KNOW THE WIDTH OF YOUR CAR.
One of the chief failings of novices in motor driving is a total inability to gauge the width of their vehicles. Over and over again it will be found that drivers of this type are in a state of nerves lest they should drive too near the kerb. Their judgment in this respect when they are passingvehicles coming towards them is invariably at fault, and what to a driver of another vehicle appears to be stubborn reluctance to give -.vay and allow safe passing room is more often failure to realise that they have much more space on their near side than they imagine they have. Their eye is on the off-side wing, which is nearest to them, and their car appears to be much closer to the side of the road than it really is. Women driver err signally in this direction, and confirmation of the fact can be had if one notes how far away from the kerb a novice will be when drawing in to stop anywhere. It would add to the amenities of driving and make for greater safety if beginners would study this matter.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2516, 20 December 1927, Page 2
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195KNOW THE WIDTH OF YOUR CAR. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2516, 20 December 1927, Page 2
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