Show Note On n Safety Given to LET SAFETY BE A HABIT By Julien H H. Harvey Haney Managing Director National Conservation Bureau Although traffic experts predict predict predict pre pre- dict that motor accidents will increase tremendously unless traffic laws are enforced more mor strictly the enforcement of the law depends more upon the man behind the wheel than it does on the of the traffic cere The attitude of the average motorist towards highway laws and highway safety will in the opinion of most accident tion men Indicate more clearly than an any other factor how good or how bad the driving habits on U U. S. S highways will be In the future Each year the proportion of accidents in which law violations violations' are are present has increased until nearly three-fourths three of all fatal accidents now involve drivers who at the time were disobeying some traffic statute or regula regula- tion N All safety specialists agree that the greatest single cause of traffic fatalities is speed They claim that most speed limits are arenow arenow arenow now too high for safety but agree that the question of what is sane In speed limits depends somewhat upon street and road roach conditions The American people are overwhelmingly overwhelmingly overwhelmingly over over- In favor of law enforcement enforcement enforcement en en- as a primary means of stopping highway and street accidents according to a nationwide nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide public opinion poll made for the National Committee for Traffic Safety which indicates that seven out of every ten of the people say they want strict enforcement enforcement en en- of traffic regulations No matter how the mechanical equipment of a car carmay carmay carmay may be there is a point at which it loses its effectiveness because automotive equipment depends upon the judgement and control of the person behind the wheel The most reliable safeguard against accidents is a sane attitude attitude atti atti- tude tucle of mind towards safety on the highway Proper respect for forlaw forlaw forlaw law enforcement and the rights of others induces lifelong habits of safety which are salutary assets assets as as- sets on the highway |