Show LEFT sioe SIDE SAFI SAFE ON THE HIGHWAY parents also urged to caution children against begging for rides with the summer outing season in full swing pedestrians on tile the highways are u urged to follow tile the rule 0 of f walking on the left side in a minnesota highway bulletin walking on tile the left side of the road has been advocated for some time by police and highway als who have made a study of automobile accidents ci yet a large number of people continue to use the right side of the road when walking says the bulletin this makes it impossible for them to see vehicles approaching on their si aldo do of the road TIA motorist may see the pedestrians but lie he can never be sure which way they are going to turn if ho meets another vehicle just as he Is about to puss pass a hiker it may be impossible for him to turn out without striking one of them begging for rides the habit of asking tor for rides should also be discouraged police in a number of cities have often issued warnings against the practice most motorists would be glad to give pedestrians nn an occasional lift but the habit of asking for rides has been so much abused that many drivers as a matter of self protection refuse nil fill requests to give strangers sti angers a ride parents should be urged to caution their children against asking for rides the practice is exceedingly dangerous when youngsters stand in the traveled portion of the street or highway and signal for a ride pedestrians involved an analysis of the motor vehicle accidents made for the recent hoover safety conference showed that pedestrians were involved in out of accidents reported in the state of new york in 1025 and that of 1801 per feona killed 1155 were pedestrians the report further furt lier shows that 00 30 per cent of the motor vehicle accidents and 6 per cent of the fatalities occurred on straight level roads |