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Show Traffic Accident Prevention Makes Xmas Gift I One of the great Joys of the, Christmas season is shopping for gifts that will please loved ones, but In our eagerness to hurry about we must guard against unintentionally shopping for an accident, drivers were warned today to-day by shby J. Badger, traflic vice president of the L't ahSafe ty Council. "Much of the gift-hunting Is being done ' during dayliglite hours, but many folks must wait until after-working hours, which means night-time driving In congested con-gested traffic," he pointed out. In the rush to pack as much travel as possible Into a few hours, some holiday-minded motorists mo-torists are having their dreams of a happy Christmas shattered by street and highway accidents, the council spokesman commented. comment-ed. "State and local traffic law enforcement en-forcement men are doing their best to keep traffic moving safely safe-ly and smoothly, but they must have the cooperation of all driv. ers If traffic deaths and injuries are to be held to a minimum," Mr. Badger warned. The driver who fights for the right-of-way at Intersections and wrestles his vehicle from one lane Into the other at the peril of fellow notorists Is not showing show-ing the true Christmas spirit, and thejriHverwho fai1:.. toslow down after dark and on slipxry pavement Is flirting with disaster," disas-ter," he said. "Few sensations can be as hair-raising hair-raising as the feeling that comes over a driver who is about to crash after losing control of his vehicle, especially on snow-cover-er or Ice-packed roadways. Thou it's too late for equalizing of the breaks, putting on antiskid chains, replacing streaking windshield wind-shield wipers, or obeying the traffic signs and speed limits and pavement markings. The victims of the accident, if they live, will go over and over in their minds the events attending the accident which spoiled their Christmas holiday. Let's all do our part to avoid surh mishaps this season," Mr. Badger concluded. |