Dorothy Levitt > Quotes

“Dogs, chickens and other domestic animals at large on the highway are not pedestrians, and if one is driving at a regulation speed, or under, one is not responsible for their untimely end.”
― Dorothy Levitt, The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste

“Keep within the legal limit of speed all the time except on a good and clear stretch of road, where there happen to be no “blind” corners or dangerous cross-roads or traffic. Then there is no real harm done to any one in trying to see what you can get out of your car for a short spurt.”
― Dorothy Levitt, The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste

“There is only one trouble regarding which you are really justified in feeling angry—that is a punctured or burst tyre. It is possible for a woman to repair a tyre, but I am sure I am correct in saying that not one woman in a thousand would want to ruin her hands in this way.”
― Dorothy Levitt, The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste

“There are numberless little things which, after you have graduated to the ranks of the experienced motoriste, you will buy, not because they are absolutely necessary, but because of their convenience. For instance, a speedometer. All the half-dozen makes are good ones. A speedometer is a very interesting accessory, for it tells you exactly the pace at which you are travelling, and in some instances has been known to influence the decision of a magistrate when deciding a charge of exceeding the speed-limit.”
― Dorothy Levitt, The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste

“The laws now governing motoring have increased largely in the last few years and will probably continue in the making. I will not go into these various laws except to point out that because a person owns a motor-car the ownership of the roads is not necessarily included.”
― Dorothy Levitt, The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste

“It is, of course, quite unnecessary to teach the well-bred woman manners. The well-bred woman, with her innate courtesy and unselfishness, should she take up motoring, no doubt would act as all motoristes should act when at the wheel of their car or out on the road.”
― Dorothy Levitt, The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste