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Show Overturned Automobiles. Ono of tho most frnquont forms of motor car accident Is tho automobllo tho turns turtle Ono constantly sees reports of this typo ot accident. It Is probably more froquont than collisions. Tho driver seeing n rna-chlno rna-chlno coming rapidly, tan almost ln-varUbi7,tter ln-varUbi7,tter nt Ur BOgh to avoid It. IJut ho iIocm not always! sco tho shelving bank over which tho wheel slips, causing tin ovorturn and quite likely some fatalities. Theoretically highways having steep bnnks should bo protected ng-aliist ng-aliist this kind of ml.ihnp by stout rails. Most of tho new well built roads aro well dofen kd In this ro-spect. ro-spect. Hut tho majority or tho older old-er roads havo ltttlo protection to keep a car In tho road. Somotlntn-i thero nro old rails that would not bo Btrong enough to hold n whool-barrow. whool-barrow. It Is a very easy matter to tip over n swiftly moving ear. If tho bank dips down but a foot or two, tho Impotus of tho mnchlno Ik llko-ly llko-ly to upset its balanc.i. Drivers need to bear this In mind fi3 on of tho perils of tho road. Most drivers think that they thrmsolvou nro steering steer-ing well and that tlrr.i I-, ns dang er unless they moat enmo other car H recklessly drhen. Hut driver.) ti'.ko H chnuccB on going over bnnhu and a H great mnny got caught. H It Is u typo of accident likely to H havo very serious results. Whcro H tho occupants aro plnuod under a, H heavy car, Hfo Is very easily crush- H cd out. Or thero aro serious Inter-- H mil InJurleR that provo fatal. H When a man takes his family or H frlonds out to rldo, ho takes on li'rt- H self a sorlous rosponslblllty. A hit H of sand situated near u nnrrow hnc'- H go or roadway, or u Uttlo patch of H mud on which the car skids, ma H provo tho undoing of tho party an 1 H n lifelong grief. With constant nt- H tentlou tho ricks can bo roducqd to H a small minimum. Hut di'vlnc In H no work for constitutionally caro- H less persons. H |