| Show women better drivers of automobiles than men Is deduction made by editor that women are better automobile drivers than men Is the deduction made by william L chenery edito of colliers weekly from striking analysis of motor accident records from forty states after making every allowance for the larger nura num I 1 bers of men drivers and the greater mileage covered by them mr chenery concludes that women drivers were responsible for proportionately fewer deaths and injuries to in the 1030 1930 totals than men As a whole american motorists were guilty of more reckless driving in 1030 than jer before in history auto accidents killed people and injured more the casualties among children under five years of age were 2000 killed and injured the world war did not take a greater toll of american lives in battle improper driving and nothing else was responsible for more than two thirds of all the deaths and injuries speeding driving on the wrong side of the road and failure to grant right of way all evidences ot of improper driving accounted for OS GS per cent of the accidents more than accidents resulted from motorists driving off the roadway The biggest single cause of accidents ci dents however was the improper attempt to take the right of way from some other traveler in a harsh word hoggishness not only Is reckless driving the greatest cause of motor accidents but also Is the enre carelessness of pede pedestrians the chief explanation of 0 the accidents which befall them last year more than pedestrians were killed hillea in automobile accidents dents for which pedestrians were themselves responsible the greater number of these however were children and old people the two classes least able to care tor for themselves the hour of the day and the day of the week of the accidents Os also 0 tell significant stories afternoon Is the danger time between 4 and 9 p to occur 38 per cent of the accidents which result in death drivers aro are tired and hurried during those hours weekend week end driving Is most hazardous sunday la Is the worst day and saturday next the safest days to drive are tuesday wednesday and thursday the encouraging aspect of the years appalling record says bays mr chenery lies iles in the fact that reek less nesa was its principal cause it if carelessness careless lesa less and overconfidence over confidence kill and injure so many carefulness and crin consideration can prevent such losses the majority of 0 accidents occurred on straight and dry roads in broad daylight with experienced and mature drivers at the wheel in an over whelmine whelming wh wb elming majority the machine functioned properly the man was at fault ue he took unjustifiable chances young men were the worst offenders the enthusiasm of youth a motor car a dangerous weapon |
