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Show 1930 Car Accelerates 3 Times As Fast As Model of 15 Years Ago I "YV -vreKrvvt - rf it -S : 'V N 1 3 " . "i - S f TLX JtJL ' fc '-Via" '??rf3i-a CHICAGO. Bight or wrong, most of the millions who travel America's highways actually are speeding faster and faster. Reason for this Is that the present rate of acceleration of today's motor car Is three times as great as Its 15-year-old predecessor, according to bulletin bul-letin of the American Research Foundation. Foun-dation. Just made public here. But, then, the bulletin points out, deceleration de-celeration also Is three times as great as In 1915. "It is not speed alone but speed In combination with other factors that cause motor mishaps," the bulletin states. "Sheer carelessness would seem to be the cause of the vast majority of automobile accidents carelessness In looking after the mechanical needs oi the automobile itself, such as failure to have the brake drums trued up and rellned after every 10,000 miles of drlving; lauure to iooji uvu ing apparatus occasionally and examine ex-amine the other vital parts necessary to driving; inattention to traffic rules, and carelessness In stopping at through streets and highways. "All things considered, the present-day present-day motor car with Its lower center of gravity, steel body, greater improvement im-provement in visibility due to narrow steel body posts. Its superior braking power and powerful motor Is twice as safe as the car of 1915." But greater care In driving is not one of the improvements in the safety situation, the bulletin concedes. Were carefulness an attribute with the average motorist, the death toll would be a fraction of what It is and the monetary loss from automobile crashes would not have reached close to $ 1.000, 000 ,0C0 in the last twelve months, it Is stated. |