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title: Primary Duties of Drivers poster, PO-234-E (English poster distributed in Manila)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/primary-duties-of-drivers-poster-english-manila-1954/
description: A text-only sheet headed 'Memorize.... Primary Duties of Drivers' lists nine rules for military vehicle drivers.
section: Collection
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# Primary Duties of Drivers poster, PO-234-E (English poster distributed in Manila)

A text-only sheet headed 'Memorize.... Primary Duties of Drivers' lists nine rules for military vehicle drivers, from guarding the vehicle and not drinking before a trip to filling in trip tickets, reporting defects and obeying traffic rules. A footer says the list is required by a circular of the Armed Forces of the Philippines general headquarters. The tell is transfer: the authority of a named military circular is attached to the rules.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Memorize....
PRIMARY DUTIES OF DRIVERS

1. TO TAKE CARE OF THE VEHICLE AND NEVER LEAVE IT AT UNGUARDED PLACES.

2. TO REFRAIN FROM DRINKING ANY INTOXICATING LIQUOR BEFORE AND DURING A TRIP.

3. TO SECURE TRIP TICKET BEFORE DRIVING A VEHICLE.

4. TO OBSERVE ALL MAINTENANCE SERVICES INDICATED AT THE BACK OF THE TRIP TICKET.

5. TO HAVE THE TRIP TICKET PROPERLY FILLED UP BEFORE GOING OUT ON MISSION AND TO SURRENDER IT TO DISPATCHER UPON RETURN TO MOTOR POOL.

6. TO HAVE AT ALL TIMES THE VEHICLE DRIVER'S ACCIDENT REPORT, VEHICLE REGISTRY RECORD AND MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE RECORD.

7. TO STOP THE VEHICLE UPON NOTICING ANY UNUSUAL SOUND, SMOKE OR ODOR FOR CORRECTION ON THE SPOT, IF POSSIBLE, AND TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY ALL DEFECTS TO THE MOTOR SERGEANT.

8. TO ANTICIPATE WHILE DRIVING WHAT OTHER DRIVERS WILL DO, AND TO HAVE THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL ALL TIMES TO AVOID ACCIDENTS.

9. TO RESPECT POLICE AUTHORITY, OBSERVE ALL TRAFFIC RULES, REGULATIONS AND COURTESIES OF THE ROAD.

(AS REQUIRED BY CIR NO.39,GHQ, AFP, DATED 5 APRIL 54)
[boxed mark:] I&E DIV
```

Faint show-through text from the reverse is not transcribed.

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