EXASPERATING

NZ Truth, Issue 1184, 9 August 1928, Page 15

EXASPERATING

Slow Drivers Hug The Road

Why many slow drivers persistently "hug the crown of the road and wait until the blast of a horn warns them of an overtaking car is beyond the comprehension of any reasonable being. THE slower a car is driven the nearer 1 it should be kept to the left hand side of the road. ' iThereis no doubt that many accidents are 'due to the annoying persistency with which slowly moving- cars are driven near the centre of the roadway. ;' •■ • •• • '.--.•. • Some, of the hang on to their .position until they think that the man behind has lost all ipatience. Then they move over. Sometimes it happens that the man behind won't wait, and attempts to pass when he should not do so. A fast approaching car round a bend or a vehicle entering from a side street or road spells disaster. ' The slow driver naturally absolves himself from all blame on the" h igh moral- ground' that he' was "only going slowly."; i •■••.-, : ' . With some people this seems to be .a kind of gospel, regardless of how they, drive otherwise. •