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Show TIRED DRIVERS CGURTDANGERS Fatigue Plays Important fc Part in Causing Automobile Auto-mobile Accidents. Fatigue plays a far more important part in causing automobile accidents than is generally recognized. A motor truck owner was driving to a distant city at night to be there for a load early In the morning. He had been working hard all day and was fatigued. At a grade crossing he came into collision col-lision with a train and was killed. It Is quite likely this man 'went to sleep at the wheel. In any case be was ordinarily a careful and cautious driver. He knew the road well. He was familiar with the crossing. There is every indication that the accident was due solely to fatigue. A party of tourists started out to make a long motor trip. In order to make It In the shortest possible time they decided to keep going night and day. One would drive while the others slept, or at least tried to sleep. The Journey ended In a fatal accident be fore the goal was reached. Needs Recharging. The human system Is a good deal like a storage battery. When the current cur-rent in the battery is low, it fails to me starling motor, wven tne "glit may be dim. That battery will not work well again until It is charged. The only way a fatigued man can become alert again Is to have his vitality recharged through complete rest. The Imperfect rest he gets while r'ding In a car Is not rest enough. He needs good, sound sleep and plenty of It. A young person can usually regain '"s vitality more quickly than one nong In middle life or an old person. per-son. He sleeps sounder and he responds re-sponds more quickly to rest. Persons of all ages, however, are object to fatigue. The only difference differ-ence between ages Is the rate of recovery. re-covery. Reactions Slower. At the beginning of a long trip any drlTer Is far less likely to meet with n accident than he is as he nears the wl of a long, continuous drive. At ,llc start, he s alert. If there are reless and reckless drivers on the rnd he is able to avoid a collision. Af,er 100 or more miles of driving "e is far less alert Ills reactions are w'wer. When he gets In a tight place e falls to respond and the chances "re greatly against him If an accident ls Imminent. lids means that a person should "vo:d driving when fatigued, when '"ed out because of having driven n' &rMt distance already or having done that proved tiring. If he has not j1'1 Ids usual amount of sloop he is fatigued nn-1 sLould avoid driving. Hie distance a person can drive . without becoming fatigued will vary "'111 different people. A person who (s driving every day and who Is rirlv- ig long distances can drive more "les a day without fatigue' than a Person who drives only a few days a wk and then but short distances. |