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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER :==:
bout Twenty Haywood People Take Drivers License Test Daily
en Average
ing Tests;
ing Is Big
ibling Block
,, BOB CONWAY
Mrly davs of the horse
ae<. the automobile was
imply as a new mode of
f'lears as autoS became
Lrous and attained high
i thev also became recog
a deadly weapon in the
[ the unskilled or irie
effort to eut down the
on our highwavSj most
arted establishing pro
i examine applicants lor
cense
>neral Assembly ot North
in 1935 passed a modified
of the uniform driver
act but the law was
nforced and the examin
am was almost non-exist
er. a new law was passed
providing for the re-ex
i of all the state's driv
making a road test man
in the state ihere are 130
license examiners, five
ipervising examiners, ancf
ing officers?all of whom
Iters of the safety division
ite Highway Patrol.
(ffices in county court*
awn halls, and police sta
. date's license examiners
lic-ants thorough tests in
eception. eyesight color
bway sign recognition
e of driving procedure,
A test
n "ortho-rater'' machine,
s test persons for their
i identify road signs, to
ih various colors, to Per
th correctly, and for con
eyesight
en test with 20 questions
ren?on which a score of
tent or better must be
. . 'I
u: portion of the exami
t road test to determine
knowledge o! lining hand signals,
approaching and turning corners
correctly, stopping at intersections,
hacking up, stopping and starting
on grades, stopping puicklv in the
case of emergencies, and pat king
parraliel.
A score of 70 or better aiso must
be made in this test?although
some deficiencies such as failure
to stop at intersections or unsatis
factory parking automatically
mean rejection for the applicant
Driving license examiners for
Haywood County are Charles .1
Crawford of Swnnnanoa and
Thomas L Lent/ Jr of Durham.
Their schedule is; Havwood C'oun
tv courthouse Mondays and Tues
days from 8 a m. until 5 p.m. Can
Ion Town Hall Wednesdays and
Thursdays .from 8 to 5. and at
Svlva on FridaVs from 8 to 5.
During the day here, Mr. Craw
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lord said. lu- oilier usually ex- M
amine.- about 20'persons a day- [I
approximately three - fourths of j
vrhpiii pais their tests satisfactdr- ?
ii.v. Tire main obstacle for those j.
who fail, he explained. are failure
to stop at intersections "and incur- i
rect oat king procedures during the 1
road test.
Mr Crawford added that the :
pA\ choJouicuf factor in the tests
causing many people to be unduly I '
nervous, also result - in failures. |
"People should, not be afraid of
criticism. he said, 'but should i
just go oti rivet drive."
l.ieense examiners;. themselves i
have cause.- for nervousness be
cause sortie applicants are far front
skilled when they come in for j
tests Both Mr Crawford and Mr. i
l.eritz have been in cars involved
in Collisions', driven by persons be
ing tested. Needless to say, licens
es were not granted.
Asked of they considered men
or women o> oe ine oesi driver*. |
both rxaminers pondered the ques
tion carefully before enswering. .
Miv Crawford said he regards both h
sexes about equal in ability. Mr.
Lent/ remarked: "In some eases,
women are better "
Occasionally a comedian comes
along-like the man who. when ask
ed how he gets his mail, replied |
that the mail man brings it Then
another, who identified a "curve"
sign as identifying a hill, asserted
that "a curve is -a hill turned on
it s side."
One thing people are often mis
taken about is their belief that ap
ple, ant- lor drivers licenses must
he able to read and write. This is
not so, Mr. Crawford pointed out.
lie advise such persons to get a
friend who can read and write to
help them with the state's driver
"i manual- which contain informa
lion needed to pass the written j
tests.
For safety driving. Mr Crawford
and Mr. Lentz advise
1. Don't drive when drinking.
2. Don't speed: always drive at
Ihe speed which is safe according
!u the condition of the road.
3. Observe all laws and follfcw
directions given by signs
4 Don't drive loo Close to the
ear in front.
Don't drive when angry or emo
tionally upset, i"A man when mad
is iust like a drunk man," the ex
aminer observed.?
6 Dim lights when meeting on
coming cars.
"The golden rule fits on the
highway 100 per cent of the time
just as it does in other phases of
life." Mr. Crawford added
The male king snake finds his
male by a keen sense of smell.
Morning Star
Personal Items
B> MRS ELDON BtlRNETTE
Community Reporter
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Phillips are
the parents of a baby daughter
born October 4 at the Memorial
Mission Hospital in Asheville.
Mr and Mrs. Johnnie Williams
honored their daughter. Wilma
Sue. Saturday night with a birth
day party. Games were played
after which refreshments were
served. Those present were Bar
t ara Farmer. Joyce Farmer. Caro
ls n Trantham. Peggy Watson.
Nancy Rhodes. Anna Jean Sharp.
Martha Hall. Mary Hall. Naomi
Carr. Wayne Setzer. Jackie Seizor.
Leon Set/er. George Ensley, Erwin
Midford. James Gaddy. Dowery
Case, Russell Rhinehart, Ernest
Hall and Rufus Donaldson. Mrs
Flsie Farmer was co-hostess.
Charles and Cecil Smith, who
were in a car wreck last week, are
At proved and have returned home
this week from the Haywood Coun
ty Hospital.
Mrs. Harvey Wrumley and Mrs.
Fred Setzer gave Barbara Seizor
a bridal shower Saturday night at
the home of Mrs Crumley.
Friends of P. V Higgins wish
him a speedy recovery.. He is at
the Memorial Mission Hospital in
Asheville where he has beert a
p.iticnt for two weeks.
Mr, and Mrs Bill Jenkins have
moved from our community to the
.Bcaverdam community.
Sgt. Ho.vle Portland, son of Mrs.
Let ha Recce, returned home lust
week after spending a year in Ko
rea.
The hrontosaur. long-extinct
plant-eating dinosaur, was the targ
et animal ever to walk the earth.
It averaged 70 feet in length and
cften weighed more than 30 tons.
A ROAD TEST is given here to Nancy Lee Whet I
er by Thomas L. I.entz, Jr.. ai the rear of the
courthouse. The two most common causes ?.i not
passing this test are failure to stop at intersec
tions and unsatisfactory parallel parking.
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