Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1924, Page 47

"8 GOOD DRIVER ASKED TO AID INEXPERIENCED Veteran, Who Knows How to Han- dle Car, Can Prevent Numerous Accidents. A A A OUTLINES RULES Points to Dangers With 1,000,000 New Autoists on Roads. In a bulletin just issued by the traffic committee of the American Automobile Assoclation motorists are given a timely warning against con- fusing the “road hog" with the inex- perienced driver whose lack of cour- tesy or recklessness may be unin- tentional. According to the A. A. A. paper every spring brings its list of pre- ventable accidents as a result of ex- perienced drivers mistaking uninten- tial for willful recklessness and vio- lation of rules of the road. As a result of several recent inves- tigations into accident causes in which it was shown that collisions often resulted from the inability seasoned drivers to make allowan: for the shortcomings of beg the A. A. A. has outlined for m ists some suggestions as to guarding car users through understanding between drivers Makes Recommendations. The recommendations of especial Importance are as follows better “Whenever a driver seems to be | usurping the right of avay at an intersection when he is not en- titied to do so, It is safer to assume that he or she is inexperienced and not willfully disrespectful of la order. Too many motorists ch others a lerson’ at the wrong and the inc vle result is an cident “The proper time to teach the new ot U perienced driver who to believing tha rn to drive is to e and ‘sink or s the worst Iifully reckless driver may his mind at the last mom id trouble simply because well enough to know how to avold it, but the inexperienced driver has no such advantage. “There will be about 1,000,000 new drivers this year if car sales continue at the present rate. While skill in operation of the car is an easier mat- ter to acquire by reason of the great improvement in coutrols, traffic con- ditions are more complicated than at any time in the history of the auto- mobile and knowledge of rules of driving and courtesy never more im- portant. ‘In view of present conditions the experienced motorist cannot afford to mistake ordinary inexperience for willful recklessness. The man In the powerful phaeton who passes you at a dangerous point on the hill may be simply some one who does not fully appreciate the risks he is taking. 1f you are a true worker for safety you will do everything in your power to make it less likely for this inexperi- enced driver to come to grief. “This means that you must give way to him at crossings, fall back on the hill if he tries to pass and shows signs of getting caught between your ar and a machine coming downhill, And apply your cautiously when he is following you in traffic “It means that at every curve In | the road you should sound your horn, ]I»rcn.u.l-‘ in all probability he will overlook t! “The be arn, but in the meanti safety rests with those experienced drivers who are in a po- sition to offset the beginner's short- comings. OWNERS’ SCHOOL OPEN. Y. M. C."A. Gives Instruction in Mechanics of Autos. Beginning last week a class of in- struction for owners of automobiles was started by the Y. M. C. A. Auto School ording to Principal E. A. | Prumm. classes will be held Monday ngs from 7 until 10 | »orse will consist of on in the construc- | tio arts and principles of opera- | ; care and lubrication; theory and | anplication of the electrical system to ar. and how to 1o e minor repairs Now that the s to owners > trouble and hile on the road. ring has arrived 1l be out in great numbers, it is most timely that they | should be n opportunity to | learn Principal | < t T 1 a al of trouble and simple e Many do thing about a car, | and put to much in- expense while on a country road, because of this lack of knowledge."” not know the first and are 0-mile i ace will be h motor speedw | ational automo. on the India- ay 30, ) THE SUNDAY GOOD ROADS SHOW INTERESTS NATION Delegates Coming to Albuquerque, N. M, in May From Every State in Union. FORTY GOVERNORS RESPOND Motorcade of 400 Cars to Cover Bankhead Route. ALBUQUERQU M., April 19.— The mails reaching headquarters of the United States Good Roads Asso- clation, Bankhead National Highway Association and United States good roads show, which meet in Albuquer- que, N. M., May 26-31, are full of let- ters of acceptances 'and of appoint- ments of delegates by governors, chambers “of commerce, automobile clubs, good roads associations and various clvie organizations. Every mail brings encouraging news of delegates that are coming from every state in the Union. J. F. Hinkie, Governor of New Mexico, who extended invitations to all of the governors throughout the Union, has notifled Director General Rountree that forty governors have replied to his invitation and notified him that they would appoint dele- gates for the coming convention. Many of these governors write that they are seriously consiflering attend- ing this convention, and If they can- y will send a personal | Interest in Show. Interest grows from day to day in the United States good roads