SEVEN SAFETY "PINS"

NZ Truth, Issue 1262, 6 February 1930, Page 18

SEVEN SAFETY "PINS"

Ssilieirt For v The Road

..Motoring advice is given as freely as the' air for tyres, and often the motorist may weary of the constant repetition of reminders and -suggestions. DTJT the factor of safety is so largely dependent on individual responsibility that the old adage of "dripping water wearing" the hardest stone" seems to apply to this subject. „ The- most popular form of motoring advice is that, contained m brief summaries of : th/e salient points for carefree . and accident-free motoring. ..Qne of the best of these put forth m some time is passed along as i a 'timely-. decalogue for keeping out of both gaol and the hospital, not to mention saying fines and smashed fenders. Here are the seven wholesome suggestions m this decalogue: — First— Keep your car m sound condition. . ■ . ' ; Sejcpnd— Keep your car under control—you are always m danger if you :caiinot stop your .car m the insured clear :distahce ahead. : uThird-^— Keepiyour eyes on the road ..^--one"; second's'' inattention viay. mean ;disa^ter;'.. , ' ;; ■,;.: \-l.;- : ..,. . : ;' : , Fou>th— Never fight for the right of way. :■-.•'■'" •. ''•■' . ' "'■ ' '■•■•■ Fifth--Go.: along with. the. procession -f-yoii have no more right to "drag" traffic than .you have to., jeopardise yourself and. others, by unnecessary ':'cutting,in v . . Sixth— Be as . courteous on the road as you are 'm your own home. , SeveritH— rKnow the traffic rules and *obey them: <: : .