Show Youth in m Traffic ARRESTING A A facts and interesting predictions rt are offered in the American magazine In Inan Inan inan an article commending safety education in high r schools An analysis of road accidents the article ar ar- ar- ar tide states reveals the alarming fact that automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile drivers of high school age are involved in ten times as many fatal accidents per miles driven as the driver of 45 to 50 years Furthermore Furthermore Fur Furthermore the high school record record has has been getting getting getting get get- ting worse the magazine states In the last eleven years there has been a 25 per cent decrease in traffic deaths of children children chil chil- dren men 5 to 9 years old and only a slight increase in those hose 10 to 14 That is the safety campaigns to teach children to watch out for themselves i in the streets are having their effect effect- But in inthe inthe inthe the ages 15 to 19 the high school age there has been in this same period an increase of per cent in traffic deaths The reason is ous Otis Fifteen is about the age when children begin to drive the article says Pointing out that this age of greatest dan- dan per is also the best age for teaching motor car operation wide extension is urged of such work as that now being done by Amos former forr for- for r mer professor of industrial management at Pennsylvania State college who is heading up upa a national program for training high school b l L students to drive Nearly high schools are arenow arenow arenow now using this thiS' plan of instruction and this summer 60 to 70 colleges will have courses for forI I high school teachers in the technique of teaching teaching teaching teach teach- ing automobile operation Ultimately it is predicted a motor car for teaching driving or a fleet of such cars willbe Willbe will willbe be as much a recognized part of the equipment of any progressive high school as is today the kitchen equipment in the domestic science course or the tools in the manual training shop and a driving course will be required before graduation graduation graduation tion from a p public high sc school ool This This' prediction fulfilled should make for a a vast improvement improvement- of the traffic record if youth will permit knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge to control emotion |