It’s a fact, and a rather serious one at that, the average person waits until tragedy stalks some prey before showing the kindness which is present in his makeup. Take the auto driver for example.
Many persons get in their cars, step on the starter and are off without a thought of their fellow motorists. So long as everything goes well, they live within themselves or within the bounds of the party of which they are a part. They take reckless chances, forgetful that their recklessness is a danger not only to themselves but to other persons on the road. May of these persons are “road hogs,” taking more than their half of the highway in order to maintain some foolish rate of speed so as to reach an uncertain destination.
An example of this carelessness can be found in the wreck which occurred on the High Point-Greensboro road Sunday night. Two cars crashed on an open road, the accident being due to a drunken driver, it is said. Soon more than 25 cars were parked at the scene of the accident and occupants of these cars were willing and anxious to aid those persons who had been injured. No one hesitated to perform any kindness that was asked; many volunteered their cars and services.
And when the injured had been removed and the damaged cars shoved from the highways, the spectators moved on, many of them at a rate of speed that was in defiance of all rules of safety and common sense. They were anxious about injuries of the accident victims, but they were unwilling to “play safe” and thereby make the road safer from such accidents.
How much better is it to show our kindness by avoiding trouble rather than administer to those who need aid because of our carelessness.
From the editorial page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1925
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