Iron County Record | 1954-03-11 | Page 7 | Will You be a Statistic Today?

Yill You Be a Statistic Today? Ever look a statistic in the eye? Take a look in the mirror before you leave the house to drive to work this morning. Before Be-fore the day's over, you'll turn up among the statistics either as one of the drivers who had no accidents today or as one of those killed or injured. It all depends on you. Because you are the driver who causes accidents or prevents them. You are a statistic. One sure way to turn up on the accident side of the ledger is to get into an impatient hurry. Last year, insurance figures show nearly 14,000 Americans almost 47 of all fatalities were killed by excessive driving speeds. Not. much over the "safety "safe-ty limit" just enough to be fatal. Nearly 600,000 were injured the same way or about 39 of all traffic injuries. Man of them were drivers who resented speed limits drivers Who thought limits were set by stodgy legislatures bent on making mak-ing motorists late for appointments. appoint-ments. If you share that view, you're ready to fill the spot on the red side of the statistics column. col-umn. Speed limits better known as "safety limits" are set by engineers en-gineers who've tested and proved the safety margins for any given area. Those engineers haven't tested and proved your car's mechani-cale mechani-cale safety . . . ytu have to take care of that by letting the servicemen ser-vicemen who know your make of car keep it in safe operating condition.