| Show Drive a Safe Car Nearly 75 per cent of motor carson carson cars on roads toda today have hse defects which v Increase hazards of driving mg ng accord m mg to figures of 1 12 state te motor motoi ye 0 chide hIde i t campaigns cover cover- covering ing mg e cars anal analyzed by bytho bythe bytho the tho National Bureau of ot Casualty and Surety Underwriters In explaining c the survey sune John JohnJ JohnJ J Hall director ector of the the Strew and iy Safet Safety DIlson of the Bureau ports out that that no structural defects were discovered ered in m the thA th cars but that three fourths v were ere found lacking either in m adequate brakes lights horns mechanism windshield wind shield hild near 1 ISlon mirrors or site safe t tires tes es W Worst of alls all was s the condition of nearly brakes brakes nearly 40 per percent percent percent cent being un unsafe Ob Obviously the condition calls for correction No matter how hos safely a motorist dries dr e es if his brakes fail hII if his vision Is obscured if his luJ lights do not show sho the road loid ahead he is exposed to an accident c ce every e time he operates his car It is not to belittle an any any of the hazards haz In In a 3 hazardous chain cham of circumstances a defective e a wInd windshield windshield shield n wiper r can be just as dang dangerous dangerous erous as a loose wheel heel Drier er who have ha formed a habit of o er hauling their automobiles periodically cally lie ate 1 e i cly responsible for nc ac accidents accidents said raid Mr lr Hall hail Careless drivers driers ers on the other hand often pan pay pat a n price for neglect that would meet necessary essar repair bills many times 0 over er and if a afe afew afew few fe judgments are rendered against them the thc bill nil will III total the full price pace of se several eral good automobiles Sonic states ha have hae e found that the best method of insuring safe auto automobile automobile automobile mobile mechanical condition is by b means of compulsory inspection laws They They The ate ale supported in theIr clew Ie by b bv safety or organizations of nationwide reputation Such laws hay ha lawsha a operated not only to e individual car safety but to In- In in increase crease creaso employment and to t late stimulate business In any event event the moral of this story is i 1 Drive a safe car |
