Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-05 | Page 6 | Traffic Mishaps Take Heavy Toll

TRAFFIC MISHAPS TAKE HEA TOLL WASHINGTON Oct 5 ff An P-An An annual annual an an- nual toll of thousands of lives and anel millions of dollars today was laid to traffic accidents in the United States by W. W P. P Borland safety director of the Interstate commerce commission Addressing the twelfth annual convention convention con can of the safety section of the American Railway association Borland Borland Bor Bor- land said For all practical purposes there Is no such thing as an unavoidable ned acci dent Particularly is this true as to a n collision between two automobiles or between two trains for someone Is at fault While casualties from railroad accidents accidents accidents ac ac- ac- ac have been decreasing for years there has been a constant increase in In- crease In the number on highways Borland said the public had developed developed developed de de- de a hectic attitude altitude toward automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile accidents partly because those charged with enforcing traffic laws often term them unavoidable 5 1 t