Poem Gives Wise Advice to Motorists

Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 20, 28 May 1952, Page 2

Poem Gives Wise Advice to Motorists

If everyone who drives a car could lie a month in bed, With broken bones and stitched-up wounds, or fractures of the head. And there endure the agonies that many people dO, They'd never need preach safety any more to me and you. If everyone could stand beside the bed of some close frjend, And hear the doctor say "no hope'' before that fatal end, And see him» there unconscious, never knowing what took place, i The laws and rules of traffic I am sure weJd soon embrace. m If everyone could meet the wife and children left behind, And step into the darkened home where once the sunlight shined, And look upon "The Vacant Chair" . where Daddj^ used to sit, j I'm sure the reckless driver would be forced to think a bit. If everyone would realise pedestrians on the street, Have just as much right-of-way as those upon the seat, And train their eyes for children who run recklessly at play, This steady toll of hurnan lives would drop from day to day. If everyone would check his car before he takes a trip For tyres worn, loose ) steering wheels & brakes that fail to grip, And pay attention to his lights while . driving roads at night, Another scbre for safety could be chalked up in the fight. If everyone who drives a car would heed the danger signs, Placed by the highway engineers who also mark the lines, To keep the traffic in the lanes and give it proper space, The accidents we read about could not have taken place. And last, if he who takes the wheef would say a little prayer, And keep in mind those in the car depending on his care, And make a vow and pledge himself to never take a ehance, The great crusade for safety then would suddenly advance.

— C. E.

Weiser.