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Show SAFETY FIRST : Frank J. Connolly, veteran engineer engi-neer for the Southern Pacific, in a p.-rsona! plea to motorists, states that ' be is puzzled to know why autoiuo- bile- drivers not only risk their own i lives but the lives of those riding ', with them by tryng to pass in front ' of a swiftly moving train. ; "A fault wholly within the pow of the driver of the machine to remedy." rem-edy." said Connolly, "is to drive up to within ten or twenty feet of the tracks when he sees a train approaching, approach-ing, even when he intends to stop, i You may have a right to do this, but it does not give the men on the en-j gine a chance; they hav- no way of; knowing whether you intend crossing cross-ing the track or stopping until you j get right on the track. Stop back or ! slow up 200 feet' from the crossing! j This will give us a chance and avoid ! many accidents. Also, when you hearj ; a train approaching, do not take it I granted that it is a freight train; it may be a fast passenger. The best j way is to stop, look and listen at all j railroad crossings not just one e 1 UK pilSMlUKCllh UUL OLUJJ all I'Uii versation until safely over all crossings.' |