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Show 1 i I How About The ; Careless Pedestrians? Automobile drivers are ' always ; accused of being wrong when pe-r pe-r destrians are injured but in many 1 ccui (lie?, of Eufcpe, siys Alvan ? Macauley, automobile exec u 1 1 v e , . the p dertrian is presumed equally ; guilty with the motor.'st until the - contrary Is proven. V 4-y ofte'.i, one ha? observed r mn, women and children dellber-) dellber-) ately violate the laws of traffic, stepping out before automobiles rnd inviting injury. Pedestrians often disregard the traffic lights up to protflct them. They 01-tefri 01-tefri in-1st upon taking chances by runl ling ta fere cars that have- the! undisputed r'ght-of-way, knowing full well that, if they slip, death or parmanrnt injury i"- artain. Mr.' McCauley insists that therei arb many times mora reckless pe- aesfcri'ns than drivers and laments that they are not punished by the. courts. We dio not know hew ac-curata ac-curata his e timat; is but we agref-, with him that something fhould be da.:? with any pedestrian who del berat'ly violates traffic safeguards, safe-guards, whether the Idiot is hurt cr n:t. Howi'ver, thin rai'es another problem. It is hnrd enough for pcilici and highway officials to apprehend ap-prehend careless drivers and to aiTCEt all careess pedhrtrians woii'.d be a job, sure clncugh. Anyway, ihrre is much morit to his complaint com-plaint and nothing wrong with the hope that some day traffic laws and regulation- will be more strictly ( Merer d both against dr'.vmg and walking offenders. |