THE NEED FOR SAFETY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 96, 24 April 1928, Page 19

THE NEED FOR SAFETY.

MOTORISTS URGED TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEM.

STRESS LAID ON VIGILANCE.

With 1928 scheduled to witness the largest output of motor vehicles in the history of this great industry, what of the traffic situation? the "New York HeTald" asks. There are only so many square feet of pavement in a mile of modern highway or street, even with the widening process continually going on which provides room for four or more cars side by side. Consequently there is a limit to the number of machines which can be operated with good results in any given area.

This is not a hopeless situation. The automotive industry has overcome many obstacles to its development. This situation, which grows out of its successful efforts, can be taken in band and, under scientific treatment, adequate adjustments can be made which will provide facility in traffic. Every motorist in America can help make his own experience more enjoyable by aiding in solving the general problem. Several Points as Guides. It is often pointed out that one auto* mobile fatality is one too many, and that no motorist can really have a clear conscience in regard to automobile opera* tion until the figures have been reduced by several thousands below the present rate. _ By way of maintaining as clear a conscience as possible several points are suggested as a guide. In the first place, one should drive only at a speed in which he can stop in the clear space ahead of him. That is, a driver should never get so close to a car in front of him or any object that he cannot bring his machine to a complete halt before crashing into it. When passing a number of parked vehicles it is well to watch under such vehicles to note any feet which may be in evidence. Since feet are almost always attached to the rest of a person's body, one being able to observe feet and the direction in which they are travelling can gauge the location of people, the upper puts of whose bodies cannot be seen.