Show country highways not adapted to speeding an analysis of highway accidents by the department of motor vehicles of 0 connecticut appears appeals to show that those in country sections are relatively more costly in loss losa of at life and limb than are those in largo cities it was found that one death could ho he expected la in every forty one accidents on a country highway the ratio of deaths to accidents in city streets was I 1 to 73 75 there Is little mystery about this A considerable proportion of acci accidents denti lo in towns lb if due to collisions when neither car may be going at great speed persons driving in a city naturally expect danger at street intersections and perhaps krep sharper lookout than do those bowling along in an open highway speeding in a well irell policed police city Is attended by greater risk of arrest than Is the case on a rural highway drivers from a city when touring through the country says the new york sun will do well to remember howe however v e that recklessly recK leasly there la Is foolish and dangerous just as driving recklessly in town la Is foolish and dangerous although a clear well paved highway offers temptation to stop step on the goa gas the chance of escaping unharmed from an accident Is relatively iveli less there than it la Is on a city boulevard |