The Right to Drive Right ( Index Page )

Driver's Handbook for Detroit, Michigan in 1937

00 - Introduction and site instructions (RVD)
01 - Title - The Right to Drive Right
02 - Acknowledgements - Plymouth Division of Chrysler Corporation with the coopertation of Detroit PD.
03 - Home is castle
04 - Police officer in residential area
05 - Commercial area with streetcars, autos and traffic officer - Hi Speed Gas, Mechanical Heat & Cold - Stokers - Oil Burner, Peter Witt Streetcars # 3905 and # 3917, Jack Man??? - Chevrolet Company
06 - Car interior, commercial area - US 10 (Woodward), BCD Office Equipment, Theater, Peter Witt Streetcar
07 - Crowd - man studying traffic ordinances
08 - Movie theater - Fox Theater - Shirley Temple (Poor Little Rich Girl?), Ed Sullivan's Dawn Patrol Revue, Cool Comfort - mammoth cooling plant
09 - Boarding up exits at Center Theater
10 - "House of Hits" - Center Theatre - illegal street parking - Cooled by Electric Refigeration - Jeannette McDonald in "Rose Marie" and "Gentle Julia", Now 15 cents
11 - No parking sign examples
12 - New Era Food Market (Business Parking) - For Rent next door "Motor City Repair - Shoe Shining", Whitefish 18 cents
13 - New Era Food Market (Business Parking) - NEFCO LO.4847 , Butter $0.34
14 - Traffic signs - No Parking, One Way, "Distinctive Design"
15 - Double parking - toy example
16 - On street parking - toy example
17 - Parking and safety zone - toy example with buildings
18 - Illegal parking - no parking sign
19 - Do not park - toy examples
20 - No all night commercial parking 2 AM to 4 AM - truck
21 - Obstructed vision - toy example
22 - Parking on property motorcycle, police, old commercial area,
23 - Firemen and hydrant - residential
24 - Emergency vehicle in commerical area near underpass with skyscraper and street light
25 - Firefighting with a crowd watching - Don't Do This
26 - Detroit waterfront
27 - 1936 accident record - Detroit
28 - Newspaper clippings about safety and traffic -"Annie Laurie" Dies
28A - Studying Ordinances - Have you attended Traffic School? Fun at home before TV.
29 - Passing cars - toy example
30 - Keep to the right - toy example
31 - Shifting lanes - toy example
32 - No right turn from left lane - toy example
33 - No left turn from right lane - toy example
34 - Red Amber Green - 4 way traffic signals
35 - Turning on divided streets - toy example
36 - Pass streetcars on right - toy example
37 - Do not avoid signal (Sinclair HC Station) - toy example?
38 - Stop for stopped streetcars at unprotected safety zones - photo
39 - Slow for stopped streetcars at protected safety zones - Streetcar # 3690, Hotel, protected safety zone barrier
40 - Avoid safety zones - unprotected painted area, Frances Beauty Shoppe? - multilane street with parallel parking and step sidewalk with street lighting
41 - Signal when leaving curb or turning - toy example
42 - Backing - toy example - marble game
43 - Don't back more than 60 feet - toy example
44 - Board in windshield - at a furniture store
45 - Don't overload - back seat full of luggage
46 - No more than 3 in driver's seat - alley, house, commercial building with tall chimney
47 - No arm around another - inside car
48 - Nothing on lap - baby in car
49 - No riding outside - residential area
50 - No alcohol / drugs (traffic accident) houses, commerical building
51 - No window posters - purpose of glass, "Money to Loan", commercial district, protected safety zone
52 - No hitching - child on bumper, residential area
53 - No blocking streetcars - Hi Speed Gas, bread billboard, wide street
54 - Move stalled cars - wide street, park along road?, parallel parking
55 - Slow traffic to right - toy example - Dorenco?
56 - Slow for rail crossings - steam engine, dual tracks
57 - Stop at sidewalk (w/ White Castle) - Demery's Free Parking
58 - Old style stop sign (Stop - Street) - City Ordinance on top, multi-story residences, fire plug
59 - Stop for funerals (Mobilgas Station) - Hi Speed Gas, Used Cars, Florist, Schmidt
60 - License and registration - photo - Raymond Chrysler
61 - If you are in an accident - residential area
62 - Police station - accent lights out front
63 - Speedometer (in Plymouth) - unigauge?
64 - Sir Malcolm Campbell and Blue Bird - w/ crowd, band
65 - Clear stopping distance - toy example
66 - Speed Limit 20 Miles (sign) street light
67 - Speed limits 15 MPH Business Dist, 25 Residential, 10 Alleys
68 - Wide swing - toy example, +10 MPH turn
69 - Detroit traffic ordinance book cover - held
70 - Machines and tools - manufacturers - likely at Plymouth - drill press, lathe, etc
71 - Maintenance at home - clean your plates
72 - Brakes (Bumper snag) - Business Dist
73 - Good brakes - toy example
74 - Horn for warning (Horse-drawn milkwagon) Cadillac? Storage Co.
75 - Wipers and lights - multiple gauges, guard rail, curve
76 - Detroit traffic ordinance book inside Traffic Signal lights, Equipment, Accidents, etc
77 - The Expected Seldom Happens - drive as if everyone else was reckeless
78 - House on fire - Neighbor series, What's in his hand?
79 - Going inside (#879) - Neighbor series
80 - Easy chair - Neighbor series, Object in hand edited out.
81 - Are you going to sit - 18 Killed in Crashes (Newspaper)
82 - Accidents cost money (Bad Crash) - underpass abutment
83 - Be courteous (No left turn markings) - paint on pavement - major intersection - market
84 - Won't you help? (End of book) - wall, residential area, dirt road
85 - Other links (RVD)