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Show THE DEATH GLARE In a Kentucky cemetery there is a grave stone erected for P. H. Nolan, Assistant State Game Warden. After reciting re-citing the facts of his career, it is stated on the marble "The accident was caused by the glaring lights of a passing automobile." The time is coming soon, says the National Bureau o' Casualty and Surety Underwriters, when glaring lights will be outlawed. Many municipalities, and some states, are prescribing rules for the regulation of the lights. In a recent survey conducted by the Travelers Insurance Insur-ance Company, it is set forth that from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. in 1932, there were 409,100 accidents in which 13.500 persons per-sons were killed, or 32 for even," 1.000 accidents. From fi p. m. to 6 a. m. there were 33 6,200 accidents, but 15,500 deaths, or 46 per 1,000. In other words, the death rate per accident was 43.7 per cent worse during darkness than ir daylight. The figures would have been still more unfavor able if they had started at 5 p. m. instead of 6 p. m., parti cularly in winter. Automobile accidents during dusk and darkness arc more likely to result in serious injuries and death because vision is reduced by inadequate illumination and because-headlight because-headlight glare from approaching cars momentarily blind drivers. |