ROAD SENSE.
Road sense is simply applied-com-mon sense. It is not difficult to acquire. Observation and consideration are the chief ingredients. i Cultivation of road sense will prevent the unexpected round a corner. Road sense will tell you, by many small signs, whether the road you are about to pass,- or into 'which you propose to turn,, is occupied by other traffic, although'none is actually visible from your position at the moment. A few days; tuition on the road with an experienced driver Will teach you more about motoring—practical motoring—than dozens of books. Good driving is an art, but it is not really difficult to acquire. Simply driving a ear is easy, safe driving requires experience. Don’t depend wholly upon warning signs. Where danger is obvious no warning should be. necessary. . Never be tempted to. pass another car going in ‘your direction on a bend or road junction. Always carry and use driving mirrors. Even when fully covered by insurance, smashes never pay. Ignorance of motoring laws is no excuse.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2763, 17 August 1931, Page 6
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