Show invitation TO THE CORONER your chances of being involved in a fatal automobile a accident are much greater on highways than anywhere else bad as the urban accident rate is the death toll Is 1 mounting taster faster in rural territories even though traffic Is less dense last year accidents occurred on highways the result was injuries and deaths by contrast city accidents caused but deaths in 1934 the rate of death per accident on highways was more than thail per cent greater than the average for all accidents combined the reason hard to find the modern modem highway is wide and smooth rarely congested it looks as sate safe as your back yard and as a consequence thousands of drivers relax behind the wheel and step hard on the accelerator when a crises arrives they react too slowly or are going too fast to avoid a smash and death follows that is especially worth remembering now with the appearance of summer most motorists will be making trips into the country and they should keep in mind the unhappy fact that sorn somnolence nolence on th the highway Ss is an tow i to the coroner |