Show DEATH BEGINS AT FORTY death begins at forty Is the striking title of a booklet recently issued by the travelers insurance company the booklet presents a complete analysis of last years traffic accidents based on official fi figures ures from the 48 states 1 basic reasons for americas shameful automobile accident record in 1937 were too much speed and too little courtesy the pie author affirms the booklet makes the statement that there are times as in heavy traffic or fog when 30 miles an hour is s suicidal ulc idal other times when 50 miles an hour seems reasonable but affirms that every driver should know that if he does have an accident it is more likely to mean death if lie he is going fast it points out that a car is four times harder to stop at 50 miles an hour than it is at 25 and nine times harder to stop at 75 miles an hour than at 25 A new woid turn ability has been coined to express another speed factor the drivers turn ability the booklet shows decreases rapidly as his speed increases thus he can make only one fourth as sharp a turn at 50 miles an hour as he could make at 25 and only one ninth as sharp a turn at 75 as at 25 in the last 15 years persons have been killed in the united states by automobiles this is almost double the number of american I 1 soldiers killed in action orl or who died of wounds in all the wars this country has engaged in since I 1 its birth the insurance company will distribute tribute two million copies of the booklet this year in the interest of street and highway safety it becomes more than a publicity stunt for the company it becomes information that it would be well for the traveling public to absorb in utah alone a mounting number of f accidents in 1937 reached while persons were killed and injured accidents involved drivers |