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Show MOTORIST IS NOT ALWAYS AT FAULT Surprising Amount of Foolishness Enters Into Hurry and Bustle Seen on Streets. By KRWIN GREER, President Greer College of Automotive Engineering, Chicago.) Trying to catch up with lost time Is assailed as the fundamental cause of the majority of motor vehicle accidents. acci-dents. And any necessity for making np for this lost time Is usually the result re-sult of procrastination before the start, it has been claimed. Bustle and Hurry on Street. It Is really surprising the amount of foolishness that enters Into the bustle and hurry we see on the street every day. And Just think how much of It would be saved If each person followed fol-lowed a well-ordered schedule, If he planned just so much for one day, didn't put off a business engagement when Its time on the schedule arrived, and didn't, on the other hand, try to do more in eight, nine or ten hours' time than It was sanely possible to do. When you see a flock of pedestrians climb off a street car and ehase recklessly reck-lessly across the street intersection to catch another car just starting for the crossing, just set it down that they put off starting from their home or offices too long. Many a man risks his life catching a street car. I've seen men even run diagonally across a street intersection to catch a car. It seems hardly fair to leave all the watching out for the motorist to do. Driver Just as Bad. Tet the motorist Is just as bad as anyone at trying to make up for lost time. It Is proved by his confessions In police court quite often. If you want further proof watch a late afternoon after-noon melee at any busy street crossing. cross-ing. You will see driver after driver whip past a car In front of him, trusting trust-ing his less reckless fellow-pilots will keep out of his way. He overlaps the speed limit, maybe gets by with It but never catches up with the elusive minute. He should have started sooner. |