Show dout dont 9 yell y e 11 fm morona oro V 5 at reckless Rec kess driver its overeating overrating Over rating min HIM minneapolis MINN when you mutter moroni atthe althe driver wh who ojust i just missed your car you may be temporarily over rating him it Is indicated in traffic fatality statistics assembled by northwestern i Naf national lonal life insurance company the vast majority ot of our ghastly annual toll of 0 automobile accidents occurs when drivers are devoting only part ol of their Intelli intelligence gende to driving the report emphasizes emphasize 3 the moron rates at from so 50 to 70 per cent of average average human intelligence the imbecile level Is between 25 and 50 per cent of average and the idiot rates below 25 per cent thus the report points out when the driver of average intelligence telli gence puts from a quarter to one balfor half of his mind on his bis driving driling and devotes one half to three quarters of his brain to scolding the children listening to a quiz program giam or admiring scenery the hazards a ire ro about the same as it if a moron or sub moron were doing his v very e ry best at th the e wheel an average mind fogged fogge a by alcohol may have its driving capabilities actually at the imbecile level the splendid safety records of the railroads and the airlines would t take k a terrific nose dive the report suggests if engineers and pilots craned necks at scenery feminine or er otherwise argued with wives necked with the girl friend or were under the influence of alcohol while on duty yet the motorist constantly commits these driving sins while airily piloting his passengers without the guidance of steel rails and through traffic a hundred times as dense as that of the railroads and the air lanes A probable lives could be saved each year the insurance company estimates il if all motorists could be convinced that piloting an automobile safely is a job worthy of their best intelligence on a full time basis |