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...lonely road, another car crowded him to a stop. Two masked men got out, reached in from both sides, and beat McCabe with spiked lead pipes. Two hours later a motorist found him unconscious in a ditch. He had a broken arm, broken legs, a fractured kneecap, deep gashes all over his body...
...Breaking Point. In Riverside, Calif., Motorist John Henry Smith Jr., thoroughly weary of being involved in auto accidents, gave away his car to Patrolman Woodrow Wilson Bailey, who was investigating the latest...
...hope that cars will forget about them. Taking the cue from any leader who happens along, they lower their heads, and plow blindly ahead, looking up only when their soles scrape the far curb. At the opposite extreme from the Cautious Upperclassman, the heedless flying wedge dares any motorist to watch out, with the result that a few fenders barely miss indentation. And every so often, of course, a man is knocked down...
...Baer, short-time heavyweight champion (1934-35), was sued by a motorist who had annoyed him. The motorist, who had honked his horn at Baer, charged that Baer had shown his annoyance by poking him in the face. Damages demanded: $50,000 (for the motorist), another $50,000 (for his wife, who was "frightened"), and $20,000 (for his daughter, who was also frightened...
...York state legislators introduced a bill making it unlawful for a motorist to drive so slowly as to exasperate other motorists into recklessness...