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Show Mishaps Due to Reckless Auto Drivers riTIIAT the toll of human lives i. taken every year at railroad crossings is due to tlio recklessness of automobile drivers trying to "show off and "heat the train across," is the opinion of J. C. Clark, assistant goncral manager of the local safety department of tlio United States railroad administration. administra-tion. His views are supported hy the statistics in the latest accident bulletin issued by the interstate commerce commission. The report gives for sis months 1574 persons killed in train acci- dents in the United States and 1435 ; injured during the same period. |