TAKING CHANCES
NO HORN, BRAKES OR LIGHT A typical example of the chances which motorists take with their own lives, and those of others, is afforded in the following story: A South Island motorist, a day or two ago, travelled from Waimate to Christchurch in the snappy time of four and a-half hours. At Ashburton, he picked up a friend. When a certain dangerous corner was being approached. the passenger, noting that the horn had not been used, said: “This is a tricky corner, better sound the horn.” Said the driver: The battery is run down and the horn is not working. “Well,” said tbe passenger, “slow down.” “The brake doesn’t hold,” replied the driver.” “How do you stop, then?” “I take my foot off the accelerator.” The amazed passenger thought of the railway crossings passed, and was pleased to get out of the car after telling the driver that the best thing he could do was drive into a garage and get his brakes, horn, lights and battery fixed up.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1030, 22 July 1930, Page 6
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171TAKING CHANCES Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1030, 22 July 1930, Page 6
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