"Safety First" Propaganda.
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By arrangement with the Ministry of Transport, every comniercial vehicle driver when applying for a licence or for the renewal of a licence will in future be supplied, free, with a booklet compiled by the National "Safety First" Association, with the assistance of the Royal Automobile Club, the Automobile Association and the Commercial Motor Users Association.
The booklet is entitled "Safe Motoring" and is put up in a. handy pocket-book form. It summarizes road information of value to the driver, and concisely deals with the main sources of accidents aud means by which they can be avoided. Under the title of "Road Sense" the dangers of cornering and overtaking are dealt with, as are the avoidance of collision at road junctions and of skidding. The care and use of brakes are described,
and another feature is the table of distances in which a vehicle can be stopped according to the speed at which it is travelling.
The fundamental points in Acts and Regulations affecting safety are embodied in the contents of the booklet, which concludes with the safety code of the Association.