ACTS OF DISCOURTESY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4607, 9 October 1934, Page 3

ACTS OF DISCOURTESY.

DANGER ON THE ROAD. A MOST FRUITFUL CAUSE. • "With the steady, even if tardy, advance of the spring, the daylight hours are lengthening, and that is encouraging more and more motorists to go further afield, particularly on Sundays. It is timely, therefore, to draw attention to the acts of discourtesy Which make motoring an irritation instead of a pleasure, and causes danger," says the latest safety first message of the Canterbury Automobile Association. "One of the chief causes of complaint is indulgence in the habit of travelling slowly on the crown of the highway and ignoring the rights and requirements of following traffic which wants to pass. The wise motorist who wishes to be courteous and considerate, keeps to the left-hand side of the road whether travelling fast or slow, but if he is just dawdling along he should be in a position on the extreme left of usuable road. "If motorists, whether going fast or slow, consulted the rear-view! mirror regularly they would not be guilty of the discourtesy of obstructing faster following traffic. Another dangerous habit is that of cuttingin on traffic. There are some drivers who get ahead of the car in front, and they will do foolish things to get there. Some drivers, too, see no danger in passing other vehicles on a bend of a road. That is a most risky proceeding. Others, when halting on the highway, do not give a signal of their intention to stop, and when they do stop they do so without pulling into the extreme

left out of the line of traffic. Those are just a few of the discourtesies of the road which motorists should avoid."