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Show WOULD STOP ALL AUTO ACCIDENTS I 1 Give Car on Right the Right of Way Says Executive Head of Association If every automobile driver will adhere ad-here strictly to the code of giving the car on the right the right-of-way, many of the fatal automobile accidents acci-dents thai shock ihc readers of the dally papers every day can be avoided. This Is the opinion of Dal H Lewis, acting executive chairman of the American Automobile association who has been studying driving regulations for many years "No automobile driver should b compelled to watch both sides of the street said Mr Lewis. "The rule 01 the road, both in the citv und the open country, is that the driver on the right has the right-of-way and there should be a severe punishment for any person who violates that rule. 'The Increasing number of automobiles automo-biles that congest traffic In the cities bring! tnori and more tO the front 1 tie question ri right-of-way Most cities provldi in their ordinances that the A. A. A. system of giving the road to the man on tho right, except on through boulevards, shall be effective, ef-fective, but unfortunately, it is not always observed. There Is always the I e low who is willing to 'take a ChaJnce' In order to display his driving driv-ing skill, or to show ofP before some fair companion and this type of driver driv-er should be the target for every policeman's attention "Automobile driving should be , pleasure. There is seldom an occasion occa-sion where extreme haste Is necessary, neces-sary, and the motorist loses mighty few seconds In observing the rlgnts of the man oi the right After you rench the hospital or morgue, it doesn't matter much who had the right-of-way, but a little patience would avoid many a run for the ambulance am-bulance and many an operation for the surgeon, as well as considerable physical pain for the driver who forgot for-got to consider the other fellow's right to the right-of-way." no |