Show LESS ACCIDENTS BY BETTER ROADS improved facilities would lessen many dangers by 11 a duffy A signboard ten feet square with the big lettered words danger sharp curve clearly outlined against a background of black and white stripes la Is placed in plain view along a highway in iowa two people we were r r recently placed in a hospital because bebau be thoy they see that warning this merely illustrates that in automobile ni otille accident prevention chief consideration must bo be given to the human equation personal element or whatever other name can be applied ap pp ed to human frailty fault of operators state records show that 65 per cent or more of motor car accidents may be attributed to car operators and that flint a tenth to a third of tile the mishaps are due to the negligence of pedestrians automobile accidents fire are increasing taking the country its as it a whole car usage Is growing for two reasons so 11 9 15 cars are added to those present every ever day and better roads and fand the tendency towards motorization lead to more intensive use of every motor car much can he be done of course to cut down the human factor in accidents yet there Is this too to be considered highway facilities must be constructed that will reduce to a I 1 minimum I 1 atil the possibility of human error in driving cars high speeds speed to stay automobiles capable of high t speeds speed are without doubt here to stay unless some faster fasted moans means of transportation Is created laws cannot train man to bo be a better judge of speed or distance and so long as inadequate highway facilities exist car accidents will occur fortunately for roost most safe highway facilities there Is a dollars and cents justification highway grade separations whereby one road or street passes over another at intersections tons compensate for their cost where braf alc to in heavy pedestrian tunnels which permit foot traffic to pass s safely tea and speedily under busy thoroughfares also are economically feasible the same Is true of railroad crossing separations of double decked highways of wide streets and roads twenty seven thousand people are yearly dying in car accidents that Is 13 too many |