Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-30 | Page 42 | What to Do in Car Accident

WHAT TO DO IN CAR ACCIDENT Grad Grady Points Out Some SonIc Means l of Getting ng Protection To the tho owner of or a new brand car who is Just testing his itts wings so to speak on the highway it ma may seem scent ghoulish to talk of or what to do in case an nn accident happens to his c car r or through it it says sas I E Fl M M. Grady of or tho Grady Grad Motor company compan distributors of or orthe that ac accidents accidents ac- ac the neo Reo car But nut we all know Involving motor cars cais do happen happen hap hap- pen though in a a. majority of ot cases tho the car owner Is not to blame lame No matter how guiltless of oC wrong tho the motorist ma may be unless he ho knows what to do at t the he time the accident occurs knows how to protect himself in other words he ma may rind find himself inan inan in inan an unpleasant predicament simply be because because because be- be cause he ho has failed tailed to take certain pro pro- ca cautions U ti 0 n S. S Of Ot course the tho thing thinS we all dread most is doing bodily injury to some other person Yet accidents of or this this' kind cind occur every da day and in practically practically practically cally all of ot them the tit injured person has been guilty guilt of ot at least contributor contributory contributory tor tory negligence To begin bein with the tho car cir owner should tr try to keep his mind as calm as possible possible pos pos- sible and ancl note all the attendant cir cir- at the time of ot the accident lIe Ho should get Ket from any bystanders their names names- and addresses and also th r S i. i w 11 o uk VL JJ u VS pi I Ii i U Jil Lu 1 uy l provided pro those persons persona witnessed the accident If IC tho the motorist knows that tho the fault has not lain with him he ho should point out to the people whose names he has lias gathered particular phases of the ac accident tic tic- measure an any distances that may bo be germane Sermane to the su subject b by pacing if no other means is at hand Be LIe certain to get Set some corroboration of the rate of ot speed at which the car car was being driven If It the tho horn or other warning signal was sounded be sure to have witnesses ready to help prove this fact act In case caso th the accident has occurred at tho the Intersection of ot two streets it Is Important Im- Im to prove that the vehicle had been Leen slowed down before to the tho crossing