Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1924-04-25 | Page 2 | Accidents Cost U. S. $2,250,000,000 a Year

t Accidents Cost U. 5. $2,250,000,000 a Year J Accidents cost Americans Ji!,- 250,000,000 a year. J J Nine out o every ten could be J -sjc prevented by carefulness. J More than 500,000 motor ac- J cidents occurred in 1923. j. Every 10S minutes some ons Is . "f killed in an auto smash-up. i. Fifty-four auto smash-ups !p every hour in a 24-hour day. s. Seventy-five per cent of them H- happen at a speed of under 15 J 4 miles. j The average car running 15 J f miles and with brakes in perfect J order cannot be stopped short of J 20 feet. Out of 10,550 deaths due to J smash-ups in Xew York state 700 j, were due to reckless driving. 850 .f J to defective mechanism, 9,000 to J f careless pedestrians. J Won't you be careful In drlv- J -f ing your car? Let's give a J thought to the careless pedestrl- ans and children that meet death 4, ever' year in accidents. !f