Show would teach driving to cut motor deaths high school courses urged as result of survey new york spread of automobile driving and safety courses in high schools as a means of cutting down the high death rate from motor mishaps Is advocated as a result of a national arvey survey conducted on the subject by the womans comans rome companion illch makes a stirring appeal to parents to insist on safety education edi Killon for the their r children parents are aie also urged to hick up tip what can can be taught in schools spurred on by the realization that nt the present rate one out of every three children faces the probability of death or maiming from motor accidents in t the he course of it lifetime schools are doing fur too little to teach safe driving the survey reveals in fact most of them gle give no automobile safety training when they do try to teach highway safety they often find themselves handicapped by having to offset the poor influence of parents As children approach driving age they should be taught in the high schools by experienced and qualified persons how bow to drive safely there Is no good reason tor for not giving driving and highway safety instruction to every high school student in the country the essence of the bad driving problem would be attacked for not only do the records show that drivers of high school age are poor operators but from our high schools will come most of the future operators of motor cars action in nine states steps have been taken toward pro VI Ing driving instruction for high school students in nine states the district of 0 columbia and the city of new york several of the states have been doing it for some time in new jersey where 50 high schools tir provide ovide this training credit is allowed allotted to students taking the safety courses in the garfield high school akron 0 ohio hio there Is a student motor traffic club which studies the difference be tween highway conditions before and after enactment of tra traffic mc laws ali there ere should shoula batmore bet inore more of thal thai sort of thing the most effective instruments for ain improving the situation so far ai as the younger generations are conce concerned ined r seem eem to be education and example the latter Is of first importance to parents par ants because with operation of motor vehicles as with ather phases of family life the child Is deeply influenced by what the parent does it if you are careless arid and reckless with your car you cannot expect your children to drive much differently if you scoff at traffic laws your child cannot help agreeing with you that such laws are silly and not to be taken seriously if you are a parent who tells your boy or girl to watch out the rear window fo for motor cycle officers while you challenge death by stepping hard on the throttle you have no right to expect youth to bp be law abiding death toll approximately persons were killed in this country by automobiles in 1934 an all time record I 1 during that year one human being was killed by automobiles in the united states every 15 minutes and somebody injured every 31 seconds 1 no further statistics stati sties are ar 0 necessary e r y if only every parent in the country t r would think about these simple figures I 1 if they were any kind of men or women they would do something to remedy the tragic situation once a sufficient number of parents realize what it means some sort of solution wl will I 1 I 1 be forthcoming members of parent teacher ass associations ocla and those parents who try to be an influence for good in their communities muni ties through service clubs or other organizations can do a great deal to arouse other parents to action people are not behind the ehl cular trat traffic laws until they support these laws ar substitute new ones which are universally popular larns as well as effective there will be little slackening in the fatality rate they will not back up the laws until they tire are willing to obey them a and nd they will not do that until they to the murderous pote potentialities of automobiles which are no not operated by safety conscious daiv ers 11 |