494 THE RULE OF THE ROAD CH. XXII 



not certain that he can go on faster than the car- 

 riage he is about to pass, he should not attempt 

 to pass at all. 



In a wide road or street the slow traffic should 

 keep to the sides, leaving the centre for those who 

 wish to go faster ; only a thoughtless or an ill- 

 natured driver will go at a walk in the middle of 



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the road, thereby preventing those who wish to go 

 faster from passing him, yet it is a spectacle con- 

 stantly to be noticed in the public parks. In fact, a 

 courteous attention to the rights of others using- the 

 road is the duty of all drivers. In passing two 

 horses, one of which is ridden and the other led, 

 it is particularly important to go on their left-hand 

 side ; the led horse is on the off side of the two, 

 and when a vehicle passes him on his off side he 

 is likely to turn his croup outward and to kick, 

 in play, or for defence, and in either case an ac- 

 cident may ensue. Obviously, a man leading a 

 horse should keep well over to the right-hand side 

 of the road so as to have his led horse out of the 

 way. 



The introduction of street railways has somewhat 

 unsettled the rule of the road, for the reason that 

 inasmuch as a car cannot go to the right, the over- 

 taking vehicle, if it passes to the left, may meet 

 another one going in the opposite direction on its 

 proper side, where there is rarely room between 

 the car and the kerb for two carriages. It is there- 

 fore usually necessary when overtaking a car to 



