Judge — February 9, 1924 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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The Curtain is Raised The new cars have been an- nounced and their prices and specifications are ready for the public. Whether you want a Ford or a Rolls Royce; whether you are interested in balloon tires or the standard sizes; whether you would like brakes on all four wheels or only on the two rear; whether you prefer sedan or roadster—the Motor Depart- ment of JUDGE will give you free unbiased advice as to the selec- tion, operation and maintenance of any car. Fill out the coupon given be- low and mail to the Motor De- partment of JUDGE at 627 W 43rd Street, New York City The only cost to you 1s a stamp for reply. Experts will give your questions careful consider- ation. COUPON Motor Department JupGE 627 West 43d St., New York City I am considering the purchase of acar to cost about $.....and am especially. interested in. one (make) My requirements for a car are as follows: Capacity Type of body Driven and cared for by .. chauffeur Kind of roads over which car would be used won, T have owned other cars of the following makes: The following cars of approxt- mately the type in which I am interested are handled by dealers in my territory: Please advise me as to the car best suited to my requirements. THE PROOF OF TH MOTOR DEPARTMENT Subscribers desiring practical help or tech- nical information about motor care, trucks, accessories or touring routes, can obtain it by writing to the Motor Department, Juoae, 627 W. 43d Street, New York. No charge is made for this sercice. Please remember that a tico-zent stamp should be inelosed for reply. ApDING THE “E” to Car veRY motorist should be compelled by law to drive his car with care— and 99 per cent. of them do. The remaining 1 per cent. are responsible mor- ally and legally for probably one-quarter of the accidents that occur to pedestrians and the occupants of other vehicles. Figures available on the number of | automobile accidents can be made to | agency in prove almost anything; either that the motor car is the deadliest peace-time vented by man, or that mile for mile, considering the passengers carried, the number of cars in use and the distances covered, it is the safest transportation agency known. ‘The thousands of deaths and accidents “caused by the automo- bile” are appalling, and yet when we con- sider that the fourteen-and-a-half million | motor cars in this country annually cover | an average of over three hundred and twenty-five billion passenger miles, the pedestrian would seem to be almost as safe on the streets as in his rocking-chair at home. And he would be as safe if the same care 26 that is required of every motorist was ex- acted from every pedestrian when he starts across the street. The motorist must be alert every instant, watching not only the drivers of other vehicles, but try- ing to guess the intention of the pedestrian on the sidewalk as well. The foot pass- enger, on the other hand, may wander aimlessly along the sidewalk with no danger to himself; he , bump a few other pedestrians, but a muttered apology serves as sufficient “damages”; he may, in his perambulations, step unconsciously off of the curb directly into the path of an automobile driven by an expert whose care, training and conscientious alertness might place him at the head of any aggre- gation of automobile owners or drivers. And yet the accident resulting from this aimless, unconscious step of the pedestrian would be heralded in the newspapers and in police courts, under a heading some- thing as, “Automobiles Add Another to the Growing Death Toll.” And yet, what was the cause of the accident? True, it could not have happened had there been no automobile on the street when the pedestrian suddenly changed his mind and decided to cross without looking either to the right or left to observe if he could do so with safety. But so, also, the life of the somnambulist or man intent on self- destruction would be safe if, when he walks off the edge of a cliff, he should land in a bed of roses or pool of water instead of upon jagged rocks. The newspapers, sion Con Cha of tl in tl conc resp Ifa own why be it no | pap the port abo edit ing « caus the may mob A miss auto ina to hi was wait had ping that comicbooks.com