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Show DRASTIC ACTION TO REDUCE TRAFFIC TOLL BEING PLANNED- by PrrrLip j. sinnoti NEA Starf Writer. CHICAGO, Dec- 9. An aroused American public Is uniting to demand that the fearful slaughter In automobile automo-bile accidents mostly av oidable be I clucked, according to reports gathered gath-ered from all sections of tho country. Confronted by figures conservatively compiled, showing there will bo mom than 53,o00 persons killed and Injure 1 In traffic accidents In 1922. national stato and community organizations i are banding for protection of the pub- J lie. Education, simpler traffic rules and, I jail penalties for careless autolsts aro the means through which the cam-palgn cam-palgn Is being carried on Th N'a-tional N'a-tional Safety Council. Highway Education Edu-cation Hoard of tho U S. Bureau of E In ation, National Autombiir. Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, International Traffic Traf-fic Officers' Association, American Automobile Association. National Mo-1 , torlsts' Association and othr organ-lirations organ-lirations are combining to spread the gospel of nafety to both drlevrs and , pi destrlans. . I Schools police department1', auto-' mobile clubo and civic associations. are joining in the campaign. Meantime, Mean-time, the cities. facing mounting death ratfs. ur-- thcjnselveH taking' Bti pa to cut down their accidents ( ITU s START CAMPAIGN. Now York has Just created a bu-1 reau of public safety, headed by in advertising export, to promote safety Ideas Marcus Dow. president of the .N'utlonal Safety Council. Is executive secretary of this department. Coordination Co-ordination of all schools and orp;m-izatlons orp;m-izatlons In prevention work Is the ' plan. 8afetj talks close all session of school in New York City now. Atlanta. Ga , namc-d a special traffic commission to make recommendations recom-mendations after it was found tnat there arc always 30 peopl in tho Atlanta hospital, buffering from auto accidents. One-way thoroughfares are being established In a number of cities where the streets are narrow and crooked. California's percentage of aeel-dents, aeel-dents, last year highest in America, is climbing higher Public feeling, running high, suggests a law mak- I lng di ath caused by a drunken drive a first degree murder charge, with the- death penalty or life Imprison- i mcxt us tho punishment. Traffic Judge Charles L. Bartlctt of Detroit ha materially aided that clty'.M safety by jailing speeders and suspending sus-pending licenses of reckless drivora. ' In Michigan, a state law authorises a charge of negligent homicide in fatalities caused by carelessness, and provides a iM-nlfmtinry sentence. in Cleveland, growth of auto fatal-' ltles this year was checked only when Traffic Judge Sawlcki began sending offenders to serve workhouse sen-' tences. Recently Judge Bartlett of Detroit sent speeders through the hos-pltul hos-pltul and morguo to see auto accl- ' dent vlctima Judge Sawlcki Huj.pie- mentod this by having convicted autolsts au-tolsts attend the funeral of a child run down by another driver. All over Ohio, the death toll of nutos has grown so alarmingly that the prosecutors of the state hai been called Into session to frame morn drastic traffic laws. Ohio's deaths in th world war have ben surpassed by her deaths from motor accidents since the date the war started, statistics show. Automobile associations In many states are forming "auto vigilance committees," which will investigate all accidents and assist In eliminating Irresponsible autolsts. ARKFST JAYWALKERS Arrest of careless pedestrians Is now possible In a number of cities, and more are adopting the plan. The "Jaywalker" ' who disregards traffic and crosses streets at tho wrong place Is bolus: taught that ho as well as the autolst Is responsible for many accidents Involving pedestrians pedes-trians and' theso constitute 90 per cent of all auto mishaps. "There is too much law enaetmen" and not enough enforcement." says Fred Caley, secretary of the Na tional Motorists' association, with 225,000 members In 30 states. "We operated railroads 60 years before be-fore wo learned to eliminate deadly accidents. Tho element of safety was inculcated into railroading through public sentiment to such extent that now the man traveling on trains Is safer than the pedestrian. We must Inject the element of safety Into automobile traffic by the same means public sentiment." Double use of the highways is su?-gcati su?-gcati d by several experts as a possible pos-sible means of reducing traffic hazards, haz-ards, through prohibiting daytlmo use of these highways to certain types of trucks and similar conveyances convey-ances These experts would provide adequate lighting for the roadway.-, making them usable day and night. With the whole nation aroused to the peril the automobile in careless hands has become, stringent measures mea-sures to curb the speeder, drunken driver and the careless pedestrian ro already being framed for many of tho state legislatures taht meet early in lass rn |