FOR SAFE DRIVING GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR CAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 347, 30 April 1935, Page 2

FOR SAFE DRIVING GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR CAR.

The Association's Message

“Much needless congestion and danger are caused .through the inability of drivers to gauge the proper width of their vehicles,” say the latest safety first message of the Automobile Association.

“This is made very obvious by observing the habits of drivers not only in actual driving bu't also in the manner in which they, park or leave their vehicles in the streets.

“One of the requisites of every safe motor user is a full appreciation of the room which his vehicle will require not only in length but in width, particularly width. Much of ou'r street congestion is attributable ,to a lack of understanding of width. Motorists leave .their cars feet and wards out from the kerbing under the wrong impression that they are close as possible. It is often poor judgment, but sometimes it is sheer carelessness. Neither is an excuse for breaking the by-law which requires all vehicles to be brought to a standstill as close to the kerbing as possible. “There would not bo half the congestion in many thoroughfares if drivers gave a little more thought to the conservation of road space. That applies also to the business of driving, for it is rioted that a large pro-

portion of motorists, again through jack of judgment or through care-

jivMH'SR, hug the middle of the roadway wlien travelling slowly, and force other and faster traffic to cut in and become a danger on the road. “It is a truth that a driver is entitled only to enough of the roadway to allow him to advance in safety. He is not entitled as some suppose to half the road. In parking, too, a driver should not use more of the roadway than will permit him to leave his car in safety and without causing inconvenience to others.”