DRIVING AT NIGHT

Shannon News, 3 February 1928, Page 4

DRIVING AT NIGHT

Overtaking other ears demands special care at night owing to the difficulty of making sure that the road ahead is perfectly clear ,and this requires particular emphasise in the case of driving in a half-light when some vehicles are illuminated and others are not. The great thing is not to chance anything but make .perfectly certain the road is clear before attempting to pass. At all tunes unlighted vehicles, particularly cycles, are a grave source of danger and if everyone could be forced to carry a tail lamp half the difficulty experienced in night driving would immediately be removed. The giving of signals is also very important at night, and this is where the illuminated signalling devices which are now so popular are extremely usei ful. It is, however unwise to rely entirely on any signal when the manoeuvre to be attempted is likely to cause danger to a following vehicle, such as, for example, a turn to the right off a main road,on the part of a car which is being closely followed by another. Et is always possible that the second driver will mistake the intention and attempt to .pass as the first car turns off.