Manti Messenger | 1926-03-26 | Page 8 | Jay Walker to Blame for Half of the Deaths by Auto

I fa 0 y j 7 Jay Walker to o Blame ante anter for r Half of the Deaths by Auto i of 1390 Auto v ere v e e direct directly ins in's fault 9 r. r w o el e o u a c yam c. c Children p. p a m street 0 Ih J I o l a oro 1 Physical Disability Intoxication u. u r An ft vL 1 vu r L J M ANY n a motorist whose car has hns figured In a n fatal accident will he able able to present clear sheet Saint Peter when his a to time corner comps when one considers all oIl the contributing factors outside of the drivers driver's own fault A total of 1310 auto fatalities on record with the Warner Stewart-Warner Safety Council for Cor the prevention of ot automobile accidents covering a period o of teen nen months shows hows that In cases the fault was clearly the pede pedestrians pedestrian's and cannot be put down to the driver rIver the weather weRther or unavoidable circumstances The careless s pedestrians pedestrian's footsteps oot lead leod him to the grave h by six distinct routes says the Safety Council and the most worn travel-worn of these thee Is Jay jay- I walking two Sixty per cent of ot the auto fatalities Just referred to were due ue to streaking across busy streets without using the Intersections Childrens Children's playing In the streets was responsible for 31 per cent and coasting for another 8 per cent emIt Confusion on the part of ot the pedestrian not hearing whIstles and anif turning back In his tracks brought about 0 per cent 0 of these there deaths while physical disability and Intoxication rate 3 and 2 per cent respectively