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Show Ostracise Reckless Drivers An authority on traffic problems says: "Every traffic accident is a symptom of something wrong. Something wrong with the driver, the pedestrain, the street or highway, the control system, Mie vehicle, the ordinance, the police department, or the community. In cities, two- thirds of the victims of fatal motor vehicle accidents are pe-destrains. pe-destrains. Our greatest problem is to define clearly the proper use of streets by vehicles and oy pedestrains and the ! obligations of each to the other." ' H" urges "an organized campaign of ostracism of the motorist -who endangers endan-gers .self and every one through non-observance non-observance of traffic signals, boulevard 'top siirns and the like, and who Is generally the same fellow that pulls across the crosswalk, makes elderly people jump out of his way, splashes mud on pedestrains and generally be- ! haves him-elf like a hog." J H" says public officials promote violation vio-lation of traffic signals, when they put "Unals "at places where they are not n.e-.rl. run them at times when they ue nnt needed or run them on too leng a cycle." |