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Show FLIRTING FLmTING WITH TH DEATH . . I | It is an amazing fact that the ap- ap appalling ap appalling - apIpalling palling number of deaths which resultfrom result resultfrom resultfrom ap-I ap I from sheer caielessness calelessness carelessness make no great greatimpression greatImpression greatimpression impression u upon n the average personThis person personThis personThis This is especially cspec1ally true'ith true \ ' with \\'ith 'ith ith respect todrivers to todrivers todrivers drivers of automobilesPersons automobilesPersons automobiles automobilesPersons Persons who are ordinarily ordmariIy careful carefulin In protecting their health and property propertyoften propertyoften propertyoften often throw discretion to the winds themoment the themoment themoment moment they grasp the wheel of a amotor amotor amotor motor car , and flirt with mth death through throughfailing throughfailing throughfailing failing t to observe the most elementaryprincipals elementary elementaryprmclpals elementaryprincipals prmclpals principals of safetyThey safetyThey safety safetyThey They will mil take a chance at a gradecrossing gradecrossmg grade ] crossing crossmg , , speed while rounding roundmg a blmdcur'e blindcurve blind blmd | curve cur\'e cur 'e e \ ' , p't pt piss pasts ' . other cars under dangerous danger danger- dangerous dangerous - ous conditions , and do other foolishthmgs foolishthings foolish | things thmgs which menace life hfe and hmb- hmb limb-- limb hmb.seenungly limbseenungly limb - - - Iseemingly .seenungly seenungly . oblivious of the fact that thatone thatone thatone ] one slight light mistake of judgment may maypro'e mayprove mayprove thatI I pro\'e pro 'e e prove \ ' fatal to them or to tho those . who whoI whohappE whohappe'a whohappen I happE happe'a happea ' ' ) ' to be passengers m in their carsThe carsThe cars carsThe The jaywalker jay\mlker jay mlker \ is equally reckless recklesstaking , , takmg taking the chance of being mg run downfor down downfor downfor for the sake of saving sa\mg sa mg swing \ a few steps or ora ora ora a moment's moments ' ' time In fact , many manypedestrians manypedestrians manypedestrians pedestrians pedestriansre . are \re re \ even more careless carelessthan carelessthan carelessthan than the average a\erage a erage \ motoristSafety motoristSafety motorist motoristSafety carelessI I Safety education has been the themeans themeans themeans means of educing educmg reducing i 1 accidents to some someextent someextent someextent extent , but the lamentable fact re- re remains remains re remains - mains that no amount of \ warning arnlng has hasany hasany hasany any appreciable effect upon the themajorIty t themajority h e emajority majorIty of peopleThe peopleTht people peopleThe The Tht > result is that 30 30000 000 or more morepersons morepersons morepersons persons are killed lulled and about 750000 750,000 750,000aie 750,000aie 750000aie , I ale aie injuied injUled injured in m automobile accidents accident in inI inthe inthe inthe I the United States e\ e et every eery \ ery j 3 sear ear , while whlle at atleast atleast atleast least 90 per cent of these casualtle casualties casualtiesmight casualtiesmight : . might be averted a\erted a erted \ by the use of ordin ordm ordin- ordinary ordinary - ary common sense |