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Safety Hints to Drivers

  Be sure to put out your hand at all stops and turns and slow-downs. Carry a stop signal light. Make your intention known in due time.
  Always drive slow in the presence of children; slow up, also for people on foot, horse drawn carriages, bicycles, etc.
  Don't hog the road, and don't dodge in ahead of others; observe the golden rule.
  Lend assistance when you find others in trouble—lend gladly, don't take pay.
  Don't be furious on the road; it is better to take in the beauties of nature than to be taken in.
  "Take time to be careful; be careful all the time."
  When caution is needed, be cautious.
  Sometimes it is best to stop and let others pass, as in case of fog, a glaring headlight, or a dangerous place in the road. Thank the other driver when he does this for you.
  Do not back into trouble. Back only so far and so fast as you can see a clear way, and clear down to the ground; a babe or a small child is not very tall. If another is along have him also watch for you from the car or the curb. School your people always to watch the rear whenever you go into reverse; sound your horn.
  Learn in advance and know the danger spots in your route, and take heed to all danger signs.
  Learn to anticipate danger. Keep your eye on all moving objects that might get in your way. Be not overtaken by surprise.
  "A prudent man foreseeth the evil***; but the simple pass on and are punished." Prov. 27:12.
  Drive slow over the crest of hills and elevated bridges and along precipitous embankments. Others collide and others overturn but why should you?
  "Dead man's curve," or "dead man's under-pass" means that some body has died there, and it may be the death of you. Beware!
  Can you make a quick stop on short warning on a slippery street? Drive slow and you can. It is poor policy to stop by the aid of a tree, a hydrant or a pole.
  Incline sharply to right angles in crossing or getting out of car tracks. If necessary pull to the left before cutting to the right.
  Keep yourself and your machine tuned up to a quick response, so you can pull out of danger on the instant.

Safety Hints to Drivers

  Never dispute the right of way of a locomotive or a trolley car; slow up and take a look up and down the tracks, then, seeing and hearing no danger, cross quickly.
  The new slogan is, "Stop, Look and Live."
  Strike sand or ruts only at a moderate clip; likewise mud, ice, and oil or tarvia.
  A shift to lower gear on a steep incline is sometimes an aid to safe control.
  Be neither too fast nor too slow at cross walks. The safety of the people should be your first consideration.
  Do not crowd up on people who are getting on or off street cars. Give them no occasion for nervousness or fright.
  Did you ever skid, slide, get stuck or lose traction for want of tire chains? Serious consequences may await those who do not use chains.
  A clear or an open windshield, always; sight must be unobscured.
  Quick speed ahead may sometimes avert an accident.
  Be careful when your horn may only startle and confuse and thereby add to the danger.
  Racers are lawbreakers. They are jointly liable for injuries done by either to a third party. Do not race in the public highway.
  Do not sound your horn when not necessary, to the annoyance of others; be courteous as well as cautious.
  Do not mix gas and booze. Quit drinking or quit driving.
  Give the warning signal in time for the warned to act his part. You may have the right of way, nevertheless the other party is entitled to proper warning.
  Remember, no driver's seat is wide enough for three and that it is unlawful to have anything in your car or about your person that restricts freedom of operation. Beware of one-arm driving, so called.
  Study to know the way and the how of every accident that comes to your attention by observation or published account. Why should you by ignorance or heedlessness make the same fatal blunders that others have made. Be wise and be warned.
  More than ten thousand (10,000) people, an average of thirty (30) a day, are killed in a year by motor vehicles in the United States. Shall you or I be guilty of adding to this fearful slaughter?

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No need indeed to transcribe the reference material here. Thanks, -quinnk of Archives of American Art