Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1923, Page 53

, AUGUST 5, 1923—PART 3. OBSERVING DRIVERS AT WHEEL DOWN THE kOAD—The Tribulations of a Trafiscontinenml Tourist. i DRIVER TAKEN INTAOUNT : BEST TEST OF COMPETENCY . ; : _' IN JUDGING ENGINE'S VALUE Y7 ; ‘Road Examination When Applicant Knows = ) ) Im Vi | { Whether or Not Car Is Disappointing He Is Watched Often Fails to- ( A st NN N % Depends Largely Upon Method Reveal Real Faults. of Operating. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. intersection and never realize how | [/ 4 N0 T oz N BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. | think of g e ~ by 5 ucky e was that the streets were 3 4 /1 S = patches, wre . B4 t UDGING the comnetency of au-pno¢ yet / Z > ¢/, “! Whether the engineering features ;,:.m\ w Srente and soion w tomobile drivers by their be- Thix not being luck enough, it is - // % of a car will be satisfactory or uns er he started ov 4 short ride ) havior when at the wheel | found that in avoiding the other car 7 Folk thought that if things wera sim : ¢ - N an practically cuts the corner to the "I plified to a point whers but three or rather than by their actual|jee "He takes another serious chance z Z < S the driver is with the car he handles | four matters had to be looked after knowledge of driving. is a new de-lon a collision without meaning to; but A AW X > and how much effort he exerts in all would be w velopment in motor vehicle regulation | again he is lucky. | IR/ e er U0, cive ihode fealres an op. |, Dit 3t wis men r dream chich may hecome the chief method | The speeder doesn't drive that way. A AN Today the motoris t ore Shich may become b ot from the | He is instantly recognized by the gri = 3 portunity to display their advant than gas, oil o g 2 set expression on his face. He kno / rd S Z v g It can no longer be said that one |for the sho AYS. omger possible for a driver | 100 well the danger of inappropriate 5 2 type of engine is necessarily more | PEODIe wh tolbd3 Mo lomEer P O o his | fPeed. and he is all ready to use every | |7 - 5 < 3 ¥ ¥pes (of enmin necessarily more lshort of remarka - B '~ {ounce of his ability to avoid death s d 2 Z & ¢ satisfact than another, cau T ) ®ood beha r the time of applying % Hotorists Just Forget. £ e e, Mnor through | his | When he flirts dangerously mear it 7 = . 3T the driver must be taken into account Tiithe AT Cinility or luck in keeping himself out Hinelaverieas InfElving: imaninvance | H) \ \ $ 7} | The human equation alters the resu on O e it . S Kt be “sized up” in- | that when he does have accident ) E . 2 i 3 O m e M oo e e buman| it Wil be his Snish. Bot i must 6 s - ; 3 2, ) y There was a mad dash to adop gah nature and automobile driving remembered that —unlike the lucky / <A 2 d 2 v multinle disciand| plate clutches)in 5 It i3 not improbable that one of the | Ariver—he will avoid injuring others| |- y / / p 2 the belief that they would be more | orve on ‘an ay s o s ossib! e en- an effort to save himself. 2 s Fo Glder type. the xeay some spec gxamin tion_ testspos \\“‘}'“H;m ob- | The lucky driver will never recog- “,H han, 1 il:“’,,mh,r? require some"<p servation of the applicant by peyo | [E0 11 aterion antl he, ls right an ‘afford to assume that sim- {driver will not b Fliologlsts ata time when he does NOU{ vynce, ‘and has a fighting chance to DLy becduse ha Das & N s = uspect it. e o bl daeape tvpe of clutc r.nAj‘u:gg‘?:(:irr\s.'»rmx‘\"“’hrnfl“..‘ Ume! “Both of these types are highway froubile action, and when not conscious of | (3¥atds in themselves, yet they flour- far better results than many othe B o ventionai examinations, ability cloaks the faults of the other. O A Guestion of whether the ‘are conducted in seve at In A "”‘;'}"“’ e driver is familiar with the principle | B sen Wwould pass with honors, never reveal- v S tha i ¢ his long since demonstrate D eth e e ono e involved in the various units of his |1 When the applicant is conscious of | I8 the slightest clue as to their true car. v e e is no o ype. Caught unawares, however, utomobil S—— e being observed he is not himself. they are quickly identified and should Eramgmgblle prossess innd Speeder Turns Snail. be judged accordingly. S Figld e meverally The speeder becomes the meek snail | Mental deficiencies are plainly re- e oo EonTa Be driver. The habitually careless driver | veiled in the way people act when at trouble, even h principles which ! minds his own business and usually |the wheel. e e T ey 1t il comes out of the test with flying| An observer at any point where | wners would m effort to un- éolors. The nervous driver. fearing |driving requires a little more than A Z = X derstand thoroughly the various prif- that the inspector will turn him down, | usual attention to details will be AY S - S ernloved iR e comntruction of makes a series of blunders and gives | quick to note the bad judgment dis- \ a ! 2 s o e Yevery evidence of being a dangerous | Plaved habitually by certain drivers.