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Traffic experts make new gadgets drive cars

Originally published in the Rocky Mountain Motorist, AAA newspaper for Colorado and Wyoming, May 1938

While the day may never come when a motorist can read his newspaper while driving his car to work in the morning, Prof. John M. Lessells, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Miller McClintock, of the Harvard Bureau of Street Traffic Research, have pointed out ways and means whereby scientific devices eventually may play a major part in the operation of the car.

For instance, one of the possibilities advanced is the laying of electric cables under the highway, the current from which would operate mechanisms attached to the car's steering. When approaching a curve or intersection, the automatic steering apparatus would pick up the current and the car would steer itself around the bend.

Who are the best drivers?

Originally published in the Rocky Mountain Motorist, AAA newspaper for Colorado and Wyoming, October 1940

The question of comparative driving skills between men and women may never be decided due to the fact it is impossible to secure accurate statistics on the number of hours of hazard exposure of each class.

However, it is possible to approximate the number of drivers of motor vehicles in each class. Women are outnumbered at the wheel three to one; but this ratio is fast being reduced.

Men, being more mechanically inclined, naturally learn the operation of a car more quickly than women. Men have developed over a period of years their mechanical knowledge while women, not sensing the need, have permitted such development to remain dormant.

Approximately 80 per cent of the women between the ages of 15 and 64 have never been licensed to drive.

But womanhood is demanding her right to be behind the wheel. She is learning to drive but unfortunately is depending on the man of the house to teach her. Husbands as a general rule are not good teachers. To them, the operation of an automobile is such a simple procedure that they can't understand why it should be difficult to another person.

Naturally they have a minimum of patience.

Records in the AAA office indicate that far more women are requesting driving instructions than men.

Don't miss Mineral County and Creede, Colorado

Originally published in the AAA Rocky Mountain Travel Directory, 1947

It's day all day in the daytime, there is no night in Creede

Hello everybody, what's on your mind? Fishing I suppose, or is it just the urge to go somewhere after this winter of close confinement? Does cool appeal to you? Does good Rainbow fishing appeal to you? How about a No. 4 Gray Hackle dipped in dry fly oil on the end of a 7 ½-foot leader, flick it out on the Rio Grande River at Creede, Colorado, and see what gets fast to that fly.

Brother, I know. Miles of Rainbow water, miles of mountains, miles of good roads, miles of spruce and aspen canyons, miles of meadows, miles with the scent of aspen wood burning in the old camp fire or coming from cabin chimneys.

Do I smell those trout in the frying pan? I'll say I do. A little frost in June-July-August, yes. Blankets, yes. Any poisonous snakes or insects? No. Any sunburn? Yes. Any pack trips to back country? Yes. Good eating places? Yes. Mail and telephone services every day in the year.

The notorious characters of other days rest in peace. Silver mines, Indian relics, fossils can be found. Sea level is just below us 8,854 feet. The Continental Divide is above us 3,000 feet.

Don't drive fast, you may not get here in shape to enjoy the outing. Purchase your fishing license first and fish later. Get a copy of Game Laws of Colorado, taking of undersized fish or too many may cost you money and hurt your feelings.

Put out your camp fires before departing, keep this spot nice for others that follow you. If you want to fish on private property ask the owner and treat his lands and property with respect, this helps the fellow that follows you.

Give yourself a treat and take a vacation here, we will be seeing you, and you, and you in Creede, where recreation awaits.