TO PASS OR NOT TO PASS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 251, 23 October 1928, Page 18

TO PASS OR NOT TO PASS.

HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE.

DO NOT SWERVE IN SHARPLY,

"When you decide to pass another car, tbe best way is to come up close behind it, look to see if there are cars coming toward you in the centre, and, if not, put on plenty of speed when you pass. Some people falter and hesitate, and seem not to know whether to pass or not, prolonging the agony unduly. Once you have gone by, do not swerve in too sharply to the left in front of the car you passed. You might force him to jam on his brakes unmercifully. And that brings us to an important item: Don't jam on your brakes too suddenly. The car behind you may possibly not have such briskly-gripping brakes as you have, and, though you pine to demonstrate what yours will do, have pity on your follower, who may not want to make his companion bump his nose on the windshield. The best drivers do not use their horns frequently. You can usually tell a poor driver by the way he or she everlastingly honks at all corners, whether there is another motor coming or not. Jt is as if the horn said: "Let everybody know I'm coming, and keep out of the way." "Well, I was going along, and I had the right of way, but he just kept on coming." Maybe you did have the right to proceed, but wouldn't you rather slow up a bit, and let some selfish and careless driver turn in ahead of you rather than have a collision and a lot of argument with the right on your side? But if you have not the right of way, remember that the other car has.