Judge — August 18, 1928 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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Signal Hoists It has always been the habit of ships on the crowd the sea to advert their needs and circumstances to one another by means of jolly little flags of urs and shapes. This is a decorative habit, and it has always seemed to me a pity that a wider use is not made of it ashore. Now 1 highways of various at least the oppor- tunity has arrived; the crowded highways of the land are becom- ing even more crowded than those of the sea. So I suggest that in future all cars should 1 short mast, about six feet high, on the offs where it could be most conveniently manipulated by the driver, and from this mast signal hoists, roughly correspond- ing to those in use at sea, should he flown, Such regulation would not ly make for brighter motoring, but it would enormously increg obliged to carry a the factor of safety. Let me give a few examples of the sort of nals which might figure in the me torist’s code book, For instance, a yellow pennant might mean This is my first car, and flown with a blue square above it, it would further indicate This is my first time out ne. Then other motorists could give it a wide berth on the starboard side when passing it. On the other hand, a black flag bearing a skull and cross-bones would signify I race at Brooklands, and other drivers would be saved the trouble of trying to overtake it. A red flag with a black centre would mean My brakes won't work. If flown with a green o zig- + with ag lines, it would mean My steering is uncertain, The man who is liable at any moment to stop in the middle of the road and get inadvertently into reverse could be marked with a large red spot ona plair and. whilst the habitual cutter-in might be indicated by a pennant of red, white and blue check. The yellow flag might stand for 1 am slightly intoxicated, and the black pennant with a yel- low border for T usually stall my engine when I slow down, Signals of distress would be equally useful, g from “I have no gas” to “my back axh pped off: mutiny in the s might also be suitably quarantine ted. There is one other signal T have not mentioned—a large square flag of a vivid red; this shou certainly be reserved for My wife is drivi It is a nic indie: idea. Our big ar- terial roads are drably monoton- ous at the present time, but if each car were to carry its appro- priate bunting they ‘would lo« like Kew Gardens in tulip time. It is well worth considering. —Loxpox Opixtox “Do motor cars make us is asked. Not if we ar trians. y € pedes Passtxne Stow n't heard much work going on here for the last hour. lot of careful listenin’ to be done on this ct silence. There's a re pipe.” —Everynopy’s Werekty EDWARD LANGER PUINTING €O., INC, Jamaica, B. | | a — ie sods. = a 2 ( comicbooks.com