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Show ' t I Crossing; Accidents IN a single day twenty-fix lives 'were lost In -collision between automobiUa and railrottd trains. In various parts of the country. After investigations have.been concluded, no doubt, It will be discovered that most of the accidents were due to carelessness. Of all the sutomo-bil sutomo-bil fatalities, those which comes In railroad crossing accidents should be the easiest to eliminate. . ' ' v Railroad trains stick to their course, and the driver of a vehicle can figure just about what the train "is going to do. It is different when tie meets 1 speed fiend on the highway, for he can never tell what the other fellow Is going to do. In the case of the railroad crossing accident the burden of care devolves on the automobile driver. , He can expect to encounter 1 train on every crossing. He can afford to take no chance. As often as not the fellow who races with the train to see which can get over the crossing first, gives his life in the hope of saving a few minutes time. In practically every crossing accident you will find i driver who took a chance, either by failing to watch the tracks or by trying to beat, the train to the crossing. For years and years every railroad iross-Ing iross-Ing in. the country has been ' marked . with wholesome advice for drivers of vehicles. In view of the large number of object lessons it is surprising that the warnings have not been taken more seriously. In offering advice to automobile drivers, approaching railroad crossings, no one can Improve on the age-old warning of the railroads: "Stop. Look. Listen." V |