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Show GOOD ROADS AND SAFETY LINKED Highway Engineers Bring to Bear Knowledge of Accident Ac-cident Prevention. There Is a real connection between good roads and safety," says Charles AL Hayes, president of tlie Chicago Motor club. "When a new road Is built, It Is generally the practice to see that It la properly marked ; that the curves are gontle or that they are super-elevated that as many rall-oud rall-oud crossings as possible are avoided. In other words, the highway engineers of today bring to bear knowledge of accident prevention upon their work. Eliminate Hazards. "It does uot matter what kind of road the new road is; If It is merely changing a cowputli Into a country lane, the builders of the lane will eliminate some of the hazards that existed on the cowpath. Itoads have a close relation to economy of time, and time Is related to safety. "If the road from the motorist's tiome to his oflice Is had in places, he tries to make up the time lost on the bad stretches by going faster than he should where the road is good. If the road were all good, he would most likely travel at an even and moderate rate of speed. Had roads urge drivers to extra speed; they damage cars; they Injure brakes and steering mechanism ; and are indirectly indi-rectly responsible for many accidents. Glaring Headlight Menace. "The menace of the glaring headlight head-light Is more deadly on the unimproved unim-proved road. The element of danger .that Is present In hill climbing is almost al-most entirely eliminated on the improved im-proved road. The danger of skidding on Improved roads Is not nearly so great as it is on the unimproved. "Many old roads, built in the horse and carriage days, crossed railroad tracks diagonally; tills Is, of course, dangerous. On the new roads, crossings cross-ings are constructed nt right" angles with the railroad wherever possible Where expensive roads are built, maintenance - must be carried on. Maintenance eliminates washout9 and otlker dangers frequently met with on unimproved roads." |