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Show V TIIK If 1(11 IT TO AVALK I Have pedestrians any rights? The annual loll o. I some IL'.OOO pedestrians killed in traffic accidents turnout I the couul ry seems In raise the iueslion of whether an indi- Ji'i'i is rinht In slaiid - and walk cm, liis or lier feet still an increasingly motorized The answer lo that question can be found in current Xiorls by safety snecialisls on the causes of fatal pedes-jfi'ian pedes-jfi'ian accidents. Three out of every four pedestrians filled, we learn, were themselves violating a traffic law or imniittinu; an unsafe act, by jaywalking, crossin"' against R'lials, coming out from heliind parked ears or doing .mefhing equally foolish. Tn other words, three out of 'iir were presuming upon a right to walk when and where iey wished, in niter defiance of safety considerations. sin;r one's life is a very high price. to pay for the right o walk carelessly. In addition-!." the thousands of pedestrians killed, HU'Ahousands more were injured of whom a third were crippled for life while unknown thousands escaped acci-j acci-j dent, by the skin of their teetch and continued to take I chances. I Society does tr.t concede (he right to be killed or V"ined by one's own foolish acts'. There is a moral obligation obli-gation upon us all to personally use everv known safety Cleans, and for those who simply will not, there must be Woreoment by law. t Tt has been clearly proved that the only way pedes-ans pedes-ans and automobiles can exist together, safely is by Iving strict regulations for the protection and control of h.- By crossing traffic where directed, when directed Vis directed, pedestrians will have given up the qucs-jble qucs-jble privilege of matching wits with speeding autos. i.ut let us lmp.e jJ'ev will have gained the right to live. |