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Show Safety Experts Holiday Traffic To Average Ten Cars Per Mile During the . three-day Fourth of July holiday this year, there is a chance of 10 smash-ups for every mile of highway in the United States, according to the National Safety Council. The Council estimates that there will be more than 30,000,-000 30,000,-000 vehicles going somewhere during the Fourth of July weekend, week-end, which means an average of about 10 vehicles for each of the 3,300,000 miles of streets and highways in the country. And, wherever there is a car, there is a chance for a wreck unless it is operated safely. The figures only emphasize the tremendous amount of travel trav-el to be expected during the holiday, the Council said. More cars on the road traveling more miles will inevitably mean more accidents unless there is more caution than usual on the part of the motoring public. In an attempt to prevent a j holiday of tragedy for hundreds ,of persons, the Council is conducting con-ducting again this year a na-j na-j tionwide campaign for a safe Independence Day celebration, j Many national organizations, government officials, police departments de-partments and local safety councils coun-cils are cooperating in the effort. ef-fort. "Accidents of all kinds took S.30O lives in July last year, 2,720 of them in traffic," said Ned H. Dearborn, president of the Council. "As usual, the Fourth of July celebration contributed con-tributed substantiaMy to those figures. "This year we have many dangerous factors a three-day holiday, more cars and mileage, plenty of money. It adds up to a big celebration and a big hangover of grief and suffering unless each of us does something some-thing about it. "Ve can do something about it, because these tragedies result re-sult from things we can control con-trol haste, selfishness, thoughtlessness, thought-lessness, the desire to show off. "Take It easy on the Fourth. Be alive on the Fifth!" |