Show MOTORS cayot CANNOT BE I 1 TRIED FOR MURDER editorial from colli colliers rs safety in the united states Is slipping up on the gasoline peril from 1911 to 1922 total deaths per year by accident were reduced from to 2 or about 5 per ce cent nt which is good considering that population increased over 15 per cent in the same period accidental deaths by burns drowning and falls were all reduced by from 10 to 20 per cent railroad deaths went down from over to u under streetcar street car accidents also tell fell off nearly 50 per cent 1 machine accidents mills mines factories vary widely from year to year but are only 2 to 4 per cent 0 of the total aitoro automobiles are the great killers the deadly menace automobile accidents claimed some 2000 victims in 1911 or less than 3 per cent ot of the total but nearly tn in 1922 or over IS 18 per cent ot of the total an iacre increase aie of tar far more than per cent in eleven years that I 1 Is s the one big accident factor which all the safety work has rot not yet touched the automobile chamber ot of commerce the national safety council and others are busy on the problem drive carefully walk watchfully and run the traffic right Is the answer |