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Show SAFETY (h: first peacetime vacation season In five years will open in a few short wc:'ks. Yet the needless loss of human lives dufing this coming summer will almost equal that of the gQriett months of the war-- unless something is done to dull the weapons f I he killer. '1 he killer, ironically, is an Instrument that is also on 2 of the greatest boons of modern man the automobile- No I Juggernaut In itself, the automobile becomes a killer only as the direct result if human carelessness. Can anything be done to reduce the highway traffic accident ac-cident toll? An emphatic affirmative answe.1 is given by the International Association if Chiefs of Police. Under the sponsorship oi that organization, many thousands thou-sands of police officers, on May 15. will begin their Traffic Safety Check program. While the program is in force and there is encourag- j ing indication that it will continue indefinitely traffic officers of-ficers will check the brakes, lights, tires, windshield wipers and horns of all cars involved in accidents or traffic violations. viola-tions. Owners of defective cars will be admonished to visit their service stations and have their cars put in safe driving I condition. Better still, the police will endeavor to teach the driving public that they must learn to drive safely and carefully to prevent a rise of accident deaths and injuries. The police program merits the full support of every car owner. Safe automobiles in the hands of safe drivers will keep you safe. |