Show Banish The Reckless Driver Reports from police depart- depart mens state traffic authorities and safety organizations in all aU parts of the country show a startling increase in automobile accidents Every driving crime Is on the rise The result if the present trend continues will vill be that 1934 will see the establishment of a anew anew anew new high in fatalities Statistics for the worst driving months months- October November and December Decem Decem- ber may ber-may may make the record even more horrible The automobile accident problem problem problem pro pro- blem which has been a major is issue issue issue is- is sue for many years has reached a crucial stage The The American highway today is a slaughterhouse slaughter slaughter- house the house the most careful competent competent competent compe compe- tent and courteous driver takes his life in his hands when he ventures ventures ventures ven ven- tures on it Around the next curve or over the next hill there may be a drunken or reckless driver at the controls of several thousands pounds of steel moving moving moving ing at a tremendous speed Less than ten per cent of motorists take chances chances but but but- that ten per percent percent percent cent menace us all The old fashioned type of safety safety safety safe safe- ty campaign restricted both in time and area must be replaced by a n. real safety campaign engineered engineered engine engine- ered and enforced by the tho general general general gen gen- eral public public public-by by the ninety per percent percent percent cent of drivers who are competent and careful The The reckless must be driven from the highways highways and and to achieve this the force of public public public pub pub- lic opinion can be even eyen more useful useful useful use use- ful than law No matter how good a states state's traffic code is or how bow conscientious a highway patrol patrol patrol pa pa- it cannot produce results if the public is indifferent Banish the drunken the reckless reckless reckless reck reck- less the incompetent driver driver it it may save your life and the lives of loved ones |