FOR NEW MOTORISTS

Shannon News, 5 October 1928, Page 4

FOR NEW MOTORISTS

Here are some driving hints which the new motorist will find worth remembering:— Learn to reverse when you learn to drive.- It is just as important, and rather more difficult than going forward. Don’t turn your head to talk to the people in the back seat until you are certain that you can drive straight without looking—and "\wv drivers can. Jerky starts and stops betray the novice. Don’t forget that engines need water as well as oil and petrol. Don’t take things to pieces unless you are sure you can put them together again. Remember that all cars will skid on a wet roud. Travelling slowly is the best preventive measure. Don’t try to cut across the bows of an oncoming car at close range. It is much safer to wait and go behind when you can see if the road is clear. Find out the distance in which the car can be stopped before, not after, the emergency occurs. A miscalculation may be costly. Don’t try to stop in half the usual distance because you have four wheel brakes. The glass in windscreens and hospital w-intlow-s is the same material, but it is better to continue looking through that in the former. If there is a better driving rule than safety first it.is safely always.