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Show INTEREST CENTERED ON mmm ACCIDENT PREVENTION The problem of automobile accident ac-cident prevention, with its many related re-lated factors, will come In for much legislative consideration during 19-SL 19-SL . Many states have signified their intention of adopting laws requiring requir-ing rigid examinations of drivers. This is believed by many authorities authori-ties to be the best single means of keeping the dangerous driver, off public highways. In a few states compulsory Insurance In-surance legislation will be considered, consid-ered, but in view of the unsatisfactory unsatisfact-ory experience of Massachusetts, It Is doubtful if it will be passed. More generally popular Is the "safety responsibility law," now in effect in New York, Connecticut and other states. This law provides that a driver, after causing an accident, ' must provide proof of his financial responsibility before being allowed to again operate a car. Laws for periodical Inspections of curs, for controlling pedestrians walking on the highways, and for banishing ancient and dilapidated motor vehicles, have likewise been proposed and will receive due consideration. con-sideration. , ; In the aggregate, the vast volume of suggestions for Improving highway high-way safety gives good reason for optimism. Every step taken, no matter mat-ter how small, means that at least a few lives are saved, a few 'pieces of property protected. The public is reaching a state of mind that gives no encouragement to those who, through carelessness and incompetence, sow death along the highways. |