Show y it ft U N No Warning min 1 ki 4 J WJ HERE HERE- W was S' S no f tail iI Ji light ht on th the truck i Ju Thus Thu rhu ends the story of of a gruesome i. i j automobile ac accident ident on a highway n near ar Wi Wichita hi h. h i ita It Kan an r recently in which three p persons ons re b burned to death II In th tile the d dark rk of n night a a. light auto automobile obile ran ral into a truck without w wa ning tail light t an and b burned up wIH when n a a. J pipe extending from th the rear of the truck pierced th the cars car's ga gas tank J I 1 The he incident can remind many of us s j drivers of of narrow escapes from froni- disaster we have iia ha had d l as we ve came suddenly upon slow slow- I r i i vh g trucks j jn iii the night without tail laii lights warn tarn varn of their pr presence s ll on Ui the roads I f Mo Most t trucks truck's that are tre operated at dby by day ha have little occasion to check up on their tail i. i tg ts So that w when l n. n i they ey ar are caught t out on Ol ih ine high road at night there is quite a l od th that t from t their excessive jarring jarring- t they ty ey have iI ye ve rend rendered red these warning signs sign's ineffective jis It is t these tIse Se trucks truck that that- cause ause the da danger ger on Ji highway It n. is one orie one of these that fig figured red fri l In t ht he ie accident at t Wichita T q One e of the staf states s. s requires all aU tr trucks c s' s and Abuses b buses to carr carry 4 red reflectors is in HI back so th that t I jf- jf the tail light t i b becomes com Cornes s inoperative the thc i re- re ft c cd rays of an au approaching cars car's hea headlights head head- lights would be sufficient to to warn varn is Us driver vehicle ahead This law law might inight well be copied by every other state in the Union At least our legislators legis legis- l t r. r might see to al truck operators operator be c 1 obligated ted tO keep working g tall tail lights on the thc b backs of their vehicles at all times and that these bev be e. e lit at night Sometimes eve eveh even though h ugh lighted the lie is might a as well li not t be there because of the lie mud thud and oil T c caked on ked o on the gl glass It sho should ld be seen that t the file lights a are c there thie and nd that they can be bee ber r seen e n at an effective distance It would pre pre- f i nt many a t disastrous 5 |