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Show GOOD MANNERS IN MOTORING HINTED Commissioner Stoeckel of Connecticut Has Prepared Pre-pared Code of Ethics. - Robbing B. Stoeckel, commission' of motor vehicles of the state of Connecticut, Con-necticut, has proposed the following code of ethics or good manners in motoring. mo-toring. "To be a good driver, In the terms of applied ethics, la to be a person of good manners, truly an altruist, ready to see and appreciate the problems of others, to make proper allowance for them and to exercise even a little more patience, care and consideration than is actually called for by the letter of the law. "Driving an automobile through water wa-ter or mud so a? to splash same on pedestrians is a common pastime with ennie motorists who have peculiar Ideas of what constitutes a Joke. Give Proper Warning. "Give proper warning to pedestrians and other users of the highway. Even animals should receive reasonable notice. no-tice. "The horn should be reserved for safety purpose; not to signal a person Inside of a house nor to attract the Jttention of people passing. "Give proper attention to headlights. They often cause inconvenience and danger to others. "Disobeying the instructions received re-ceived from traffic officers and trying to steal a few feet of space, instead of remaining In a proper spot, not only annoys pedestrians and other motorists Dut is a dangerous practice. "Starting an argument with a traffic officer is not only bad etiquette but is courting trouble with the law. "'Keep In the middle of the road' is a tip that has been construed literally by the roadhog. Drivers of heavy vehicles ve-hicles should keep to the right side of me highway where they belong. Common Offenses. "A common offense against road etl-juette etl-juette is committed when a motor car operator places his car at a crossing bo as to obstruct pedestrian traffic, thus compelling pedestrians to walk around his machine. "Drivers who wish to be considerate of other people will concentrate on what they are doing, look where they are going, not attempt to gaze at pas- sersby and stay in line. "The exercise of kindness to others, consideration and true courtesy will prevent any operator from getting a wrong attitude of mind for driving In traffic. Any operator who loses his temper, who becomes sulky, or Is abnormal ab-normal from any one of many different causes is unfit to drive because his automobile provides a medium of expression ex-pression for his personality. If that personality Is upset, -he is bound to make trouble for himself or for others, generally for both." Driving Car Best Way to Determine Merits How should an automobillst judge a car today? "Get behind it and drive It," Is the answer given by a general sales manager man-ager of the Oakland Motor Car company. com-pany. He sums up the reasons for this answer as follows: "The public is accustomed to Judge an automobile too much today by hearsay. hear-say. Some of these opinions reflect an old judgment on a car and do not reflect re-flect the judgment that would be made on the car if the prospective purchaser actually got behind the car today and Judged for himself. "Automobile shows have been developed devel-oped for just this purpose to keep the public informed as to the developments develop-ments of each make of car. Each manufacturer makes changes, additions addi-tions and improvements in his car some more, some less. The problem Is i'or the anfomohilist himself to decide for himself just how much "more automobile'' each manufacturer is giving giv-ing to the public each year. "This can he decided in but one way ride In the car. After all, how 'he car rides is the most important thing. Has it a feel of life, of power? Does it accelerate quickly? Is the mechanism easy to handle? Is the car comfortable to ride In? Will it stand the puff of rough travel? "It is the only test of a car today. For after all, a motorist's judgment of a car after he has ridden in it Is apt to pretty thoroughly reflect the quality of the car." |
