ROAD SENSE
it used to be said, that ex-coachmen made the best chauffeurs, for the reason that they possessed what is called a road sense —that is to say, they were well steeped in the instinct which makes for safe travel. It is not a. rTTflicult matter to learn to drive a car, in some fashion at loasi, and. of course, the foundation of good driving must lie in the power to handle a car with confidence and coolness, but very often the awkward driver scrapes through* set of conditions which may he dangerous, or at least troublesome, without at all realising th:j r there was any need of scraping through, whilst- he may quite unwittingly have put other motorists nr f r:<v-M,. Vv . lo cous iderable inconvenience and alarm.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 18
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130ROAD SENSE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 18
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