Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1923, Page 64

‘THE SUNDAY ‘STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, e s \ MAP SHOWING CONDITION OF MAIN ROUTES TO FLORIDA nspecTED ON AAA MAPPING TRIP NOV. 1-17,1923 \ WASHINGTO! enmm— Paved road (eitherconcrefe bituminous, or smooth macadaim) wx=xxxm Sand Clay or Gravel road ssrsassanem Under construction < o £ Excellent Placksone g PETERSIVRS | G=Good y F=FRair . P= Poor g ChaseCity, Gondoe) S GREENSBORD o Lexington o~ (3m. Ml@hrvqr 4 k‘}};f Salisbury o Sspsronr A, t“' K . ings Min. o SCHARLOTTE -— Lake Gityy To Cenvral Florida To Central Fiorida and Wes+Coast points. 20 East Coast points. COPYRIONT 1923 at times when traffic is heavy and pass- ipg around them Is dangerous. FASTER DRIVING URGED. Life seems filled with strange anom- alies. While speeders in Detroit are |, being sentenced: to_attend funerals o(f The state of Connecticut reports that carelessness {s becoming so popular |among motorists that during the past | year 35,000 license planes—or markers as they call them in Connecticut—were lost in that state alone. Just hovb‘ many motorcar victims, New York is worry- MANY PLATES LOST. ing about what to do with “slow pokes,” | Sqme people lose their heads when who always scem to be funeralbourd they drive: others lose their “bearings.” -_— lost their temper could not ao- curately ascertained. Dopce BROTHERS " BUSINESS SEDAN Recent improvements in the appearancs . end equipment of this Sedan adapt i, tnore perfectly then ever, to family as twoll es business use, ‘The body Is swung lower to the roed. A transmission lock, knob-grip steering ‘Wwheel, a combination stop signal and tail famp. and other details have been added. Important chessis impsovements have been meade. Moet important of afl, perhaps, new spring equipment throughout has resulted #a a degree of riding comfort which can only be characterized as revolutionery. The price is $1250 . 0. b. Detroit—$1370 delivered SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY 1132-1134 Connecticut Ave. N.W.—Main 6660 14th and Monroe Sts, N.W.—~Columbia 5179 The oM saying that “the best way 1§'often the longest way around” is applicable to the best automobile routing between Washington and vi- cinity and Florida points. A scouting trip over a dozen combinations of motor routes between the east and Florida, just completed by the “offi- clal mapping car No. 3" of the Ameri- can Automobile Association, in charge of A. G. Sefler, manager of the na- tional touring and transportation bu- reau, 'developed this fact. This rout- ing can be traveled by motorists with reasonable comfort under almost any weather conditions. ) The routing recommended to motor- ists who are seeking the maximum mileage of good roads without glving much regard to the distance traveled is via Fredericksburg, Richmond, . South Hill ‘and Clarks- ville, Oxford, Durham, Greens- boro. riotte, N. C.: Camden and |Columbia, 8. C.: ' Augusta. Sparta, Milledgeville, Macon, Cordelie, Tifton, Valdosta, Ga.; Jasper and Lake City, Fla.. to Jacksonville. At Lake City motorists whose destination is cen- Peters trat and west coast Florida points can turn south. Alternate Ways Avallable, The dist' “we to Jacksonville can be shortened n a number of different ways. [ For example, between Peters- burg, Va.,, and Camden, §. C., the mo- torist can turn south at either South Hill, Va., over the bridge, or at Smiths | Ferry. continuing by Raleigh, South- ern Pines, N. 'C. and Cheraw, £. C. There are more détours on this route, one of which is caused by a bridge being out below Cheraw. The distance between Macon and Jacksonville can be materially short- ened by following tte Dixie Hichway via Perry, Fitzgerald and Waycross, Ga., and Callahan, Fla. There s one detour betwern the Georgia-Florida line and Callahan, which, when eliminated, will make this route advisable on ac- count, of the shorter distance than the | one via Valdosta. Reports are that| t! is will be done within thirty days.| One of the main advantages of the Valdosta way fs the concrete pave- ment between Lake City and Jackson- ville. Route Through Savannah. For the motorist who will willing- ly take a few chances, particularly when the weather is unfavorable.and ' NOVfiMBER 25, 1923—PART 3.’ \“Longest Way Around” Best On Tour to Points in Florida 4. A. A. Map Car Finds Shortest Ways Pass Qver ‘Many Stretches. of Road. Below Par. put up with some sections of poor road; the distance to Florida betweer Augusta and Jacksonville can be ma- ter shortened by golng via Waynesboro, Millen,” Statesboro, Reidsville, Lanes Bridge and Black- shear to Waycross. Savannah has many attractions for the south-bound tourist. It is possi- ble to' get through to Jacksonville via Savannah, Darien and Brunswick un- der favorable weather conditions. There are, however, some bad stretches on this rqute. Motorists who go to Florida an- other year will no>doubt be able to take the most direct line south via Ralelgh, Southern Pines, Columblia, Augusta to Savannah or éWaycross and thence to Jacksonville, as Im- provements along thess routes are eing made. When this is done the distance saved over the route now having the most mileage of good roads will be considerable. Many Detours. The A. A. A. scouts dld not recom- mend the route south from Charlotte to Macon via Spartanburg, Greenville, N. C. and Athens, Ga., at this time on account of construction south of the Hartwell, Ga., bridge. It is pos- sible that this grade will be surfaced before the season is over, so that it can be added to the list of recom- mended routes south. There are detours on any route south owing to the large amount of construction golng on. The mini- mum is seven. Complete information as to conditions and detours has been made available to motorlsts through the 464 touring bureaus affiliated with the American Automobile Assoclation Strip maps for the yarious routes will also be available a8 soon as the cor- rections noted on the scouting trip Just completed can be made. The accompanying map indlcates the various routes open to Florida, with a notation of the road conditions encountered and the prin_ipal detours. CITES THE EVIDENCE OF DRIVER’S FITNESS Motorist Who Entertains Most “Fears” Preferred to One Who " Boasts “Exverience.” An explanation has been offered as to ‘why the so-called “experienced dnv:r"{ is =0 often held up as a bad example to | drivers who want to pursue the straight and tarrow path of safety. | According to Capt. Harry M. Horton, local Duesenberg dealer, the trouble comes from Judging experience by the years a motorist has driven, whereas the real test of experlence is in the number of fears he entertains. “The so-called experienced. driver is frequently a hopeless disappointment ‘because he foolishly graduates from the state of mind typified by the beginner,” says Horton. ‘““The beginner seldom has a serious accident because he is think- Ing about the things that might hap- pen. The experienced driver ought to know of a great many other things to | fear, and accordingly should be an even | safter driver. i “The tendency, however, is just the reverse. The more the average motorist | drives the more he is Inclined to look | back upon his years of uneventful driv- ing and feel that he 18 pursuing the | right course when he elects to put cer- | tain fears out of his The first | thing he knows he is running through the city at thirty miles an hour, pro- | ceeding in the almost childish belief that nothing will or can happen. “That is because he imagines he is equal to any emergency. And that Is where the trouble starts because he is | |of the caught entirely off his guard. Expe- rience In driving a car is a matter of learning to expect more and greater hazards, Ability to meet any contin- gency will thus be fortified by readiness 0 apply that ability.” —_— CHAIN FROM GAS WAGON. The chain which invariably drags along on the ground from the frame automobjle gasoline tank wagon Is a safety device and not an oversight of the driver's. 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