BEWARE OF ROAD-SNAILS

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 18

BEWARE OF ROAD-SNAILS

H}g||w^ Drivers Whs Would Del^y A Funeral

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•THERE is a certain reasonable averX age driving s.peed of about '25 m.R.h-' <ilt ■ W h |ph fifty road-worthy car is 'perfectly', boritrollable, which most driyprs find convenient on crowded roadg. ■■■ ' 'When they come up with a car moving much' slower, they naturally wish ip-pfis^-'an^ this is the caupe of many accidents. 1 ' • ■ Spirie of pur most popujar roads are top narrpw to take" three mpying yehic)eV. a^Fieast, and pacing is sometini^.- jjangpvous. ' f -■-. ■■ '-■'■'- ■.. , . : ',jf- a par ?g m such a cpndition, from faulty brakes, or pthei' causes, that it is riot safe at 25 m.p.h., it should not be pn the, road, and if a drjver is not competent tp drive at this reasonable

speed, then he should confine his driving to quiet roads. Quite apart fuom the capabilities of these slow drivers and their cars, some show an extraordinary dislike for being passed. This usually takes the fpini of "a refusal to . pull over, apd this is' annoying en.pugh. gut driver' who accelerates* jijst as a faster car is .passing 'him "is' -mope than a nuisance; he'fs a^dan^pr'if other- cars are' approaching. - ' Many of the unfortunate accidents which provide depressing! reading on Monday morning are \djie tq driving taq> slowly, and the nerve strain wh,ich acconipanies a Sunday drive' pri a busy rpnd' is due to the same' ! cause. Ij; is time for somebody to' s.tep on the tails : bi the roaij-snails.