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Show , A SAFETY SArETY SAIETY TEXT-BOOK TEXT BOOK TEXTBOOKAutomobile TEXT-BOOKf TEXT BOOKf - ; 1 1AutomobIle ? ] Automobile deaths and Injuries lnJunes reached a newlrlsh new.high new newt newMgh I 1I t . Mgh lrlsh .high high mark during 1936 , and reports for the first tv.o tvo two tv.o.months twomonths twoI twoImonths . the sames samer same samemonth samesmonth increase over . -months months .months - of 1937 show an 1 r 1month month of the previous year . . Thus it seems that all allthe allthe allthe the efforts of safety organizations orgamzations have little effect effectin effectin effectin andihose andthose and andthose in inducing motorists motonsts to ro avoid killing themselves -those those ihose - in their wayBut wayBut way wayBut But in spite of the discouraging results of safety safetyefforts safetyefforts safetyefforts efforts , they are being continued , as they should be , wand and a new depal depai depaiture ture in safety education is being ' undertaken un- un undertaken un undertaken - w ' " dertaken in Texas , where a text-book text book - for use in 111 the the.schools theschools theschools .schools schools . has been pI preparedThe prepared epared eparedThe ' Driving Dnving and Ac- Ac AcCident Accident Ac Accident - The title of the book is 'Safe Safe Safe cident Prevention Pre"ention Preention " ; , " ' and its authors are Booth Mooney Mooneyassociate , a.ssoclate assoclate associate . editor of the T Texas xas Weekly , and ElsIe ElsIesmith ElsieSmith ElsieSmith smith Smith Parker , an educator and author It is stated statedthat statedthat statedthat that 13 13000 000 copies liave have been ordered for use in theschools the theschools theschools schools of Dallas aloneWhile aloneWhile alone aloneWhile While the idea of teachm teaching safe driving dnvmg in 111 the theschools theschools theschools schools is not new nev . , , it is believed belIe"ed belIeed " that this is 15 the first firsttune firsttime firsttime tune time a special text-book text book te\t-book te t test-book test ' \ - for use in such instruction instructionhas instructionhas instructionhas has been adoptedThere adoptedThere adopted adoptedThere There is no doubt that a concerted effort to lm- lm im- im lm1 impress im impress - 1 > press ress the Impo importance nce of safe driving on the new newgeneration newgeneration newgeneration generation of motorists may be the means of preventing prevent prevent- preventmg preventing - ing mg many deaths and injuries from accidents , but butthe butthe butthe the task is a difficult oneMany oneMany one oneMany Many otherwise intelligent mtellIgent persons appear to lose loseall loseall loseall all then judgment and common sense the moment momentthe momentthey momentthey the they } seat themsehes behind a steering steenng . wheel v.heel vheel |