| Show lighted highways reduce accidents eighteen miles of illuminated highway over country roads have been opened between schenectady and duanesburg Dua N Y and enthusiasts who have recently trav aled that new york state highway join in the belief that it will not be long before main thoroughfares will be illuminated from coast to coast A recent dispatch from the village of duanesburg Dua says that non glaring sodium lights spaced feet anait enable the motorist to debet a ped estrain fully a half mile ahead while a car can be seen three quarters of a mile distant the surveys by statisticians on the value to motor maior vehicle travel over lighted routes show that a drop of at least 35 per cent in the annual death toll may be expected figures from lighted routes in different parts of the country indicate reductions in accidents as high as 90 per cent in some instances nighttime night time motor vehicle deaths last year according to hamilton wright who reports with authority upon the subject comprised deaths with 14 GOO deaths during daylight day light hours the hazards of night driving are clear in view of statistics showing that three fourths of the total traffic occurs in the daytime and one fourth during the night |
