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Show HAZARDS A FOOT. Pedestrian deaths in 1932 were 44 per cent of all deaths due to automobile auto-mobile accidents. There were 12,770 foot travelers killed out of a total of 29,000 automobile accident deaths in the United States. This fact appears in an analysis by Maxwell Halsey, traffic engineer of the National Bureau Bu-reau of Casualty and Surety underwriters. under-writers. Mr. HaLsey finds four chief facts in pedestrian accident problem: 1. Auto - pedestrian accidents are only 5 per cent less than auto-auto accidents. 2. The pedestrian is almost twice as likely to be killed as the motorist. 3. Only 25 per cent of all accidents occur outside of cities or towns, but they are responsible for more than 50 per cent of all deaths. 4. Accidents to pedestrians walking along rural highways are at least four times as fatal as any other type of accident. The following are the chief danger points to pedestrians: Narrow roads; black pavement that offers less contrast con-trast to the pedestrian and requires greater illumination; cuts through hills, fills and curves; recreation and refreshment locations where parked cars interfere with pedestrian visibility; visibil-ity; schools, factories, parks, etc., where pedestrians walk on or cross highways; vehicles passing vehicles; "thumbing," where pedestrians stand on edge of road to attract attention; roadway laborers inadequately protected pro-tected by signs; glaring lights; wet pavement. Pedestrians should walk single file facing oncoming traffic; avoid blind spots; get out of the way of meeting or passing cars; wear light-coLored clothing at night or carry a reflecting device. The motorist, in turn, should know that pedestrians are not entirely visible at night. They should avoid the extreme edge of the road and sound their horns for any pedestrian situation situa-tion that seems doubtful. Street lighting, light-ing, wide sidewalks and traffic signals sig-nals should be provided. States without laws prohibiting hitch-hiking, or laws requiring pedestrians pedes-trians to walk to the left facing traffic, traf-fic, should pass them. These are constructive con-structive suggestions and should be seriously considered by all intelligent persons. |