ONE DON’T
DOES WHAT A WHOLE DOZEN DOESN’T “Don’ts for motorists” are one of the most numerous things in the world. A large national industrial association recently asked Mr. H. M. Jewett to contribute for a safety campaign pamphlet “a list of a dozen or more things a motorist should keep in mind,” suggesting that “a line of don’ts” would be most effective. Here is Jewett’s reply: There would be no use of my writing you a list of “a dozen things a motorist should keep in mind”—for the kind of motorist who can keep his mind on more than one thing at a time is not the kind that causes accidents. There is just one “don’t” that, if generally observed, would prevent most of the automobile accidents: DON’T DO ANYTHING SUDDENLY. Apply that to starting, stopping, backing, changing direction, turning, crossing railroads, entering street intersections, etc., and the causes of the accidents are eliminated.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 28, 26 April 1927, Page 11
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155ONE DON’T Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 28, 26 April 1927, Page 11
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