show, which will be held in the ew Mexico Armory during “Good Roads week. Machinery manufacturers, dealers and special agents are recognizing the im- portance of this great show and the opportunity they will have to reach rodd officials and contractors in many of the southwestern states as well as all parts of the United States More than twenty state highway departments have notified Director General Rountree that they will have exhibits of maps, pictures, profiles and s of materials from their 2 i, state Mexico, state high- see that and each department exhib are properly arran state given a good position in this show. The coming meeting of the Bank- head National Highway Assoclation is arousing much enthusiasm. The membership of this association is based on one delegate for ten paid members. Each state is entitled to a minimum of 1,000 paid members and a delegation with a voting strength of at least 100 in each of the thirteen states which the Bankhead highway traverses—Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis- sippl, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Cali- fornia. Plans for Motoreade. The information has been received that much interest has been aroused by the motorcade, svhich starts at Memphis, coming through Arkansas, Texas and New Mexico, that will tru- verse the Bankhead highway en route to the convention at Albuquarque. More than 200 cars are expected to take part in this motorcade. News of the most encouraging nature In re- gard to the building of the Bankhead highway will be made at this con- vention. try are advertising the conventlon most extensively and will put on sale May 15 summer tourist rates from the east to Aibuquerque and on May route to the east. — e 205,735 FORDS IN MARCH. Sales of 10,800 Cars Reached in Last Ten Days. Retail deliveries of Ford cars and trucks in the United States during the nionth of March reached the rec- ord-breaking total of 205,735. Noth- ing in the history of the automobile industry compares with this record. and a significant feature developed during the last ten days of th: month, when “sales averaged 10,800 Ford cars and trucks a day. This is the best indication that the spring buying rush has begun and that under this enormous demand the production of the company will be taxed to the limit in an endeavor i QEENT REFINISHING SYSTE | AXY XIND MADE OR REPAIRED. installed in_any make | 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS | WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS | 319 13th. Fr. 6410. 1425 P. Fr. 8036 She can that’s a lightnin, pounds tell what a sassy pony, cross between greased g and the place where it hits, can do with eleven hundred of steel and action when he’sgoing high, wide and handsome. The truth is—the Playboy was built for her. There’s a savor of links about that car—of laughter and lilt end light— a hint of old loves—and saddle and qui rt. It's a brawny thing— yet a graceful thing for the sweep o’ the Avenue. Step into the Playboy when the hour grows dull with things gone dead and stale. Then start for the land of real living with the spirit of the lass who rides, lean and rangy, into the red ho- rizon of a Wyoming twilight. You can’t blame a healthy girl for wanting to have a car of her own. \ 4 Somewhere West of Laramie OMEWHERE west of Laramie there’s a broncho-busting, steer-roping girl who knows what I’m talking about. Why—you really can’t where or do an nowadays without one. Mother is always using hers— Father can’t give up his. How is a fellow going to get out to the country club when a fellow really wants to be there on time? Father gets tired chauffering his daughters around to parties, and think of all the sleep he loses wait- ing for the party to be over so he ing worth while go any- can take his daughters home. There was a time in mother’s day when the girls she knew lived just down the block. Nowadays it’s seven miles to the place where daughter wants to go. Happily, she drives just as well as father, and just as cautiously—and no one knows better than father how well she looks. She won’t be satisfied with an ordinary car. That’s why the Play- boy was built for her. Sterrett & Fleming, Inc. Champlain St., at Kalorama Rd. Columbia 5050 Branch Salesroom 1223 Comn. Ave. JORDAN A4 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., | The railroads throughout the coun- 22 from the west to Albuquerque en | ‘APRIL FIVE CENTS A MILE SAVED BY GOOD ROAD Statistics on Auto Repairs, Fuel Consumption and Other Items Show Difference. 