RELIANCE ON SECURITY

Shannon News, 25 November 1927, Page 4

RELIANCE ON SECURITY

The motor-car of the present day has been developed* to such a point of comfiort and convenience that it develops a fals e sense of security on the part of the man at the wheel. The majority of motorists do not realise when they are not driving properly. The man who wilfully violates traffic regulations is very rare. Judgment as to safe speed or whether your car is under sufficient control to meet any emergency takes into account the human factor which can never be properly estimated. It is usually the experienced driver who is familiar with the road over which h e is travelling who forms careless habits of handling the car. He may drive in an improper manner once when in a hurry. He may repeat this several times without an accider#t until the habit grows upon him and he ceases to have any apprecia-, tion of trouble. He is naturally surprised when it conies upon him. The man who drives past a blind intersection at a speed where the car is not under control may do so once without thinking of the possibilities. He may avoid accident on, a thousand such occasions, but he increases the hazard not only to himself, but to other motorists and pedestrians in the vicinity.