Show WHEN TO USE AUTO HORN only a few days ago the newspapers carried a story about a man who toad bad made a mile motor trip without once blowing his horn athis this driver emphasized the point that he be handled his car in such a way as to obviate the need of 0 warning I 1 n g signals at any time thre and ill ID spite of the fact that all cars have horns as standard equipment today his example Is one which the th average motorist could profitably and heed driving under the traffic conditions which holcli prevail in most placed today Is a job which requires tile the undivided attention of the man or woman oman at the wheel the modern car is 13 built to rest respond pond quickly to the various controls but the cox con riols themselves still have to be operated by human agency and it is just as vital as it ever was that the driver concentrate on oil driving lie ile carl can do this best it if he maintains a calm state ot of mind and it Is hard bard to remain calm and cool when horns are screeching on all sides there can be no denial that the overuse over use of horns runs counter to I 1 the interests of safety for one thing it Is a far efrom soothing influence it tends to confuse and hurry traffic it reflects the impatience pait lence of tho the horn tooter looter and communicates that impatience to others startled by the sound of a horn at close quarters a motorist will frequently pull over too suddenly endangering his 1113 own car and others or it if he reacts in III the other of the two roost most common ways and gets angry he be will probably refuse to get over at all and you have one of those private feuds which often lead to cu cutting eting a round around arid tre fre quentin end in mishaps I 1 have seen a driver rushed b h an insistent insl Insi stant horn behind him pull out into heavy traffic without a proper wait and damage his own car and ai another while the hornblower took advantage or of the confusion and went his merry dav and almost everybody has seen s e ell a driver startled by a blast from the rear lear swerve so suddenly as to endanger himself and others as well proper use of the horn would probably be more general it if every driver would remember that others on the streets naturally judge him largely by the way he drives and especially by his horn technique since that cornea comes forcibly to their attention via the ear rne irne use of a warning signal when about to pass i Is legal and proper but there is no reason why it should be an insistent earsplitting ear splitting blast that says out of my way here I 1 come neither is there justification for that other practice prevalent in some sections of leaning hard on the horn button when the lights his change from red to green to has hasten hastell the starting of the cars up un in front tho the horn is a useful accessory i 1 and one that should be ket kept in order whether or not it makes its I 1 full contribution to the safety land and pleasure of driving depends upon the restraint and judgment at with which it is used 0 |