ROAD MANNERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 January 1928, Page 10

ROAD MANNERS

Wr SOME REMINDERS Paste these hints up in your garage, read them now and then, and tell your family and friends about them:— (1) Always drive as you would wish others to drive. (2) Drives carefully, considerately, and courteously. (3i Tl is dangerous and discourteous: (a) To take corners on the wrong side. (b) To cut in or cut things too fine, (c)' To assume that the road is clear, (d') To overtake at corners. bends, cross-roads, road junction:;, archer!

bridges or humps in the road, or anywhere without certain knowledge of a clear road. . (0) To (urn into in- out. of a road ox.cent dead slow. (f) To drive so that you caiinot pull up dear of ••my possible danger. (g) To assume that your warning liigtial is heard, if no notice be taken of it (h) To descend hills too fast. (i) To force your way through groups of person:; -boarding or alighting from tramcars (j) To drive 100 close to, or top fast 'past, other road users, (k) To leave u vehicle on a bend, or anywhere whero it may be an obstruction to other traffic. (1) 'l*o reverse unless you know that all is clear. (4) If, is courteous and considerate: — (a) To keep well to the left. (b) To overtake only after making sure that the road is clear, and after giving warning. (c) To listen for warning signals from (lie roar. In signnj nn overtaking traffic, if the read ahead is clear, and having (lone so, to let it get past. (d)' To use your horn with discretion. (e) To exercise special care in passing all animals. (f) To draw up at the near side of the road, with the flow of traffic, and not against it.