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signals

“YOU KNOW, folks, it is dif-
= ficult enough teaching new
- drivers some of the more

» complicated aspects of traf-

fic safety without the aggra-
= yation of “know-it-alls” giv-
ing my students and myself

dirty looks or emphatic nods

-of disapproval.

Please cut it out. Please under-

_ Stand, also, that student drivers are
“jearning the fine art of driving; they
~ are bound to make mistakes.

Personally, I let students make“
any error they wish, once. We learn |

“from our mistakes, do we not?

However. I scem to get most of -:

those glares of reproach when no
. mistakes are being made.

The most common place i is
"when a student is learning how to
creep forward after a stop sign to
get a better view of traffic. At many
* two-Way- stop intersections our

_. view is entirely obstructed by
parked cars or trees. Naturally
“timid, a student driver edges past
the stop-line with the hope of aa
empty street awaiting them but is
almost always disappointed, that is,

. they have to stop again and wait for
cars to passe...

=: We repeat the creeping-out part

» again; ‘still ‘cars coming. Darn. But
look! We have a much better view .
of what is'‘coming down the street
— both ways! Wait a minute,. "
With all the creeping- out we've

been doing, we're practically half-
way across the street and there's:a

‘car barreling towards us and anoth-
er fellow trying to tum left through ;

- these. things.”

my front bumpers. Should we back
up and start over?

Of course nol — aside from ere-
ating a catch 22, it's usually Hegal

(see Section 194 of the MVA).

Mayhe we should have waited
unui] midnight when everyone was
in bed instead of making this two-
way-stop so difficult? Ridiculous,

Maybe we should have just
closed our cyes and guessed, hoped
and prayed nobody was coming
down that cross street. Equally
ridiculous. Besides, we are here,
now, in the iniddle of an intersec-
lion feeling foolish, what should
we do?

Why, wait for those vehicles to
yield the right of way to us, of
course.

Now, before you phone me up
and give me an earful of “who do
you dink you are, teaching people
go to your local
library and look up Section 177 of
the Mator Vehicle Act. ord take
my word for it that it reads: *

Where a vehicle is entering «
through highway Chighway’ is syn-
onymous with ‘roadway’ in the
Act) in compliance with subsection

4} (which deals with lawfully stop-

ping. not constituting an immediate
hazard and proceeding with cau-
tion), traffic approaching the inter-
section on the highway shall yield
the right of way to the entering

vehicle...

It amazes me to no end that we

have so many drivers with an I-

was-here-first, child-like mentality. *
Traffic laws ure designed to help
traffic flow smoothly and prevent
accidents, Common courtesy, has
the same design.

We are not allowed to force our,
way into traffic nor force other peo-
ple to yield to us.

‘That's why we first stop at the

- stop-line then proceed cautiously

forward to gel a better view. stop

' again if necessary, creep further if

it appears clear and proceed fully
only after ascertaining that it is.
absolutely clear.

So, if a car has cautiously poked
its nase into the street and stopped

“this creeping-out DO NOT assume

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