Show I DONT DON'T m THE TilE CAR CAll r I When things go wrong It Is human I Ithe nature to look around for tor a goat and the public has as seldom If 1 ever been Known to nominate Itself Dr Herbert HerbertJ J. J J Stack director of the Center for Safety Education at New York University University University sity and one ono of the country's eminent accident prevention specialists reminds us most convincingly however that we wethe wethe wethe the the public public have have no one to blame but ourselves for tor the Intolerable slaughter that has been taking place on our streets and highways Without mincing words the tho distin distin- distinguished distinguIshed distinguished safety educator declares that while the post past two decades have seen marvelous Improvements In the motor motorcar car Itself there thero have been no such Im im- improvements Improvements I In the drivers or even the pedestrians Those are pretty harsh words butt but their author backs them up with facts that that few people will find easy to duck He Be shows that faulty drivers and pedestrians cause nine tenths of all accidents Then he submits a a. crushing bill of particulars citing four primary causes causes of bad driving and bad walking Top Tcp billing goes to Intoxication people who have been drinking dont don't react ea t fast enough cant can't see well enough and are unable to think clearly enough to cope copo with modern traffic conditions Second place goes to emotional upsets people who are worried or angry are definitely accident prone Daydreamers whose minds arent aren't on their job como come next and extremes of ot fatigue are listed as fourth Impatience and bravado get dishonorable mention It Is useless to argue with facts that are arc substantiated by statistics Obvious Obvious- Obviously ly therefore It Is equally useless to blame blamo our traffic headaches on the au au- automobiles automobiles or their makers As Dr Stack I 1 says our troubles will not be cured until we have havo looked ourselves honestly In the face put the blame where It rightly belongs and make up our minds that all aU of us drivers us-drivers drivers and pedestrians alike have alike have got to do better If It we dont don't we must be compelled to |