European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse These Are the Best roads the americans can t Speed on driving pain even the pedestrian on the traffic sign seems to get in the anti Driver act. Normal motoring procedures followed in the rest of Europe Don t apply on the iberian Peninsula where the spirit of the bullring spreads to the highways and you re the Bull yanks driving to Spain Torr other parts of Europe and they Are expected to he More numerous than Ever this summer will find that the spirit of the bullfight has even seeped through to the streets and highways of the rugged picturesque land below the pyrenees. You i he Driver Are Eltoro the Bull and Lair prey not Only lot other vehicles but especially ii Deal rians who appear to be trying to rattle you the Way Pica Doros harrass the Brave bulls. In the Spanish bullfight the Bull is always killed. And to avoid a similar Fate you d better be on guard Ever moment you re at the wheel. This May sound an exaggeration but there is truth behind it. Both Safe he the joint . Military up and the 16th air Force stress the hazards of driving in Spain in brochures on the subject. Safe s Driver s handbook Tor Spain also available Lor us a eur. Setae and Cincel personnel and a must for any one driving in Spain sounds this warning differences in custom Legal responsibility Uncle Courtesy tend to confuse the uninitiated american Driver who must be made aware that his chances of being killed in in automobile Accident in spa Iii Are about three times greater than they would be in the United the handbook Points out significant by Thurston Macauley staff writer differences in driving in Spain. International Road signs Are somewhat modified in color with use of Spanish words Many Spanish cities and towns Are More drawings by the popular Spanish cartoonist Mogote Tor the 16th of Booklet you Ana the Spanish Law than a thousand years old and Many Cit streets and country roads were built be fore Columbus discovered America while they have improved Over the years streets Are often narrow crooked with High Center crowns Many roads arc poorly sur faced and have unmarked curves. Traffic is a Hodgepodge of automotive vehicles innumerable Donkey carts Donkey riders and darting pedestrians. For instance every morning on the Road from Madrid out to the new of housing area at Royal Oaks there is a stead.-, of Donkey carts Many with their dog wandering in and out of Hie traffic local pedestrians and cyclists have limited knowledge of modern traffic conditions. This is where the bullfight come sin. To the Driver it almost seems that the pedestrian tries to come As close to Hiscar As the Matador does to the Bull. The pedestrian must be watched every bit a carefully As cars trucks buses cyclists and carts. There is 010 vital Rule of Tho Spanish con on i Tyr. It Friday july 10, 1959 the yank Driver should expect to meet the unexpected on Spanish highways. The stars and stripes Page u
