| Show Daytime Dayt lne Headlights Save Lives Anyone who at one time timo or another has exper- exper the tho chilling terror of an automobile suddenly bearing down i iou ou t of nowhere will second the find find- findings finding's ings ing's of two Indiana University vision experts that tho vehicle ono doesn't see seo oven even in broad daylight is a vastly underrated factor in highway accidents Dr Merrill J Allen and R R Clark both Fellows in the American Academy of Optometry illumination measurements that a camouflage effect ef- ef effect on highways and city streets often reduces un an automobiles automobile's visibility to zero or so changes its appearance as to make it unrecognizable Warning that oven in broad brond daylight on n a clear his motor vehicle is day ono one cannot safely assume visible to another driver or pedestrian the tho two optometrists recommend that aU all vehicles bo be equipped with two running lights and be required to use them while whilo in motion during daylight hours Since instituting the tho use uso of headlights as improvised improvised running lights on all its buses Greyhound has noted a system wide of 11 percent in daytime accidents On this basis similar reductions in the national accident rate rato would save some somo 2000 lives und and avoid moro more than injuries annually As a nation we cannot overlook any practical moans means of reducing the tho shocking toll toU exacted by acci- acci accidents accidents dents on our highways When a comparatively fl simple expedient such as the burning of running lights holds promise of o sparing lifo life and limb local officials should take ako the initiative immediately to put such a program I into effect and hope that Federal and state follow suit |
