Show Proper r Position I for Safe Driving TbT t t ts s e l 66 I s S ti r re e 9 b This Thu young lady Indy posed pOled by Dr Dudley B Reed of health Ice University of Chicago is II showing how the perfect driver sits lita behind the wheel for safety and comfort Dr Reed Iced pOinted out that mohair velvet upholstery which has a pile surface grips tile the clothing and helps pl maintain proper driving posture 1 MOHAIR AN AiD D TO SAfE DRIViNG f Scientist of University Tells Tell How Pile Surface Keeps You From Slumping In the last eighteen months more mor persons ha e been killed In III automo automobile bile hie accidents In the United Stites thin our country's countr s 's army lost lot In sol sal Biers diers during durIn the orld orld w lr irr 1 This Tills Is Isan I Ian an no alarming fact fact which Is receiving the careful attention of public everywhere here and C challenges the HIP thought and action of every elY citizen hat can bo he done to reduce this huge death troll toll a Safety measures are being e- e ely ly applied In many wa a s but the hem lem rests largely largely with the automobile driver r hat can an nn he lie do to further protect himself and others from aces aCCI aCCIdents dents Helpful s suggestions In thIs tills con have e just been heen red by Or Dr Dudley B n Heed or of hygiene and director of the he health service Ier of the University oI of Chicago o Doctor Heed Reed culls calls attention to the fact tint that sitting while drib Ing Is not on onh onh ih an aid nId to the lie person persons s health but It Is a direct help to as It places the Leod where here immediate response In la e emi I Is easier casler where ue th t too often promotes promote carelessness Is prevented re and ami here the driver drivers I II vision Is Kast t to be It is not difficult to assume assum the correct driving ng position but It Is sometimes hard 10 keep heep such posture especially If tIre sect seat Is IsCO CO covered ered with a material that encourages n ages es slipping and and sliding about These difficulties are more easily avoided a Doctor Heed points out If It the seats s I are upholstered In a fabric like mo velvet et or o velmo the fibers or of if which grip the clothing giving support t to the of the seat and reducing redu Ing the tendency y to slip and Ind slide One of the mO most t common faults In driving Doctor Recd explains Is to 0 slump do down don n In the peat eat This is easy easto y to do If II the upholstery is slippery bunot but not so lii III dv to happen on mohair In Ina Ina Ia a slumped position the motorist n cm carnot not quickly respond when an emer emergency emergency gency demands quick operation of ot the controls his arms and leg legs are arc cramped tile the lungs do not have ha e an nn op to pant e panl e and other Internal organs arp are restricted Most Important it of all the spine natures nature s best shock absorber Is bent In such a position that shocks and jars strike It at nt an argle Instead of at in a vertical plane ass as was wis s Intended intended so that the efficiency If I f the spine h is greatly reduced the th person becomes fatigued more e and is soon in condition that 10 Invites j accidents Here are Doctor r Reed s posture suj sug suggestions ug especially helpful durIng these vacation months when hen long au automobile c fire taxing the endur of the motorist motorist Have Dave Ja e the back backwell backwell well against th of 01 the seat scat with h the weight resting mainly on the seat bones Ones I here should be support for forthe forthe the back bick at a point point below the shoulder blades and it the top of or the Do Donot Donot not recline too loo much slightly more thin nInN ninety d degrees decrees rees is Ie enough and an there should be beano beno no a weight eight or pressure presure under the knee The feet should be beable beable able to retch reich t the e pedals and the floor r I w without or straining In this position which It Is Is well ell Illustrated in the f accompanying Ing l p aph the driver drive er erI I Ins his the greatest r li atlon and freedom n of mo movements be e enjo enjoys s the llie greatest comfort and kepis lia ls kept helt In a 1 t position where here he tin cin most handle the car in f danger J |