Summer Madness Starts This Week End; facing Veteran Urges Caution on Koads
BY JOHNNY PAHSONS
Written for United Pxeis
America's summer mad ness
begins this eelc end.
There are going to be lots of
cars on the highways in the vaca
tion season, and some of the
drivers are going to do crazy,
unaccountable things.
They're going to make right
turns from left lanes; they're go
ing to stop without warning or
suddenly veer out into yellow
marked middle lanes even
though you're already there;
they're going to be tired, sleepy,
unconcerned even mad.
You can expect to meet these
guys any time, any place. But
the main thing is: Dont you be
one of them.
I drive up to 60,000 miles a
year from race to race and cover
150 schools a month for the
Champion Spark Plug Com
pany's highway safety program.
I talk safety to youngsters, many
of whom look upon race drivers
as dare-devils, I tell them that
speeding and reckless driving are
signs of immature driving.
One of the reasons way 40,-
flfin livpe ar lost each vear on
U.S. highways is the complete
lack of mental alertness. In other
words, keeping your eyes open
watching your own actions as
well as those of other drivers.
We have no idea whether the
man coming towards us will
turn in front of us. If we travel
bumper to bumper at unsafe
speeds, a sudden turn or stop
will make a line of automobiles
look like a crumpled accordion.
You can't control 300 horse
power if you wave your hands
in conversation while driving.
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Pattern of Liquor Laws Across Nation
Enough To Drive a Traveler To Drink
At the Speedway, every crew
has somebody ready to go in re
liei if the starting driver begins
to show undue strain. Daily our
highways are loaded with peo
ple trying to drive themselves to
a frazzle to complete a trip. Take
a common sense tip:
When there is more than one
driver in a car, split the driving
assignments 'regularly. If not,
then a practical suggestion would
be to take a break every 100
miles. On a long trip a lot of
mileage can be covered covered
safely under that plan.
.There is also the matter of
courtesy. To us on the Speedway
courtesy is absolutely essential.
If we don't show it, the people
who run auto racing will ask us
to find another way to make a
living. On the racetrack or on
the highway there is no excuse
for carelessness or rudeness.
- There are some discourteous
acts which lead to trouble: Leav
ing the curb without looking;
stopping bumper to bumper in
traffic and not giving some guy
a break when he's trying to get
away from the curb; speeding up
after someone's started to pass
you; cutting in and out of slow
moving traffic.
And there is the "hometown"
driver who turns off or stops
without thinking to signal the
one who if you hit him gets mad
and says, '.'Why you o u g h tta
know I was going to turn here.
I've been doing it every day at
this time- for 20 years."
Just fox the fun of it, leave
your home tomorrow with the
idea you're going to give every
motorist a break. You'll be sur
prised how good it will make
you feel. And who knows? It
may rub off on the either fellow
and start a chain reaction that
can save a life maybe yours.
New York iff) In Kentucky
bartenders are forbidden by law
to sell drinks to men who are
not supporting their families.
In Michigan the law against
free food with liquor is so strict
taverns cannot even put potato
chips, peanuts or popcorn on
the bar.
Pennsylvania bars must have
enough food, tables, chairs, silv
er chinaware and cooking uten
sils on hand to convince an in
spector they could serve a meal
immediately.
Sunrise To Sunset
In Indiana cocktail lounges
must not be dimly lighted. In
South Carolina you should know
the time of sunrise and sunset
to buy bottled liquor for that is
when the law says stores open
and close.
In most states bars close at 1
a.m. In New York City they stay
open until 4 and in Nevada they
go around the clock. Oklahoma
and Mississippi are the only two
entirely "dry" states in the na
tion, but in both you can get all
you want to drink.'
The pattern of liquor laws
across the nation is so varied,
contradictory, unobserved and
often pointless as to dizzy a
transcontinental traveler. The
United Press took a survey of
the 48 states and these are some
of the things discovered:
Despite constant "local op
tion" battles, the country is gett-1
ing "wetter" all the time. Last '
year some 215 million gallons of i
spirits were sold, 8 per cent over j
1955 and the biggest year in his- I
tory except 1956 when sales hit !
231 million gallons.
Women do not have equality in I
the barroom in many, places. A
bill in the Washington legisla
ture this year to let ladies sit at
bars was soundly beaten. Rhode
Island draws the line between
bars (sell food-women allowed)
and saloons (no food no wo-,
men). Chicago prohibits women
sitting alone at a bar.
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