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Show Passing on Blind Turns Very Dangerous Practice Passing on blind turns 1 That's too common a trait of the average motorist, motor-ist, according to the safety bureau of the National Automobile club. Making Mak-ing up time, delay In passing the ear ahead until too late for such passing, recklessness, taking a chance, all these factors enter Into the problem of hazard. A group of newspaper men set out to observe ttie other day a driver who was Just ahead of them and who seemed to have a habit of attempting to pass at the wrong moment. Time after time this driver would slow up on the straight-away only to speed and pass the cars ahead when he came to a turn. There was something radically wrong with his driving com-, com-, plex. He might have Intended to be careful, but his Judgment brought him to grief. Most accidents are caused by Just such drivers, drivers who should not be allowed at the wheel of a motor car, as they are a menace to the safety of others. The Innocent victim Is usually the man swinging around a turn only to find a foolhardy pilot taking more than his share of the highway. A forfeiture of a driver's license, a few days in jail, these are sentences that should be the reward of the man who takes a chance when In taking tak-ing the chance he endangers the Uvei of others on the road. |