Show Highway Safety Con Con- Consciousness Consciousness Consciousness Essential There are but three causes for our disgraceful automobile accident rec- rec record rec record ord old carelessness inc incompetence and lax enforcement of of- traffic laws It is time for Americans to admit that the accident problem has reach reach- reached reached reached ed anoint a point where here it i is a r menace to the lire life an perty of every ry and that the prevention methods of the past have ha been failures The lauded much lauded solution b by compulsory insurance was foun bun increase acci acci- accidents acci- acci accidents accidents dents ra rather ther t tian lan decrease crease them Insurance can only onh It Itcan Itcan Itcan can never ne prevent It is a n minor phase of the accident problem not the crux l I In most communities tits tit's traffic c laws ws ue are inadequate to meet modern condi conditions conditions Drivers are licensed whole whole- wholesale wholesale wholesale sale usually without tests to determine deter deter- determine determine mine their ther mental and physical fitness fit fit- fitness fit fitness ness The irresponsible awl amt the reek reck lass hs crowd the highways America t ai as not ot gained g a highway hig safety consciousness An insurance law such as N Nw Naw NewYork w York Yo has adopted which force force- a motorist to prove financial responsibility responsibility after h ha has c caused Sin n acci acci- accident accident accident dent or 01 lose his has license places rt- rt responsibility re responsibility wh where re i belongs nJ's on the party at al fault We must rid e of the reek reek- reck ess and i ignorant and instill the basic Cat fats of safety in the mind of every driver er and l th the tha high high- ways high j |