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A;- I can not say. Q;- When he started the car in motion again you said he put it in the second gear? A;- Yes. Q;- He then started as? A;- Under high gear. Q;- So from the time from leaving the plank to the bridge the road was very rough? A;- Yes. Q;- And you could see very distinctly? A;- Yes. Q;- You approached the bridge and made the incline on high gear? A;- Was climbing the bridge on high gear. Q;- And when she got to the top she started to pick up? A;- He just left the throttle and she started to pick up. Q;- I suggest that you are a careful man, what would you think of running across at forty to fifty miles an hour; would you be careful when there is an open span? A;- No; I would drive very careful; as a driver I would take chances. Q;- Was there anything in approaching to obstruct the view of the bridge? Supposing there was obstructions on the bridge, you could see them just the same as on the road? A;- The night was clear. Just before that, that I saw the gate I noticed something very dark in front of us but that is the first thing I noticed, and then the gate just loomed right in front of us. Q;- His headlights seemed to be in good shape all right? A;- Yes. Q;- A;- I was not paying attention, or noticed. Q;- The headlights being so good you could readily see them the gates, forty or fifty feet away? A;- Well, you understand it was impossible to guage gauge by that way,- now when you take away the gate, there is only the mesh, and where the light strikes it it pass right on through; if you had a board gate there would be something to show you; you could see it. Q;- Do you think the way that Smith drove on the gates
