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Show speed. With an unprecidented number nu-mber of automobiles on our highways, high-ways, and drivers all dashing a-bout a-bout in holiday moods, something must be done to ease the hazard of the fatal week-ends." But until such beneficial regulations regula-tions as the one proposed in New York state are passed everywhere and even after, the main responsibility respon-sibility for safe driving remains with the individual behind the wheel. Mr. Harvey warns motorists motor-ists who would stay alive to travel at safe speeds, observe existing traffic regulations and apply the Golden rule on the road. Speed Greatest Vacation Hazard Short-cut to greater safety on the nation's streets and highways is sane traffic regulations on speed limits and their rigid enforcement enfor-cement but a little personal regulation re-gulation and sanity behind the wheel will go even further to wipe out the tragic annual traffic death toll. That is the opinion of Julien H. Harvey, nationally-known safety safe-ty worker and manager of the Accident Prevention Department, Association of Casualty and Surety Sure-ty Companies. Mr. Harvey praised the effort of New York state legislators leg-islators who are sponsoring a bill which would set a 40-mil'e-an-hour jpeed limit for all motor vehicles during holiday week-ends. The bill sets an ideal pattern for use in all states, he said. Four big motoring holidays take the largest slice of credit for death and mutilation in traffic accidents and speed is the major factor behind be-hind the slaughter. The four deadly dead-ly holidays are: , Memorial Day (when 404 persons were killed this year, Independence Day, Labor Day, and the ; Christmas-New Year holiday. ! MORE CARS ON ROAD "If every citizen would study the satistics of America's unfortunate unfort-unate accident record," Mr. Harvey Har-vey declared, "he would not have to be an expert to recognize Instantly In-stantly that the greatest single cause of traffic fatalities is |