Show 0 SPEED D AND YOUR pocketbook excessive pressure on the acael liaa has sent seat thousands ot of auto passengers drivers and pedestrians dest rians hurtling to destruction deAt ruction nd Is responsible for more than half of 0 our deaths and 00 injuries annually according to the rational national bureau of casualty ai ard aid d surety underwriters thus tar far humanitarian considerations apparently have not impressed drivers as reason tor for exercising greater care in regard to speed however recent investigations of clarence P taylor ot of the massachusetts A chu motor vehicle department a serious challenge clial lenge to the average drivers pocketbook end may therefore bear greater weight it is vastly more expensive mr taylor found to operate an automobile at speeds in excess of 30 miles per hour the faster a car goes beyond that rate the more gas gab iq ii consumes per mile at 75 miles per hour over twice as much gas cline Is required to go the same ame r distance a at 20 miles per hour in addition wear and tear on the tires and on the ear car mechanism itself is greatly increased so that a motor vehicle habitually driven at high speeds wears out much more quickly than a car driven at moderate speeds sp eds the subject ot of sate safe speeds Is everywhere controversial but it is greed that conditions on the highway ay mut govern acceleration it is frequently as dangerous to drive slowly on an express high way as it Is to speed through congested districts speeds in excess of 0 45 miles per hour it Is said are almost always in the danger zone drivers moderate your speeds to suit them to conditions on the highways you will save money in ga gasoline EOline consumption repair bills taxes and insurance costs and aoa all you will save lives industrial du news review |