The Chronicle., November 28, 1963, Page TWENTY-THREE, Image 23

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Traffic Jams Common
In Big Cities Abroad
LONDON (UPI) -The Amer
ican finds traffic jams are as
commonplace in London, Rome
and Paris as in New York,
Chicago, Los Angeles and most
other major cities in the United
States.
He also learns that he must
cope with some related prob
lems in Europe that he doesn’t
face at home — driving or
walking.
True, there is no language
difficulty to add to the compli
cations for the average Ameri
can visitor in London as in oth
er European cities.
But there are road signs and
automotive nomenclature which
still may seem strange to the
American making his first vis
it.
Flyover
For example, a “flyover” is
not an aerial display but what
is commonly known in the Unit
ed States as an overpass. “Di
version ahead” doesn't mean
some kind of entertainment is
in store but merely that one is
about to come to a “rounda
bout” which is a traffic circle
and not a merry-go-round.
And there are no elephants
or clowns in Piccadilly Circus,
which is a major road hub in
central London.
Then cars in England have
bumpers, bonnets, boots and
windscreens instead of fenders,
hoods, trunks and windshields.
Service stations sell petrol, not
gas.
It may not take too long to
catch on to this part of the
Queen’s English. The major
problem is adjusting to the
strange Alice -through-the-look
ing-glass sensation of keeping
to the left, walking and motor
ing.
Afoot or behind the wheel on
a car, Americans find they
must reverse many traffic safe
ty habits picked up over years
of keep to the right.
The pedestrian must remem
ber to look to the right for on
coming traffic before stepping
off the curb instead of to the
left as he normally does at
home.
And just strolling along Re
gent Street or other main thor
oughfares, the American begins
to feel like a salmon swimming
upstream as he bucks the tides
of keep-to-the-left Londoners.
But it is when the visitor
from the United States slips be
hind the wheel of a car for the
first time that he realizes how
different things really are.
If it is car equipped for do
mestic use, everything will
seem to be oue. The
steering wheel will be on the
rightside, the gear lever will
be operated with the left hand,
the accelerator and brake ped
al with the left foot, the clutch
with the right foot.
It takes time getting used to.
Learning how to drive such a
car in London’s heavy traffic
can lead to some interesting—
and exciting — experiences, ac
cording to an American who
survived.
No Cinch
Even driving a car equipped
with the familiar left - hand
drive, the American finds its
no cinch.
Keeping to the left side of
the road instead of to the right
is only one problem—although
it is the most important and
the first rule to learn and re
member, naturally.
But among other things,
American motorists will look
automatically to the right side
of the road for informational
signs and guideposts. Naturally,
in England they are posted on
the left side.
Unless he remains constantly
on the alert, the American will
find the car straying to the
right. And he almost must fight
against the habit of pulling out
of traffic by going to the
right.
No one knows for certain how
the practice of keeping to the
right began in the United States,
which adopted many of the cus
toms and traditions of its left
handed parent country across
the sea.
One theory is that drivers of
Conestoga wagons rode the last
horse on the lefthand side of
the teams. Thus they would
move to the right when meet
ing other wagons to make sure
the wheels cleared.
The custom of keeping to the
left in England, it is said,
stemmed from the practice of
wary travelers in days of yore
who wanted to keep the sword
or pistol arm on the side of
action in case passing strang
ers turned out to be enemies
or highwaymen.
A thought for the day—For
mer President Thomas Jeffer
son said: “Never buy what you
do not want because it is cheap; ,
it will be dear, to you.”
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TORY — 1—President & Mrs. Kennedy with Texas Governor &
Mrs. Connally in parade before the shooting of Governor Con
nally and President Kennedy. 2—Lyndon Johnson being sworn
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Mrs. Kennedy at his side. 3—President Johnson and family
attend services at St. Marks Episcopal Church. 4—Lyndon B.
Johnson, the new President of the United States of America.
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EDUCATIONAL FIRSTS
BOSTON (UPI)-The state of
Massachusetts can claim a
number of “firsts” in education.
The first American grammar
J school was established in Bos
I ton in 1635, the first public high
i school was opened here in 1821
and thre first compulsory school j
Massachusetts in 1852, accord-j
attendance law was enacted by j
ing to the Encyclopedia Ameri
cana.
Differing Effects
Seen As Results
Of JFK's Death
MONTGOMERY (UPI) -The
leaders of the Republican and
Democratic parties in Alabama
see differing political effects
from the death of President
Kennedy.
Judge Roy Mayhall of Jasper,
chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee, said the
death would “cause a complete
realignment on the part of the
Republican party” and hurt the
presidential chances of Sen.
Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz.
Republican Chairman John
Grenier of Birmingham said,
however, it would not damage
Goldwater, who has strong sup
port in Alabama.
“Some Southern Democrats
have a pipe dream about re
gaining control of the Demo
cratic party, but that’s just all
it is—a pipe dream,” said Gren
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Mayhall said, “It is my judg
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being a Southerner, will mater
ially affect the prospects of
Sen. Goldwater.”
Mayhall said he thought John
son would be his party’s candi
date in 1964 and that he would
find support in the South.
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who come to scratch for gold
in stream beds are “long
long,” or crazy.
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