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Move Launched To Help Prevent Today’s Highway Slaughter
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Following are the concerns who have signed up
with all employees pledged to drive carefully:
Anderson Auto
Parts Co., Inc.
Athens City Lines
Athens Cooperative
Creamery
Old South Restaurant,
Inc.
Thornton Brothers
Paper Co.
Home Equipment Co.
W. F. Mcklreath
Beverage Co.
W. C. Pitner—W. F. McElreath
Georgia Motors, Inc.
Wade's Garage
High Grade Body and
Fender Work
Downs Motors, Inc.
Michael’s
McGregors
Sterchi’s
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
Of Athens
City Motors, Inc.
~U. S. Tire And Auto
Supply Co.
Dave Gordon
Georgia Wrecking Co.
Georgian Hotel
Walter R. Thomas,
lnfiorporz‘xted
Gunn’s
Bell’s Food Store
Athens Lumber
Company, Inc.
Manufacturers of Sash, Doors
and Architectural Millwork
L. M. Leathers’ Sons
Coloniai Poultry Co.
J. Swanton lvy, Inc
Tony's
Double Cola Bottling Co.
Roberts Electrical
Appliance Co.
Martin Brothers
Classic City Wine And
Beverage Co.
Wellman - Stith Co.
A & A Quality Bakery
Dunlop Tire Company
B & B Beverage Co.
Stone’s ldeal Bakery
University Chevrolet
" Company
Nu Way Dry Cieaning
And Laundry
Healan’s Auto Body
And Paint Shop
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Prince Avenue Service J
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Georgia Automatic i
Gas Co. I
Ginn’s Garage |
Athens Building And |
Mill Supply Co. l
Deeb Lewis & Son
Benson’s Bakery
Bridges Funeral Home
Clyde McDorman
Funeral Home |
Winn Shirt
Manufacturing Co.
Athens Office
Equipment Company
Pittman’s Garage I
Georgian Laundry
Orkin Exterminating Co.
Adams Transfer
Findley Dry Cleaners
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Armstrong & Dobbs
Dick Ferguson’s
Ader’s Men’s Shop
Athens Refrigeration &
Appliance Co., Inc.
City Bus Lines
Hutchins, Cox And
Stroud, Inc.
Downs Motors, Inc.,
Service Station
Standard Oil Products
Harry’s
C. P. Alewine & Sons
E. S. Tire Company
B & Z Garage
Tony Postero
Insulating Co., Inc.
Sullivan Warehouse
And Storage Co.
Whitworth Cleaners
Athens Marble And
Granite Company
Atlantic Company
Athens Motor And
Machine Co.
B & W Dry Cleaners
Rosenthal’s
Morris Held Paint Store
Jones Flower Shop
Southern Shoe Store
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Mutual Funeral Home
Mack And Payne
Smith’s Coffee Shop
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU LEARN
TO BE AN EXPERT DRIVER
“It's just as easy to be a good
driver as a poor one, ang it’s
much more fun,” says Al Esper,’
chief test driver of Ford Motor
company. “All you have to do is
to remember a few rules, be a
good sport and -use your head.
You’'ll get a great deal of sat
isfaction from your expert driv
ing. You’ll fee¥ safe. You'll feel
relaxed. And people will admire
the way you handle a car. They
will trust you with their, cars and
enjoy riding as your passenger.
Remember that accidents don’t
just happen. They are caused.‘
Play safe and they won’t happen
to you. ‘
Do Others Think You Are A
Good Driver? |
Another thing to remember isl
that many people think they are
good. . . or evenl\experts . . driv
ers, while they are actualiy pret
ty bad drivers. Don’t make this
mistake and then try to prove
vour abilitv—or lack of it—by
burning up the highways. Learn
to drive so safely that others will
say: “You're really a gooq dri
ver!”
_lf You’re A Beginner
Before you can drive well, you
must learn a few basic rules. You
must realize that the machine
which you are about to operate
weighs almost two tons. Going at
30 mph it can hit an object with
the same force as if it were drop
ped off the roof of a 10-story
building. :
Whken you turn a corner, your
two-ton load of iron, steel, rubber
and human freight wants to keep
on going in a straight line. The
gripping of your tires on the
pavement is all that prevents it.
Why You Must Watch Your
Speed
You must learn 4o respect
speed. If you're traveling at 303
miles per hour and hit a car ap-!
proaching at 30 miles per hour
you get!/the impact of hitting a|
“prick wa'l” at a speed of 60
miles iper hour. If you're speed
ing along the road at 60 miles
per hour. it takes 251 feet on dry
pavement to stop. That’s almost
a lcity block. If you travel at
slower or more normal speeds]
your chances or surviving an
emergency are greater. {
First Learn The Controls |
Your first step in driving is to
learn all about the car. Start by
having an experienced driver ex
plain the controls. ‘
Then on ‘a safe road he shoul:li
show vou how to change gears,
how to nut on the breaks. |
When you are sure you know
what he has shown you take the
wheel wourself. Shift from first
to second to high, and then stop.
Repeat the process until you can
do this smoothly.
