SLOW DRIVING

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 304, 5 September 1929, Page 7

SLOW DRIVING

CORRECT SYSTEM. The Motor gives a few hints to novices on how to drive slowly—for 'there is a correct way of driving, whether it be slow or fast. The advice given might be assimilated with -advantage by some drivers who have passed their novitiate, for there are almost as many on the road who break the rules of correct slow driving as there are those inclined to _X overspeed. One of the first things the newcomer to the pastime must master is the ability to drive his car on any part of the highway with safety and precision, which means ability, when circumstances compel, to keep the near side wheels—that is, the lefthand side of the car—as close as possible (say within a few inches) to the kerb. Further, when overtaking an obstruction the driver must realise that the intention to turn out towards the centre of the highway in order to get by must be signalled to overtaking traffic by placing the w right hand out of the right-hand ■window, or over the side of the car, so that it can be clearly seen, and

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this must be done so as to give good time for overtaking traffic to slow down or pull up. Far too many drivers, who think they are well within the law because they are driving slowly, pull out suddenly from the side of the road, blindly disregarding any vehicle that may be overtaking them, and even give a warning signal after they have turned and when it is too late. This is the prime cause of many accidents in which the faulty driver is quite likely to be injured.

Another reason for drivers keeping out to the centre is the feeling of insecurity on a cambered road. This feeling is misleading, and if those who avoid, so far as they can, ever getting over into the gutter, would realise the greater danger of remaining where an overtaking driver is obliged to cut them very closely they would soon regard it as very much safer to keep over to the left than to drive in the centre of the road.