SAFETY FIRST

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1933, Page 13

SAFETY FIRST

SOME POINTS FOR DRIVERS

It. is no evidence of. careful' driving to be continually sounding the horn. Too prodigal.use of the motorist's warning device has bred a.familiarity that: makes for-carelessness on the part of those it is intended to warn. Further, there are such, phenomena as, deaf people. In any casey a blast on the horn often so startles people as to provoke the very action- the motorist desires' them to ayoid. A well-known road is no anxiety. Its risks can be anticipated. But even hero a seasonal change, may bring its unlooked-for danger. To the motorist "Saf dty First" should mean a continual and careful' safeguarding of not only pedestrians, but

of all others, including the occupants of his own .car, V ■ In the actual driving, all the requirements of "Safety First" will be met if at all times the driver is conscientiously "careful.:\ The expert motorist will understand* what is meant by conscientious care, but for the benefit of the less experienced it may be permissible to drop a.few hints about things that should receive his jSpecial attention r-^-Neyer' drive so fast that you think, you are taking a risk, Fifty miles an hour on some roads is safer than twenty on. others. v ; Keep your, car well under control, so that you can meet any conditions to be encountered on the,' i road: being travelled." :' ■ " Be particularly careful to heed the warning signs erected, by those knowing probably fay more than you do about the local conditions. . Always slow down/for cross-roads, intersections, $nd . corneTj!. Beniember that children and animals cannot be depended upon to behave, in a rational way when suddenly.confronted by dan&GV> ' ~ ~:■. ■■■■.' Drive slowly, past schools, or any other place where children are at play and may run heedlessly into the roadway at any/momont. ; . Unless the .road be a f.nmiliar one, fast driving should' not bo indulged in—even 611 the most tempting surfaces. This applies especially to night driving. ' y Always keep the car well in hand when descending long and especially unknown, hills —with the engine in a lower gear.- Acting as a drag, the engine reduces brake wear and chances of failure. ' "When leaving the car on a d,°wn" grade, turn the wheels sb that the car will,-run into the kerb or bank and stop if it should start during your absence. '.. ' -;., ' * . -Do not leave yotir car so, that, it.will be an to others. • If on no • other account,', it is to one's personal advantage always, and contributes to the maintenance ofgood feeling-towards motorists, that due regard be paid to other users 'of ,the roacf. Much bitterness is .engendered" and kept alive by4.-.disregarding the. fact that others "'have an oqual right to bo there. To miss pedestrians: and v cyclists by a hairsbreadth when there is'plenty of roomTand other such inconsiderate behaviour is not orily reprehensible, but altogether unnecessary, besides involving a grave'risk to all concerned, including'the car ami its occupants. . It is better to be five minutes late in arriving than those hours trying to explain away an accident. Eternal - vigilance, courtesy, and sound judgment, fully exercised, not only will make motoring,the pleasure it is intended to be, but f will; do what prevalent condition! demand—-that is, avoid accidents..

The inside of • radiator and water pump hoses deteriorates with age and should be replaced occasionally. If thp hose is allowed to remain in use after deterioration begins, overheating of thn motor may result from particles of fabric clogging the radiator core. Loss of compression may. bo due to improperly adjusted valve tappets. If the compression loss is due to worn cylinders, pistons, and rings, excessive sin ok o will be ejected.