Vernal Express | 1974-02-21 | Page 15 | Women on Wheels

W MEN MENon on all Wheels HELPFUL SAFETY HINTS I IBy By Elizabeth Slim Stirn fey ley Plymouth Safety Writer A SAFETY PLUS The energy crisis facing the nation has made most of ofus ofus ofus us conscious of the need for saving gas and there is a plus value safety Barbara arbara Carraro statistician clan cia of or the National Safety Council says that various reports nationwide na nationwide are indicating a drop in auto s n J fatalities between between be be- tween 20 to toper 25 per cent due tf to th the implementation im of the 50 I mph 1 speed limit and the shortage of available fuel This percentage decline means a savin saving of lives liven a year due directly to the lower speed peed limits The new regulations tend to even out the speed most cars travel travel bringing bringing the norm near 50 miles per hour rather than the previous freeway range that could vary from 40 to 70 This means smoother leaf leaffie traffic fic fie flow now fewer cars going either too loo slow or too fast Safety experts agree that In freeway driving the slow poke and the speeder alike are menaces The lower speed limits may indeed be a blessing in reducing your gasoline consumption con and in improving your our chances for a safer trip