Show Straightaway Road Proves Most Lost Dangerous Novices Not No to Blame Say Figures It Is pop popularly supposed that the majority of ot automobile acci- acci accidents dent dents take place on death curves Likewise It I Is believed that the reckless ages agea n es meanIng youths of ot from 18 It to 24 2 are ar reo re for tor fully 90 0 per cent of automobile fatalities Further It held that Inexperienced green drivers muss up themselves and pedestrians Indiscriminately In greater numbers than ers drivers who have been behind the th wheel for tor years But t statistics sinister dull liCe lifeless leIS and boring come modest modest- modestly modestly I ly to the tho th fore ore and puncture dead dead- deadly deadly ly hole holes In the th armor of o theIr mortAl enemies TheIr weapons are aro figures And as they drive home with a lS CIS belying each glistenIng fig tit lire their mode modesty ty ure they raise ral o their voices voice In unholy triumph over the th passing of another fancy With each ex- ex expiring ei breath of the th exploded sup sup- supposition sup supposition they shatter the o atmo- atmosphere position sphere with their shouts ot of Fal Fal Fallacy lacy lac Fallacy Fallacy FIGURES GIVE Gin FACTS In 1925 1 25 there ther occurred In New NewYork NewYork York state slat motor accIdents according to i a report recently Issued by the th bureau of ot motor ve- ve vehicles ve vehicles Of Ot this number 23 0 or about 0 60 per cent are ar re recorded on straight as having taken place level roads On death curves there were ere the th elY comparatively small number of ot 1316 1318 accidents strangling popular supposition number one Drivers between the th ages ares ot of oti 25 and 54 figured In a total of accidents 1025 1028 deaths resulting Drivers between the have hav 12 ages of ot 18 1 Rn and l St U chalked up against them m fatalities appearing In Inthe the list list showing something like a a- aSO 90 per cent score for tor the th young driving fools There Ther were drivers In In- In Involved n In the th total number numb r of ac- ac accidents ac for tor the th past year Of this number 3 were ere drivers of t two 0 or more years ears experience who figured In non fatal non accidents accident and 1025 fatal ones Inexperienced drivers driven the th green reen les lee lea In In the th business having less than three thre months month of ot experience behind the tho th wheel were wr to blame for tor only 1270 accIdents of o 0 which thirty seven resulted fatally So number three thre Is up- up upset up set let STRAIGHT nOAD ROAD The figures uru are ar merely con con cret Crete crele support of ot a few tw logical truths For example It Is easily eully understood say siy experts that more mor accidents are ar likely to occur In Inthe Inthe Inthe the straightaway than Ihan on tho curves not root because there there are ar less lell curves curve than there are ar straight straightaway away Oay stretch stretches s but because dri drivers vers yere are ar warned arned by algne of Dan Dan ier gerl geri Sharp Curve Ahead and andar are aro wary while on the th straight stretches they cast all care car to the winds It Is I on the th straight ht road they try to cut In and pass pasa pas that thu dead number Just ahead Its on the straight road they think the wheel need needs neds only one on arm to guide It and Its It's on the th straight road In short where careless carelus carelessness ness flees gets gels In Its lis deadly work where grIef results The newspapers aro arc full of ae- ae at- at ac accounts counts of th the amazing reckless nus of young drivers drIven of judges berating them In n court and take tale tak Ing their licenses a away way The palpable reason ot of the th frequency o of these stories that usually they are arc more mor spectacular than those dealing with the th transgressions speaking of ot the th older generation Experts say the th fact that by actual number youths figure In less than third one-third or our accidents Is that the th young driver has hal a surer lurer firmer hand that while be b may take lake what ap- ap appears appears ap appears pears to many as the th most reck rock reckless les 1 less chances at all but hut merely mer lyth the result of o confident reliance on a much firmer sense sens of Judg- Judg Judgment judgment judt ment of o distance timing etc IS C The Th greenhorn as UI a 8 rule rul Is de deathly afraid of taking chances chance the tho old hand Is seldom obsessed by any such euch tear his fear his very vry joy joyIn joyin joyIn In comes In the ele ele- ele element ele ment ot of risk The drIvIng babe dares not exceed the th speed limit he dare duCI not pass pus anyone he honks his hll horn at the th least provo provocation he slow up at t Inter Intersections sections peers pers around from II side de deto to side Ilde and In all other respect I show that he h has great creat respect for the th slogan Safety First There Ther are ar other fallacies brew brew- brewIng br w-Ine w Ing In the public fancy In con con- connection con connection with automobile accIdents Ono One of o these thes Is that bad weather brIngs a flock lock of ot accidents with It attrIbutable to It alone The Th fig fig fig- figures tie ures ures say otherwise Thus As against accidents oc- oc occurring oc on clear days daI a It total of are directly attrIbutable to toI I bad weather eather which number I is divIded up Into on rainy days das 2171 on cloudy and only 1 on foggy days daI |