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Show Crosses For Death Spots White crosses dot the sides of the highways of Ohio, sometimes some-times singly, sometimes two 'or three, and they mark the spots where automobile accidents have resulted in death, i Automobile drivers rounding a sharp curve, in many sec-i sec-i lions come squarely upon a white cross, or possibly two or three, mut reminders that one or more persons have been killed at that spot. ; Governor Vic Donahey was responsible for the placing of ; the crosses'. It was his idea that they would help to cut ! down automobile fatalities by making drivers more, cautious, ! The action of Governor Donahey has been met, as usual, I with various expressions of opinion. Some automobile driy-ers driy-ers have declared they experienced a very unpleasant sensation, sensa-tion, coming suddenly upon the ghastly white crosses. The governor has been condemned by some on the theory that ! the reminders are too gruesome, while others praise his plan ; as being a preventive of reckless driving. ; Undoubtedly, there is something ghastly about the .un-!' .un-!' usual markings. Confronted suddenly with one of them, a j nervous driver might be so startled that he would lose con-, con-, trol of his car, and cause the very accident the markers are I provided to prevent. However, the situation as to automobile ; accidents, the vast majority of which are caused by careless-j careless-j ness or thoughtlessness, is so bad, that unusual methods are, ; perhaps, justifiable. Deaths from automobile accidents show no signs of abat-: abat-: ing, on the contrary, they are increasing. That many of them could be averted, is proved by the fact that, after every "safety campaign," particularly df startling methods are used, there is a temporary lowe-ing of the death toll. Care- less drivers, it seems, are likely to forget the tragedies that ! mark their trail. If the placing of the white crosses will keep i the necessary danger before their minds, the action probably iustified. "Bad cases require bad cures" is an old adage (hat, nevertheless, carries a great truth. |
