permit the; drlver to go to the left of the center of the Intersection that Is. to rut the 'coiner closely, so long as he leaves room for another car to come from ihe Opposite direction If you know this to I be tho law, you may do so, but It la I best In all cases to go to the right of tho center of the intersection Is much safer. Where there s a semaphore the usual rule la to drive to the left. As there Is usually an officer at this point he will direct the driver properly, or !he can wait and see winch way the Other cars go The best rule In all cafes' Is to play safe Remember that the judicial authorities in many localities local-ities consider out-of-town motorists us proper fowl for the pluck.ng and do not hesitate to get the maximum pen-i ait for sJl Infractions. "Liel haste I and more speed" is u good maxim to have in mind In unfamiliar regions |