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Show WAR ON SCHOOL CHILDREN LIFTS Warnings Issued Against Dangerous Practice. Almost simultaneously Traffic Commissioner Com-missioner Donahue of Washington, D. C, and the American Automobile association as-sociation came forward with timely warnings to motorists against the dangerous dan-gerous practice of giving "pick up" rides to children on their way to and from school. The traffic commissioner branded the practice as a breeder of street accidents ac-cidents In which children, playing on the big-heartedness of the motorist, are often the victims. The least that usually happens, Donahue declares. Is a nasty traffic snarl created by the distraction resulting result-ing from a child's cry for a lift and the interruption of the flow of traffic as the "big-hearted" motorist snakes his way toward the curb In on effort to gratify the wish of the child. Cause of Accidents. "Hundreds of accidents are caused annually because children do not realize real-ize that this practice constitutes one of the gravest of highway hazards and parents and ' motorists should concentrate their energies on discouraging dis-couraging this habit which seems to be manifesting Itself on a constantly larger scale." the A. A. A. national headquarters declared. Appeal to Parents. In the opinion of both Donahue and officials of the national motoring motor-ing hotly, the problem calls for full co-operation on the part of parents and motorists. Neither, they declare, can afford to shirk responsibility in the matter. Teachers, too. ran do much toward discouraging the child from taking such risks. |