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Show Tlie Accident Prevention Problem Compelling every automobile own er to carry liability insurance will m in 'itself prevent accidents. indefd .here are those who contend that a reckless driver insured, become, more reckless than before. Instead of constantly striving t0 make it easier for the reckless drive--r to operate a car to the determent -f the public, why not make it more difficult by imposing obligations based on character and ability to ?rive. During 192C, there were 7,000 accidental ac-cidental injuries and 246 deaths evei y day in the United States. Motor ?ars were the largest single contrib-ttor contrib-ttor to the death, hospital, and the ',4,000,000,000 money loss. Some accidents seem unavoidable but by far the greatest majority are easily avoidable: by car inspection, by reasonable driving, by fair con-uderatioM con-uderatioM of others, by pedestrian decency and care. The speeder and the jaywalker are twin perils; the foot hog and the car hog are other twins alike, deadly; the get oil of-my.way driver and dont you-dare touch-me pedestrian run neck anj neck in the fatality list, for then. elves and for others. Safety is largely an individual matter; it must be taught" to ever; person, every succeeding generation there is no hereditary or racial can-tion can-tion to save anybody. The best contribution any man can make to public safety is to be careful himself, and to demand caution in his own family whether it walks ot i rides. This loss of $4,000,000,000 i year in accidents, most of them avoid ; able, is everybody's business; ail Malil everybody does his part, lis slaughter and the loss will continue. |