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Show $ Accidents Cost U. S. I $2,250,000,000 a Year f T Accidents cost Americana t J 250,000,000 a year. - I Nine out of every ten could be T prevented by carefulness. X More than 500,000 motor ae- J jj cldents occurred In 1023. J 2 Every 108 minutes some one Is X T killed In an auto smash-up. f Fifty-four auto smash-up X T every hour In a 24-hour day. f ? Seventy-five per cent of them I J happen at a speed of under 13 T miles. I The average car running 15 J miles and with brukes in perfect f J order cannot be stopped short of I f 20 feet. j. Out of 10,550 deaths due to T sniash-ups In New York state "00 f 4 were due to reckless driving, 850 I J to defective mechanism, 9.000 to T careless pedestrians. J Won't you be careful In dr!v T ing your car? Let's give a ? J thought to the careless pedestrl- I ans and children that meet death f X every yenr In accidents. A |