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Show SENSE AND SPEED. It has been rather well established that laws which arbitrarily fix speed ! limits for automobiles are little protection pro-tection against accidents. The speed at which one may safely drive depends upon the road and traffic conditions involved. A high executive of one of the leading lead-ing automobile manufacturing companies, com-panies, who has made a close study of speed in its relation to accidents, declares de-clares that 50 or even 60 miles an hour over good open road's" In the country may be safer than 15 miles an hour in cutting corners in town. The safe driver is not necessarily the slow driver, but one who uses common sense whether driving fast or slow. Careless driving while turning corners, passing pedestrians or other cars, crossing railroad tracks and maneuvering in congested traffic is the greatest menace to life and limb. Sense, not speed, is the important factor in determining whether a driver is safe or unsafe. I |