Banta, Raymond

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40 ]\!L\NUSCRIPTSLive DangerouslyRaymond BantaTHERE are many people who feel they are too old to participate insuch sports as footba!,l, basel?all, c~~lclbasl~~tb~ll; I~ you're oneof these persons, don t be discour <lg.ec1. Iher e s. still plenty offun left in life, and there's just one requirement. Drive a car.Get out the old jalopy or the new super streamlined job. Backthe car out of the garage without looking. Don't worry if someoneis in the driveway. Let motorists coming down the street look outfor themselves. Can you get the speed up to sixty in a hurry? Ihope so; it's such good clean fun making pedestrians j U111p. If you'rereal clever, you may be able to knock down a pedestrian or two a day.Whatever you do, don't stop for l?referential streets or stop signs.Anyone can be dull and conservatrve. Be a go-getter; go ricrhtthrough those signs. You'll find something new and interest~1O"every time. You may even run into an old friend some day. ,..,Don't ever drive with both hands on the wheel. Try drivingwith one finger of the left hand; or better yet, try steering withyour toes.No doubt you've heard of turn indicator lights and hand signals.I hope you're not one of those old-fashioned drivers that uses suchsignals. Be smart; keep people guessing. If you must give signals,try a right band signal for a left turn. That will confuse otherdrivers every time, and you'll probably get a big bang out of ityourself.Develop your driving language. Tell motorists and pedestriansa thing or two in good strong colloquial English. There's no lawthat says you have to be polite.Safety experts are always taking the joy out of life with suchwarnings as watch your speed, give the other fellow a break, don'tpass on curves, and obey all road signs. V'l e're treated like kinder-garten pupils. There ought to be a law against those safety experts.People surely don't want to live forever. Pedestrians would getlazy crossing streets without dodging. School patrol boys wouldn'thave anything to do if all drivers were safe drivers. vVe have toomany improvements in our new automobiles for that. Let's put thatexcess horsepower to use and show off our fast driving technique onstreets and highways. Let's drive recklessly, have fun, and livedangerously.

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