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Show was also involved in seven accidents. A 40 year old from the same state nut tntrpfhpr a I CI LM!i r " record in 19 years of driving including four convictions for driving while intoxicated, six for reckless By Alem L. LaBar President, National Association of Insurance Agents HIGHWAY FIGURES BAD-HOPE BAD-HOPE SEEN FOR FUTURE A 28 year old managed to compile a driving record in 10 years which included convictions for hit and run, reckless driving; driving while license was suspended, speeding, speed-ing, jumping traffic signs, and several other violations. He However, these are only two, representing a group of heedless or arrogant drivers who may number as many as five million across the United States. Last year, Americans established es-tablished records for deaths, injuries, accidents and economic eco-nomic loss by the way they drove. The actual statistics are: 56,500 dead, 5,100,000 injured, 23.5 million accidents and $19.1 billion lost to our economy. LaBar driving and 11 for driving after license suspension sus-pension or revocation. He had two accidents involving bodily injury. These two drivers are no longer on the roads. Virginia saw to that under provisions of its Habitual Offender Law. |