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Show . TO HESITATE IS SAFE It used to be: He who hesitates is jlost. Now, "He who hesitates at 'he grade crossings is safe," says David R. Faries, general counsel for the j Automobile Club of southern California. Cali-fornia. v j The old proverb that "he who hesitates hes-itates is lost" doesn't apply to motorists motor-ists on this side of a railroad crossing. cross-ing. A moment's hesi ation to enable en-able driver to look in both direction.; frequently means the difference between be-tween safety and death or serious Injury. In-jury. : During 1923 there were 2,268 fatalities fa-talities and 6,314 injuries to persons per-sons at crossings of railways and highways in the United States. Of ihese accidents, 84 per cent invilved the use of motor vehicles, 8 per cent occurred to occupants of other vehicles vehic-les and 8 per cent to pedestrians. I . |