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TH:E L' JCICNQW ;SENT1. EL,
LUCIA Orlt; QNT.a 4
ViTZDNESDAY, NOV. 2nd, 1955;
by
ROSEMARY. THYME
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• Sometimes, you know, ,when I
sit do' . to write this column' I
just don't have, 'an .idea' in m•
'head. When I.' ask advice' of te
„ :family I can be sure of one, thing,.
• my husband will scorn' a".column
�'. of recipes.
or some time ;I -have . been
mu'1hng Ever..the: subject of'mete
:careful driving,. and more court-''
esy on the road on the .part .of.
;motorists.:• My :ideas .came, :to. a'
head .a bit n••i,ore the other even-,
ding when our Film Council met
and, pre -viewed some films. The.
one Which wai. chosen for dis-
mission after, dealt with this Sub-
ject.The filmsuggested the mot-
orist as a Dr. , Jekyli and •Mr.'
Hyde sort of person, that as soon.
as he • got behind the wheel of a
car he 'became Mr. Hyde. In the.
film 'the' smart:.young business
, man who came out • of his .office
s. and started homeward' became 'a.
most vicious :looking creature in-
deed. he shot out into. traffic,
violating all the laws of court;•
esy ani most •of the laws of driv-,
mg, " driving headlong into a
group of children alighting from
a school bus (I couldri't 'under-
• stand how. he.reached home with=
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':t. it_maddening_aVhen.,yott :re.
mein • er aving. rea.• an . ar le -
on .a certain subject, but 'haven't
made a point.. of remembering
the important details? I had re-
cently , read an.' article, proving''
iby . a, statistical survey that Wo -
Men are more careful 'drivers
than Men, that they know • the
'laws .for . nioorists better, that
they use\sig els more consistent-
ly,,�2because n many cases, . espec=
ially city drivers, they have been
taught by .a driving school. 'I
could 'remember these facts, 13
-not ':where f, 'had read' '`.it, •nd'1
wherg • the survey . had been ,con
dad*, and• so T thought. r brad'"
better; not 1bring ,the subject up
+. particularly since .L. had a1--
ready disagreecd with him on the
subject of a 60=mile, Minimia ori'
highways; 1 still think many eon'
plewould :live longer if so m • _y
weren't in such. a hurry , t? get
somewhere ' so that • they could
hurry back. '; .
a -read another article,' recently.
whichdealt with 'the. problems
of :•parents with young . people
driving. , ' it was -'titled -Shall
we let• : them , drive . . or .let
them live?"' It isn't only the ,life
Of :the one who drives that is in
danger .. . . the car is filled with
teen-agers, ;and the driver • : is
seized with. the urge to show off
•• how fast he can drive; • or
seine one eggs . him . on to more.
speed: They have too much speedL
to negotiate a . curve . arid, end up
in the• ditch or'a field, after hav-
ing
av-in g " turned. over two ..or -three
'out having his.` license taken .a tirnces, .Some spend tiresome and
dozen times); ' crowding other painful weeks• iri a hospital bed,
cars. 'to the curb as he, clashed in and : too often there will be one
'and' Out of traffic, whisking by or two for whom'.life is over•' at
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pedestrians so 'close, that they 16. -'The The. greatest tragedy of all.
dropped ,their "parcels all ' over fora :parents, i feel, must be to
h . the road;.: lumping. an orange have watched a teen-ager off to a
light, etc.,' etc:: When .he arrived party, .full of life arid gaiety
home and alighted from his car, and .never to See Ahern' again, ibe
he immediately became •thehand-: cause, to putit; baldly an under-
some 'young"business, man. again; taker can do . little with the
greeting his children .affection- mangled • remains . that are.drawn
ately, • elated ` because " he had ,from the `wreck. 'This, problem of
teen-agers driving;' nor :being.
driven, is one that can Well strike
'chill. tb • the hearts of parents.
Though there: is no doubt about
it that they are good . driver's, ,. if.
weecan only; . teach 'therecare.: and.
responsibility.. _ ` .
