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Show GET READY FOR SCHOOL. Approximately 30,000,000 children, ranging from near-graduates to kindergarteners, kin-dergarteners, will converge on our streets and highways this SeDtember. all approaching central points. Through the summer they have been scattered throughout the 'length and breadth of the land; now they are to become mobilized, crossing our city thoroughfares or country lanes in long lines going to school or coming home. . It is the solemn duty of every motorist mo-torist to see to it that these youngsters young-sters have a safe passage. By following follow-ing a few simple rules, he can help : cut down the toll of 3,400 children killed kill-ed and 152,550 injured in 1932. Every motorist should remember to approach a school zone with care; to slow down at all intersections; to watch his speed on curves in the country. Above all, he should look out for the unexpected. unexpect-ed. Children who meet after two or more months' separation, become so absorbed that they forget about the danger of dashing into the roadway, darting from behind parked cars, or trying to retrieve a ball from under the fender of a moving vehicle. The motorist must do their thinking for them. The reduction in motor accidents to children of school age in the United J States is the brightest picture in the safety movement, but there still remains re-mains much to be done to further reduce re-duce the number of tragedies 90 per cent, of which are avoidable. Educators, Educat-ors, school authorities and teachers constantly emphasize the dangers of modern traffic conditions, to the child- ren. ihe one person able to bring about groat improvement is the motorist mo-torist He should drive at all times as he woidd if his child were out in that crowd ahead. |