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Show Jay Walking Dangerous That short distance to the corner . goes a long way toward keeping people alive. American pedestrians are warned by safety experts striving to reduce the huge annual traffic death toll by curbing unsafe pedestrian acts. Approximately 11,-000 11,-000 persons are run down and killed kill-ed by motor vehicles every year and half of them are crossing streets and rural roads between Intersections. Coming from behind parked cars and crossing the street at places other than designated crosswalks are the most dangerous danger-ous things the jnan on foot can do In traffic, according to the accident acci-dent prevention department. Association As-sociation of Casualty and Surety companies. Jaywalking killed over S 200 and injured 51,000 pedestrians In this country in 1947, the department depart-ment pointed out. Walking in the roadway and crossing against the traffic signal are the next most important im-portant reasons why so many persons per-sons lose their lives or are crippled for life. |