Show WHISKEY Y TAKES TIIE THE WHEEL in a recent series of graphic bulletins the nations SAi safety fety council points to ito a tremendous increase in drunken driving during the past year and to a substantial gain in tile bho number of deaths and injuries duo due to mixing alcohol and gasoline tho the first twelve months of repeal anav have ben beneficial in sow respects but it loft left a dev devastino asting trail of death behind it tt severe as tho the drunken driving problem was during prohibition it las has become doubly severe now the best obtainable statistics indicate that five to tolon ten per cent of both ball drivers and pedestrians involved in 14 traffic accidents are are under the influence of liquor these theae statistics however in the belief 0 of tile the council understate under matters inasmuch as a multi multitude tudo of accidents occur in which drinking Is a factor but Is not reported for one reason or another A short time ahme ago a thorough survey was made of accidents involving injuries and fatalities and it showed that in 60 per cent of the accidents tho the alcohol factor was waa involved according to the authority making ails ahls survey as little as one ounce of whiskey will cause a measurable loss of driving efficiency in the average person reports from traffic departments throughout the nation will thoroughly back up the fact that drunken driving Is Igo showing howing an astounding toun ding gain blanken drunken driving arrests amount to from 20 to per cent moro more tihan than they did a year cm and police authorities likewise state that a rising percentage of accidents can be ascribed to tile the little black bottle here Is a problem that involves the health life and property of every citizen it Is a problem that mu must st be fought by us all drys find and alike under the ille best of conditions dit ions highways and streets are potentially dangerous and they become come when whiskey tak takes estile the steering wheel |