How To Drive A Motorcar
A Key To The Subtleties Of Motoring

MUD SPLASHING when passing them. A car driven over a large puddle at a good speed will splash mud and water out side- ways for a very considerable distance ; in fact, to a far greater extent than most people imagine. A considerate driver when out under such road con- ditions always keeps a wary eye for large puddles in his path, so that, if reasonably possible, he will miss them with his nearside wheels and thus avoid the possibility of splashing people on the path. Similarly in the opposite case, if the roads are very dusty and one is touring at a good speed in the country, and raising a cloud of dust, one should invariably, on meeting other folk—driving, riding, or walking slow down to a reasonable speed of, say, 20 miles per hour, and not pass them at high speed, leaving them half choked in a huge cloud of dust. All said and done, it is a very small matter just to slow down a little under these circumstances, and the people for whom such consideration is shown are sure to appreciate it. Similarly, when two cars meet on a dusty road, it is to the advantage of each driver if speed is slackened, so that each one does not present the other with an unappreciated, gift of a cloud of dust. Some silly folk accelerate under such conditions, to see which can make the larger cloud of dust ! The Freemasonry of the Road It is rather to be feared that the one-time generally- existing freemasonry of the road is not so popular amongst us in the motor world nowadays. Whenever one chances to meet a fellow-motorist who is in difficulties on the roadside, it is certainly a most- commendable proceeding to slow down and ask if one can be of any assistance. It may be the smallest little thing imaginable which is holding him up, and that one can with but very little inconvenience to oneself assist the fellow-motorist in distress. For instance, one may run out of petrol, and a gallon of this at any time valuable spirit may be of excep- tionally great value to a stranded motorist who is m a hurry to get on. It may be the stranded one wants a 131 12