Show Impoliteness Gets Blame As Traffic Mishap Cause The drinker and the speeder usually given a large share of blame for traffic accidents are not blamed by ne safety expert nearly as s much as another kind of ot person the person the discourteous one The expert is George Fate of Rensselaer Ind md chairman of the safety committee of ot the Indiana department American Legion With Mrs Fate and their dau daughter Joanne he is en route to Los Angeles to pick pIcka a good route for thousands of eastern delegates to the legion national convention September 19 to 22 Accidents caused by drunken driving form a very low v percentage percent percent- age he said Number one reason reason rea rca son Is failure of both pedestrians and the motoring public to extend extend ex ex- tend courte courtesy courtey y HI High h speed in itself Is not re responsible responsible responsible re- re for as 83 many accidents as most persons believe but speed coupled with other conditions such as bad roads rain or sleet or heavily graveled roads is a heavy contributor I 4 |