Show Youthful Y Drivers Involved In Deaths I Youthful drivers those under 25 years of age age- represent bout 15 per cent of all licensed k r dr In the country Yet r th Vere were Involved In more f 29 th per r cent of all highway deaths and more than 25 per tent pent of all non fatal mishaps in In I 1964 THE TILE FIGURES 1 are con ton in a report compiled from a wide countrywide survey of state motor vehicle depart ments The report has been published since 1931 and more than copies are dis dis- Older drivers those over 65 In 77 per cent of the fatal crashes and represent represent represent sent about 7 1 per cent of the driving population A SPOKESMAN for The Travelers Insurance Companies noted that excessive speed was was the number one killer in 1964 as It has been for the past as sev sev- r. r eral years He lie said that Ith young oung drivers driver's desire for sp speed d coupled with a lack of matur mata ity makes this category i tse i rj most dangerous on the ro road road d dHe He pointed out that highway lunatics' lunatics can be found in any age group but the fact remains that the greatest percentage of them em are under 25 years of age TIlE THE OVER ALL 1964 highway high way death toll stands at with persons injured The survey covers a great number of factors but as yet no one has been able to prove statistically that the woman driver Is more than the male Such things as the number of miles b by bythe the female or the male are are not contained In motor vehicle department department de de- reports UNTIL Tills THIS factor Is decided decided ed ed the woman driver can cap hold high even though her driving ability Is criticized by countless countiess male drivers |