THE KING’S HIGHWAY

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 3, Issue 5, 1 November 1924, Page vii (Supplement)

THE KING’S HIGHWAY

(Continued from Page Hi. of Mo tor Supplement) The number of motorists who appear to be blissfully unaware of the need for care on corners and bends in the road is surprising. Only the other day I was driving along a much-used road on the outskirts of the city, and was taking a sharp bend well in on my right side, when a car came up from behind at considerably over the legal limit of speed and passed me on the corner. The other driver had no view ahead, and our two cars occupied the whole width of the road. So many tragic accidents have occurred through the foolish practice of passing overtaken cars on blind corners that one would think people would learn wisdom, but sooner than slow down for a moment or two, the chance is taken. In this par-' ticular instance, had another car been coming in the opposite direction, a bad smash would have been unavoidable. The golden rule to remember is: Never pull out on to the other man’s half of the road unless you have a clear view ahead. Taking a chance on the road being clear around the corner is a habit that grows on people, _ but quite a lot of them take it once too often. If the causes of our

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