Springville Herald | 1959-07-09 | Page 4 | Notes on Safety

Notes on Safety What shape is your car in? If it's not in tip-top condition, condi-tion, you're flirting with dan-ger.according dan-ger.according to the National Safety Council. "A lot of cars on the road today," it said, "need repairs to be safe for driving." In support of its claim, the Council offered this information: informa-tion: Seven states and the District Dis-trict of Colombia reported in the Council's annual Inventory of Traffic Safety Activities that almost 45 per cent of all vehicles inspected were rejected reject-ed for mechanical defects. Further, if the more than eight million vehicles inspected inspect-ed in 10 states and the District of Colombia,l,722,400 1 out of 5 had substandard brakes, the Council said. Nearly as many cars 1,649,-500 1,649,-500 had defective rear lights. Substandard headlights w er e the third most frequent violation vio-lation noted. Exhust and feul systems were faulty in about 1 out of 7 cars inspected.