Show New York The The death rate among boys as a result of collisions between between between be be- tween bicycles and automobiles has doubled within the past three statistics of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company for Its industrial policy holders show In 1935 the death rate from this cause among boys from ten to fourteen fourteen fourteen four four- teen years was per million while in 1937 it was v For the age group from rom fifteen to nineteen the rate rose from rom 20 per million in 1935 to in hi 1937 1037 The increase chiefly in the ages between thirteen and sixteen years Is s due to Increased numbers of boys at this age bicycling on the high high- ways Most effective way to prevent these accidents would be the provision provision provision provi provi- sion of more cycling paths the life Jie insurance company's health authorities authorities authorities ties point out cut Other preventative measures suggested are laws strictly strict- strict ly y enforced requiring bicycles to carry lights at night and education education education tion of adolescent boys to the dangers dan gers of cycling on the highways |