As you progress, go into other
rhases of driving, such as back
ing up, parking, driving in traf-
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l headlight. Careless drivers kill or injure ¥to avoid an accident. Not only on the other
b more pedestrians during the first 3 hours fellow's account, but because the life you
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DRINKING AND DRIVING don’t SPEEDING is a cause of 1 out of RACING TO RAILROAD crossings
mix. Drinking, either by a pedes- every 3 fatal traffic accidents —be accounts for 16 deaths or injuries
trian or a driver, plays a part in careful about “stepping on it” even every day. Stop for flashing red
1 out of every 4 fatal traffic ac- though the coast logks clear. lights. Look, listen, be careful when
cidents, you approach a crossing.
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DESOTO and PLYMOUTH
1095 W. Broad St. Phone 246
THE BANNTR-OERALD, ATHENS, GEORCGIA
sic, and turning on hills. Only
when you can do these operations
easily are you ready to “solo.”
How To Hold The Wheel
While you go through this
learning period don’t pick up
careless drfiving habits, they're
hard to get rid of.
Hold your steering * wheel
where you have the best control
—'eft hand at ‘“10 o’clock; right
hand at 4.” And keep both hands
on it. You never know when an
unexpected bump, a soft spot,
or a blowout may try to tear the
wheel out of your hands.
Why You Shift Gearg
Learn to shift gears correctly—
how to work the clutch Dbest.
Cars have a set of gears to give
three forward, one reverse. In
first gear there’s a maximum
power at slow speeds. You use
this to get rolling. Second gear
delivers full power at interme
diate car speeds—it helps you get:
moving faster. Third, or direct
drive, gives fult power at higher
speeds. It is your cruising gear.
These gears are selectively
meshed with the engine shaft
gears. Shifting from one speed
to another while the gears are
spinning would cause jamming
and 'broken teeth. That’s why
vou always push in the clutch
pedal before shifting. It discon
nects the engine from the gears.
When you've shifteq you let the
clutch pedal out again slowly.|
That joins the engine to the
gears and starts them spinning. |
Let The Other Fellow Go First
Never argue with trains, pe-,
destrains or cars . Before you
stick your nose out on a train
track, be absoluely sure you're
not racing a locomotive. And
when it comes to pedestrains, ‘al
ways give them the right of way
ard the benefit of every doubht.
Also, be careful when backing
out vour driveway. Dt it slowly
so that even if some child ‘or dog
carts across your path, you san
stop in time.
Look Before Pulling Away
From Curb i
You must always take a sec
ond look before pulling away
from the curb. Too many fend
ers are bashed in each year be
cause some drivers didn’t look.
Watch out for such drivers when
vou're on a crowded street.
Never depend on them to see
you. Depend on yourself!
NIGHT IS THE MOSE DAN- ‘
GEROUS TIME TO DRIVE |
Night accidents in cities® were
responsible for almost two-thirds
of cityv traffic deaths in 191;6. In
rural areas, 'traffic deaths -at
night and in daylight are more
nearly equal, although night and
is the most dangerous time to
drive.
Human Life Is
Becoming Cheap
As Prices Soar
BY KATHLEEN WHEELER
While the prices on all commo
dities soar skyward it appears
that the price on human life be
comes cheaper and cheaper. Hun
dreds of persons are beirdg killed
or maimed; struck down by mo
torists because of drunkenness,
carelessness and jrecklessness—
secidents which could be and
shoulg be avoided.
Little heed is paiq by many
motorists to stop signals on our
main thoroughfares as they speed
on down the highways often to
meet with tragic accidents, not
only injuring or killing them
selves, but doing serious damage
to others who are innocent par~
ties. Huge vans and trucks move
swiftly through out crowdeq bus
iness streets endangering persons
who cross the streets,. unless
pedestrians are keenly alert to
get out of the way of fast moving
vehicles that swirl around cor=
ners without warning.
Driving for pleasure has long
been a thing of the past. As one
woman expressed it, “We used to
enjoy a Sunday afternoon ride-—-
mvy husband, the children and I-——
but today it is simply “scareful”
10 get out on the highways in our
car, so we remain at home.”
Whatever 'is miecessary to- be
done to stop this highway slaugh
ter should be done and done now'
Athens is a beautiful city en
dowed by nature to provide jov:
and happiness to those who live
here; but the beauty turns to
‘horror as one gazes into pools of
human blood clotting on the high
way where a life has been sacri
ficed at the hands of a careless,
reckless or drunken driver, or
cne who didn’t know what to do
in :an emergency.
Accidents do not just happen;
they are caused. Everv_ step to
ward prevention of these acci
dents should be made now. Too
manvy drivers do not know how
to drive. Let’s do something about
it before you or I become, the
next victim.
Every person who is allowed
ta drive a motor vehicle of any
kind should not only know how
to drive but should he alert to
{ h e ‘things that might happen
and know what to do in an emer
gency. Onlv expert drivers should
'be allowed on our highways in
Georgia. Instruction in good driv
ing and more rigiq enforcement.
of traffic regulmtions = will “help.
Let's do everything possible to
stop this highway slaughter. Hu
man life is the most precious of
God’s gifts to man, let’s not de
stroy it so wantonly.
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TRAFFIC RULES aren’t just for mo- PUTTING OFF REPAIRS on your car DRINKING AND DRIVING don’t
torists. Be careful crossing streets can put you on the spot. Be sure mix. Drinking, either by a pe
—don’t jaywalk—more than 20,000 your car is inshape for safe driving. destriantor a‘driver, plays a part
pedestrians are killed or injured Have it checked regularly and re- in 1 out of every 4 fatal traffic
every month! pairs made immediatelv. accidents.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1947,