20, Statistics of repairs, gasoline and oil consumption, loads hauled demonstrate that the average difference in cost in running a car or truck over good hard roads and poor roads is approximately 5 cents per mile. 2 The average mileage of all cars and trucks in this country exceeds 6,000 yearly. There are 14,000,000 cars and trucks rynning in the United States. A simple multiplication proves that if all the roads in the United States were poor roads, making them all imto good roads would save more than four billions every year, or more than five times as much as is spent annu- ally in this nation for good roads. Poor Reads Contly. depreclation and 1924 —PART 3. Of course all the roads are not poor roads, and more than 80 per cent of the travel of our vehicles is over the good roads and not poor ones. But if we had good roads vehicles would travel over them. Vehicles arc now forced from the many poor to the few %ood road miles in order to avold loss of time and the tremendous cost of travel over poor roads. Any individual, asking whether his share of a new road tax will pay him, has only to figure the number of miles he will travel in a year over the good road and see what he, personally, will save. This com- putation, of ¢ourse, leaves out of cal- culation any such factors as the sav- ing he makes by the lowering of prices of goods he buys which travel the good road, and any increase in his assets due to the increase of land values on the good road, and any in- crease In earning capacity due to the time sawed on good roads. With figures 80 plain and savings so ob- vious, it is difficult to understand why any one thinks that national high- ways, built and maintained by the national government, will not more than pay for themselves In a very short period. e SRR himself The most common mi: dom is the “other fellow Increase your property value and at = the same time owm your G-A-R-A-G-E ED A HOMEY adding wo_char, TERMS for as low MOSTHLY Now— ge_you—THRO! PROPOSITIONS—we build garages Bungalows CONSTRUCTION CO CONTINENTAL PHONE TRUST BLDG. CALL FOR UNIFORM STATE TRAFFIC LAWS | F. E. Bradfield Urges Erection of Warning Signboards for Auto Tourists. With the summer touring season at hand and nearly every state, city and town preparing to boost summer trade by catering to the tourist, it is time that some logical program was fol- lowed to keep the tourist posted as to the laws in effect in certain terri- tories, according to ¥. E. Bradfield, vice president of the Velie Motors Corporation, Moline, 111 For years, Mr. Bradficld asserts, the various states have n talking about uniform traffic laws, but 1924 finds this situation just as much of a guestion as heretofore. Mr. Bradfield | fi tomobile dealers, state officials and municipal officlals can do to make the ad easier for tourists. He be- s that— Urges State Signboards. The state should erect a signboard at the state boundary line on every main highway giving a brief digest of state laws tourists should know. nd is already doing this with s, he siys. 5’ should post a briet sur vey ) right-of-way rules and speed limits several miles out of each community and agaln on entering the town. Automobile dealers should also quote the laws in effect in their com- munities by means of signboards printed slips in their salesrooms and at gasoline stations. Every garage and gasoline station should help per- . he says, and these d all tend to stop traffic violations, DROVE CAR DOWN STEPY. To demonstrate the effectiveness of four-wheel brakes, a Los Angeles car distributor recently drove a touring ar without mishaps down three epest steps in that Harper Motor Co., Open Evenings and Sundays 1130 Connecticut Ave. Liberal Allowances on Used Cars i N i !. |‘iiJ‘M) , o | 1 ! Consider This Oakland Sedan at °1445 It actuallr construction and worth-w THERE is genuine satisfaction in owning this Oakland Six Sedan. incorporates more advanced hile features than you will find in any other Sedan selling at a similar price. Here are just a few of the facts you can verify for yourself. Oakland’s new six-cylinder engine is compact and powerful. Its full pressure lubrication to all bear- ings, automatic spark control, patented bronze-backed bear- ings and all-round advanced de- sign give it the smoothness so desirable in a closed car. Oakland’s four-wheel brakes are sound and practical. In the Sedan, a family car, don’t over- look this very real safety feature. If you doubt their desirability just drive an Oakland. The body is distinctive. It is Fisher- built—beautiful and complete. Comparisons with other sedans will increase your desire for it. ment board. every way. Oakland’s new Duco finish will be a revelation to you. More beautiful than ordinary finishes, it is also many times more dur- able. In no other car, similarly priced, can you obtain this finish. The control system is exclusively Oakland. Horn, throttle,ignition .vitch, choke and light controls —all are on the steering wheel, right under your hand. There is nothing on the dash, except the neat, indirectly lighted instru- Disc steel wheels are standard on the Sedan. They are safer, better looking, more desirable in i These are the facts, and the Sedan price is only *1445 at the factory. To insure con;\g to pay less, and you ne lete satisfaction you cannot afford not pay more. Consider the Oak- land—see it, ride in it, drive it—then decide for yourself. DISTRICT OAKLAND COMPANY Distributors Wholesale and Retail 1709 L St. N.W. Main 7612 L] Touring Car Roadster SprcTau'rh(' - 1 Sport Roadster - 1095 ADAMS MOTOR COMPANY Retail Dealer 1612 14th St. N.W. Potomac 1742 Business Coupe Coupe for Four - #1195 1395 Enclosures for Al g Ersn Ty o b. factory