| | = s e person when at the wheel. us am ices. Conventional driving tests fail to S R 33 Z 2 E 1t s not generally recognised that ge number of quarts, othe reveal types, and types are coming to | Just where to draw the line be- % 2 > 5 mechanical device mu e Prone to Overl Siin be recognized as of increasing im-|tween mental and physical deficiencies e N 4 There never was anything EIme 1 Ovexionk Adistments portance . is indeed a difficult problem, because - v which didn't need [ 3 ] **Certain types of people have no|whereas a driver may seem to mis- kind, (and, theé pmer and wi “business driving automobiles. ln‘\' calculate distances through I of worse than | ing AT more than certain types are desirable [ zood judgment, the trouble may be 7~ a 1 at all g Tor police dute, train operation or o defective vision ‘AUTOMOBILE FACTORY WHEREBY YOU EXPECTED > 2 =, i The great Le 1 s aid to have airplane piloting. sness is also likely to be INT oL == & heen damaged on her maiden trial due | The onlv was to determine whether [ mistaken for physical deficiencies, but | | TO EMERGE A MASTER MECHANIC — fl fig:_/ = o\ = e v of her original Ger- a driver is desirable is to test him {as both are causes for investigation 3 =S T gl W1 v+ smrisrinn N Selis nan nperator understand her. It for this point when he is at the wheel | it does not make and material differ-| _ 3 v h an automobile and unconscious of being observed. |ence whether the state's invstigators 5 rugged type of engine A 1B In oth words, it is nec ary to | guess wrong or not. Any deficiency ffectively, fnd ont what type nf driver each op- | should be cause for investigation, and, | FEEDING GAS TO ENGINE Dt . revolutions of the ensine| UAG NEW PLAN TO GOVERN ™ thfough lanes of travel would elimi- o oh s erator is by how he drives ever the real trouble happens to Lo nate the necessity of one- streets When somet goes wrong with aciver P B Tecord If he 58 il come (o lient in the process | TQQ FREELY CONDEMNED | hrotuie (oo wiae the pistons araw TRAFFIC IN BALTIMORE | The tatter aiways causes much protest | #,737, {0, mofarist Intariabhy deiy 5 E 3 I oo naan Pt e e ltenio TR more gas than can be burned in the and friction between merchants on the {demns it. A rumor develops to the wrecked any machi is supp EeRoly b - £ dinpos irterval between the time each plug to be a “good driver.” whereas he may | tion, however. are almos s 5 " to m | " pocn. s Sash ! streets affected. it was said. all, the lucky driver. therefore. should be grounds for revo- imi 2 i | lishment .of express streets, according | CArburetor. This. type 1o easily recognized. |cation of license. Limited and Choking Is collects carbon and develops &nocks| Suggests Special Streets Be Set lisnment of express srcets, rding | {27 Upon approaching a street corner he | The road hog, the daredevil and the the Result. as a consequence. In short, it begins . it 5 s 3 e ome vears ag 4 S ANt take the precaution of {“avenger” are all types of dangerous to suffer with indigsetion.” Moder: NSRS ik Sescha e used @ certain tvpe of transmission sounding his horn. even though an- | disposition which can be recognized | Some drivers don't seem to realize|!ion in the use of the accelerator is| BALTIMORE. August 4 @ | get out of the crowded downtown s attached to 2 Some other machine is coming down the |readily and which should be just as|, . o | the Temedy, preferably the preventive. f express streets o z 4 : owners had nothing & = with : = that the power plant of a motor car| , tion. At ev ss street there a o ot ort somer | Crom: street at an unreaconable rate |promply climinated. e e . s for fast vehicuisr tRafic|other machimes which want fo cross|ll: Telpect The trouble war| SOMETHING TO of speed. But the other driver hap-| Motor v e authorities s just as stion as | on which a s an| vour route. As a result you must slow | 0 he trouble wa W pens to xound his horn, and there is|Stantly complain that the the man who drives it. And, as in| FRENCH ARE ENTERPRISING. |iour would be allowed, has o o e sim s loc: at the ATCH. no accident. keep a check on everybody the human mechanism, the trouble| With the evident expectation of at- |gestedby John N. Mackall, ¢ Befare soul cin ot s i One d Simply a case of luck it is im their inspe often comes from overeating. In the ' tfacting American visito il el the Marvland state road: befare 3o 10 be always to observe > > 1 < Slut R ” 5 Lucky Type Dangerous s P ) aae iol = i . prising Pa taxic concern I Under the boulevard traffic on Lot tions. But that the point: case of the engine this occurs chiefly | ;;inted a number of its-c a bright express streets would have th The lucky type of driver is par-|violation may be too late. Let in hill climbing. Sellow: * AN ihe: oxbisis Epeak o 3 i baan tleularly dangerous because he is al- |inspectors sort out the es g . T s s A a1 son to the committee i k Mol Ways jeopardizing the other fellow: {observation of normal driving and| The driver fears that he won't be lish Z\m‘l many [""‘f rican_taxicab in e A P s | d as it and, because he does not appreciate | th Would soon discover who are|able to “make” the hill in “high,” so|BOVations are at passengers’ disposal Under the boulevard plan street cars { the seriousness of his acts, he often {unfit to drive. to be on the safe side he gives er all PR e e and other slow-moving cles would | “armers are bad featu inadvertently increz the hazard Every motorist drives his own way. [ the gas he has. He forgets that the, One hundred and ten thousand doc- { be barred from the streets given over to | ket in increasing number ht | troubley + He will, for example, lock theland it's just a case of safeguarding |capacity of the motor at any given| tors own automobiles in this country | fast traffic. Parking on such streets|trucks. Heavy trucks h come the ‘wheels in an effort to stop as a means | the public by seeing that “his way” | time is definitely limited by the total|and 600,000 cars are in service by |would be prohibited | in good dem throughout t clined to be neglectful. 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