:.We haveknown of iso many
reached home •three:,. minutes
earlier .. than •usual, assuring his.
wife. that he; always,. drove Care-
fully.
care •fully.
We .all thought that . he. doubt=
less believed that lie• was a very
careful. driver.:We agreed that
too ; Maly people think that the
road is theirs,; that• it isimport-.
ant that they arrive at their; des-
tination at the` earliest possible
moment . and that Other . people
should get; . Out of the way. So
that they: may;';do so; theywhisk.
in and ,out of traffic lanes with
'abandon, they hug the 'inside of.
curves, and flash .up the hill on
th. 'middle of the \ road.
e:-amassed-the-incnn
driver who fails to: dim his lights
and agreed 'that it is .possible that
the greatest majority of ,fatal' ac-
cidents, which ,occur at night and
cannot ;b_e.,.accounted, 'for, is .duo
to, .someone's failure' to dire' „.his
lights, blinclifig the oncoming car
and forcing , him• into- the ditch;
T'while he rolls •merrily . on hid,
way, unaware • of. the catastrophe
Sze-has-left4n his-wake,..,.We_agree i_
that we should really report
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accidents recently that. have been
caused by ''sheer carelessness or
reckless.' driving that:,: ' one could:
almost fear ,to trust : one's life..on
the highways::
We.visit' people in the: hospital
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,our nearby - city., who carne -
.into Ontario from • Columbus,
Ohio, • in .August,' ` intending :, to
:Spend a:: couple Weeks . touring
trt ire--Seeonci-d-ay-they-wer
here, when• rounding . a curve• ;in
the: road, they Were,- struck head
n by a:.speeding -.car, 'travelling
on the wrong side of the road.
To.'See, the-. wrec __that• was their
car, 'one (would know_ . they are
fortunate'to be alive. Mr... B. 'has
'one arm' in a .cast with ;multiple
fractures, 8 ribs broken, piercing
his lung which had to 'be collap,
sed. Mrs. B. Lies :With:both-legs-
in
bothlegs•in. a cast, tbone surgery iri 'one.
' these delinquents to ; the Police, ankle,7, One 'arm in a cas , broken
• but since it would. • necessiate aW broken; nose: Sh : will no't'
-turning around ;and speeding tope moble to 'be. mov, until. the
catch the. .license number of.the end of,`October at least, and then
Chap
• Cha who flies by with light' un- -will wll :go home by ambulance '
di:rrned, it didrt t 'seem -entirely
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m '' We have in our town ' a
feasible. Someon suggested that '
the Pursued would probably
young 11 they 'justcouple starting
sstru k. out.
p by a
. escape , uhscathed, while the per T`
Struck;
car which failed to sto at a stop
slier would be' nabbe4 for speed sign,:
*? , .:in g. list it ' i5 a major menace, si el and as a result .nes a is
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_� l r liar ely__to-•ever�--h-ave °gvocl-41ealt
iv we did agree •
Q, ,,, _ again, She suffered serious, back
i TThhe young men v ere quite as- injury, and e still has ' partial
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surd that the real menace on paralysis, an a terrific shock •.to
the highways is heslow ariver• his nervous sy$tem: ,The insurr
rather than the tofast one. Any 'ance','they" r'eceived ds woefully
Pre who wants to loiter •'(less" inadequate ,for the extent 'of 'their
thin 50 miles .,per hour) on the injuries. Everyp time 'we 'drive
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highway .should • g�t off `on 'the ':through that i
the :accident occurred marVel
that anyone could ,be. so • neg.-
11,gent as to •••dri'Ve through the
war;ning signs„ all five Of them,
and then fail to stop.
yways . even if the byways
don t take you where you are
going. A. &Mole of ,the women,
-bit :drastic, but7apparently1 e
highWay, is billy for Ithe people
Who are bound ,,fer some par-•
Failure to make pioper signals
Paine up, too, and One of the
young men 'facetiously referred
to 'Way -women drivel*. flip
theirclingerk otit their window. AS
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