Show safety v recruit science in battle on highway fatalities fatality Fata liti RED BEAM EFFECT OF windshield W IPE Rs IMBEDDED ELEE aric CAD L E EY E 1 f i G JE STEERING W 1 4 E EL CU RE FOI HAZARD RS ZONE ELECTRIC BUMPERS I 1 T WARNING BY ELECTRIC ey E S RADIO AUTOMATIC HIGHWAY lighting automatic gadgets will eliminate human element in autos aulos of the future say pioneering engineers read and gasp altheir at their elaborate precautionary plans I 1 by JOSEPH W labine automobile accidents dealt sudden death to persons and cost the nation two billion dollars last year that is not news it is an all time record and a disgrace which should be emblazoned blazoned em in letters of fire along every highway of the land although it already has screamed from many headlines in the last few weeks but today for the first time there is a deh definite dennite nite organized war being carried into every corner of the united states by an army of who with their families make up a quarter of the nations population in an effort to drive the grim reaper from the highway once and for all THAT is NEWS and scientists today are able to predict confidently that the time is in sight when science will take over the con arol of a moving car when it is not 4 safe to leave the control in the drivers hands and restore restore that control to the driver atti at times in ai when n nature would ordinarily take it away from him THAT is news too twelve farseeing far seeing national civic educational and business organizations are recruiting the troops for the war on death one would expect to find lined up in such a campaign the american automobile association the automotive safety foundation the highway education board the international association of chiefs of police the national automobile dealers association and the national Nati safety council and so they are but it is encouraging to learn that the banner Is also being carried by such ordinarily independent groups as the american legion the general federation of clubs the national congress of parent teachers and the national grange particularly the liati national onal grange for in the rural areas more auto mobile accidents result in swift and horrible death relatively than in the more crowded thoroughfares of the cities science takes a hand and it is especially heartening to discover that two active groups represent the scientific resources of two great universities these are the traffic safety institute of north western university in evanston ill and the bureau of street traffic research of harvard university at cambridge mass two crystal gazers of science dr miller mcclintock McCUn tock director of the harvard bureau and prof john M lessells of massachusetts institute of technology recently startled the automotive world with visions of the day science will make highway accidents next to impossible dr mcclintock speaks of the day to come when invisible electric bumper rays will prevent one motorist from colliding with another no matter how careless he may be it is possible to lay in the pavement itself electrical cables which when a car comes to a dangerous curve or around an obstruction would woul d automatically take the steering from the driver by radio control and thus center the car over the cable and steer it safely around the curve or obstruction mr dr mcclintock explains To pointing inting to the success of invisible eye controls in other fields the scientist predicts the use of electric bumpers this would be made possible by installing infrared lights in the rear of automobiles which would actuate photoelectric cells in front of other cars this invisible eyel eye would reduce the speed of a car overtaking an othen too rapidly lighting the way cars of the future may themselves turn on an and oft off the lights used to illuminate highways at night it is predicted by dr me Clin clintock tok this development will also make makers esq of red ed light rays and photoelectric photo o electric i le talc cells he says when the first one lunger chugged down mate main street a speed of 30 miles an hour was considered remarkable and as a result no particular iti demand was put on the brakes nowadays stock cars are manufactured with much greater speeds and more efficient brakes braked have followed brakes which can bring cars to a stop in less than half the distance formerly required if the proper traction can be obtained on the road surface such traction is a simple matter when road surfaces are dry according to professor lessells edl edi tor ter of the technical journal of the american society of mechanical engineers gi Eliminating the hazard zone where wet pavement causes skidding accidents will be one of sciences enaes greatest contributions to braf fie fic safety according to professor lessells pointing out that the solution of the problem must be found at the point where the car makes contact with the road professor lessells adds if we can instantaneously create a dry surface over which the tire Is always passing the cars brakes will keep it tinder control I 1 anticipate that some way will soon be found to make this possible autos on increase the car owner who thinks that traffic safety will come coma only when fewer autos are on the highways is in for a big disappointment if a recent turvey survey of automobile and traffic experts means anything they expect on the basis of present tret trends ids that the next 20 years here are developments predicted for the future 1 gulding guiding cars automatically by invisible rays from cables in a street 2 ending moto rings hazard zone with in effect effects eff ecta a battery of windshield wipers through non skid methods 3 infrared infra red rays raya from car to car to slow down vehicles approaching too rapidly 4 radio beam warnings from one car to another 5 electrio electric eyes to control highway lighting so that any given area is 13 illuminated only when requires it will find end motor vehicles on the road more cars than now choke the high waysl except for the relatively few heavy traffic routes which are properly lighted the inadequate systems used tor for illuminating the highways and the blinding glare of headlights on the road are two chief reasons given for rural roads being the scene of most fatal auto accidents science Is developing a new system of highway lights for certain areas which will supply long range visibility without glare illuminating the road so that a driver can see as far ahead as in clear daylight headlights because the taxpayers would groan if all highways were flood lighted by this new lighting system traffic experts say that headlights will be ned necessary essary on 90 per cent of the highways here too science has the answer in development of polarized glass for headlights and windshields wind shields to eliminate glare without reducing the amount of light ori on the road ahead looking to the car of the future itself the public Is assured by the auto makers that the cars of the next few years will make the present models look more antiquated than the first horseless carriages carria gei A crystal gazing picture of what kind of a scar car driver may Z Z dr miller mcclintock director of harvard university bureau of street traffic research examines a r model city of the future where traffic will move quickly al along ong superhighways super highways be riding in tomorrow Is given by capt eddie world war ace and engineering engin serine prophet captain predicts it will be an attractive car to ride in I 1 n in size and appearance the interior will be like a small living room it will be air conditioned and there wl will be no noise or vl vi bration br atlon you will have to look twice to find the engine it will be less conspicuous than in cars today it may bex shaped or it may be radial like certain airplane engines it may be in front or it may be behind in any case it will be lighter and more compact but just as powerful as the engines you are used to 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