1927-01-08 — Page 12

THE HONGKONG "TELEGRAPH.

THE DISCOURTESY OF THE HOG.

Drivers Who Want The Road.

WHAT IS THE REMEDY?

(By Charles S. Clancy in The Sydney Sun)

TIENTSIN MOTOR TRAFFIC

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1927.

Increase Necessitates Strict Precautions.

Owing to the phonomonal growth of traffic in the stroots, and especially motor traffic, the French polico authorities at Tientsin are taking a much stricter attitude towards offend ing drivers.

A warning notico entitled" The For too much tooting is in-most frequent causes of accidents due to automobiles" has been There is a type of motorist who imagines that his car is the dulged in by many motorists. issued, and with effect from the only one on the road, hog This is a fault and amounts to New Year a copy of this, trans- whose discourteous conduct to discourtesy. Ono blast of.warn- wards follow motorists is not ing should be sufficient to let the lated into Chiness, will be issued to all chauffours applying for driving licenses. punishable because there is no other driver know your inten-

tions. regulation to meet the caso,

Discourtesy is not an offence

To foot and speed up towards

The notice states that drivors.

against the motoring regulations, the car you are overtaking is often proceed at too great a but it is a habit which appears to wrong. To warn another car have attacked a good number of should be followed by a warning our motoriste."

Probably the habit has grown in keeping with the motoring industry. To-day now adherents to the motor are taking the road, and the modern trond of cheap motoring has produced the die courteous type of driver..

What retort is there 'for the hog, tho diecourteous fast driver who needs all the road, and when bo'gots it fires some insulting gibo at his fellow driver t

Contempt, perhaps, is the safest and the most fitting manner of meeting such attacks.

to yourself and a consequent slackening of pace.

When you maintain your spoed after tooting you are emulating the hog. You expoot the car in front to plunge off the rönd,. plunge any whore as long as it gets out of your path..

The man in "front always has the road and if he is courteous he will move out of your way st the first opportunity:

A recent regulation provides for this. In any caso if he does not give way that is no reason why when passing him. You should attempt to chastise him.

Unfortunately, the opportunity

Recently a car backing in a never comes to the police to run against the insults of the hog. narrow street had almost com- Invariably they watch for their pleted the move when another victim, and when passing him car came on the scone. Violent hurl their venom at him for tooting told the turning car of something which has not met the approach of another. with their approval.

It was only a matter of seconds

Just what the hog demands is when the turning ear was out of not always apparent. Even an the way of the approaching car, accidental move on the part of a but the driver when he drew driver, providing no accident re-level with the turning car, used sults, should not be followed by a linauiting language.

The approaching driver was in tirado of abuso.

There is no justification for it. the wrong in the first place. He' It is not in such incidents that should hava given the other man the true nature of the hog shows time to turn, a matter of minutes, itself. His attacks are often but he would not do so. He con- unwarranted. He merely follows tented himself by being abusive, a habit of talking at. the other and, no doubt, received bis con- driver. It would be beyond him solation from the fact.

Motorists should appreciate the to pass another car without glancing at the driver and yolling little difficulties common to all some remark at him. and endeavour to help each other. To completely ignore the hog It is generally agreed that the in such circumstances is little motorist's lot is not the happiest, satisfaction to the injured motor-conforming, as he does, to nil the ist. Nothing else can be dono, traffic dictates.

There are so many principles and further argument is merely involved in motoring that it is a waste of time.

hard to understand why thoro are 24 botter

In any case the hog passes on not more drivers with after he has expressed his fool-consideration ings and you are left, probably fellow.

for tho other

with the hope that some day you It is some consolation to know will come face to face with your that we still have some courteous insulting friend.

drivers left

spoed, it is not that their spoed obliged to be most strict against always exocode 25 kilometros (15 offending claulidura who will bo milos) an hour, but that it is too punished by fines mounting up to great for the circumstances of $200 tbo withdrawal of their. the particular time and place, licences, and being sent to the Caution is given as to excess of criminal tribunal, for condom un- speed at cross-roads, turningo,tion to prison." and when' upproaching stationary tramear. With regard to this last, the notice says

The tramway in a public service, con- sequently its travellers have the right to pase before privato motor-cars. Motor-cars ought to stop if it is necessary."

at passar per vehicles with

Other warnings aro included' out proper precautions and the notice goes on to say that all cars ought to have two brakes in pro- per repair, and that chauffeurs must sound their horns, in good time before roaching a turning.

The final paragraph of the

notice reads:-

"Punishments. The police aro

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