| Show Vision Travel Faster On Highways Than Home Folks Visitors than the home folks on the highways and the farther fa tile they come ome the the faster they go according to a traffic survey by t the e Federal Bureau of Public Roads and the ConnectIcut Department State Dep- Dep As reported in Public Roads the Bureau journal of highway research cars averaged a mIles nn an hour cars from neighboring Dials Ins Ins- f tulles mIles I from New T York NewYork tulles miles and front from four midwestern States mIles an hour bour in daylight da light during the sum sum- summer mer There was R significant ence nce In the average a speed ot of men and women dr drivers ers Men Ien u l l a little faster in the winter inter wo- wo men women in the summer But back seat scat drivers put on the brakes That Is cars with passengers Passengers did not travel tra-el as fast on the average as a's cars with only a driver abord In the winter inter this ibis difference in Speed averaged n only about n a half n a mile an hour but in summer It was 2 A speeds were fastest in the earl early morning slowed gradual gradual- ly Jy gradually during the day da up Il a little from 5 to 6 0 n the en evening and lessened In the dark The driving reco 8 hIgh speed peed drivers checked high Ule to i of checked against 1054 moderate dr e drive rs per cent of the fast S had been In accidents and they averaged n 45 per cent more accI- accI accIdents dents than those who drove at atThe The timing was done with the aid of a stop watch and mirrors from a car parked at the side of the road so that drivers not slow down for feat fear of a speed trap |
