Doc Traffic

The two cabs wheeled up Fifth Avenue. Doc rode the runningboard of the foremost machine. He habitually did this, for his very presence was a charm which magically gave him right of way through all traffic. New York City's traffic policemen had been instructed by their chiefs to give every assistance to this remarkable man of bronze.

Too, Doc preferred to be outside where his keen eyes missed nothing. For this reason also, Doc's personal cars were always roadsters or convertibles, the tops of which could be lowered.

The trip uptown turned out to be uneventful.

- The Land of Terror (1933) Chapter 10