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Show Every motorist has a real reason for careful and safe driving' right now for some time during December the one-millionth traffic fatality is duo to occur. This prediction pre-diction is baaed on the present rate of highway deaths in the United States. The majority of traffic accidents," the National Automobile Dealers Association points out, "are the result re-sult of an error committed by one or more of the drivers involved. These errors are usually the product of carelessness and ignorance.'' "This ten-point program," says N A D A, "if followed by every motorist, will at least push back the date when this millionth victim will make head-, lines:" 1. Don't drive so fast that your stopping distance exceeds your seeing distance, or that you risk losing control con-trol of your car. 2. Use your rear-view mirror and signal your intentions, in-tentions, before moving out of the lane in which you are driving. 3. Pass only on the loft side of other vehicles when overtaking them. . 4. Give the pedestrian the right-of-way. 5. Make it a point to turn your head and look before backing up. 6. Don't follow the driver ahead too closely. You diould allow a distance of at least one car-length between you for every ten miles per hour of speed. 7. Drive on the right side of the road. 8. Slow down and look both ways at traffic lights even green ones. P-'Be careful that no train is coming when crossing railroad tracks. 10. Keep your car in the best operating condition at all times. Take it to your dealer for periodic inspections. in-spections. Somebody with a knack for figures and statistics tells us that the government is now spending half a million dollars a minute, eight hours a day and seven daj-s a week. That's at the rate of 30 millions an hour. And if yon want to pursue the calculation far enough, We think you'll find it runs to nearly $7,000 every time the average heart beats, eight hours a day, seven days a week. Xo wonder the people can't afford taxes high enough to balance the budget. Fort Payne (Alia.) Times-New Era. I |