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I .34 W I·L METTE SOME AUTO STATISTICS France, Germany and Italy own, build, and maintain their national highways. These highways were a cont~olling factor in the World War. America excels in a marked degree all the rest of the world in motor-vehicle transportation. But America leads in her highways only on an area less than 5 per cent of her territory. LIFE · September '/, 19a8 o.lly Few of Accidents· .. · Officially Recorded Only a small .proportion of the automobile accidents on our highways find their way into the official records and unless a serious injury or a death occurs, they are not mentioned in the newspapers. Yet, almost any collision, while it may result only in damage to a mudguard or a windshield, is a possible agency of death. As a matter of fact, our highways are notoriously underpatrolled. Where one motorcycle officer is seen today, there should be two, or even a dozen. In virtually 84 per cent of accidents New Pierce-An:ow Series Finds North Shore Favor Shipments. for August were nearly double, and the company has approximately three times as many unfilled orders on its books as it had a year ago, according to ] ames G. Barber, north shore dealer of Evanston. Sales of tlle new Series 81 line cars have been the biggest factor in Pierce-Arrow's march, directly resulting in a stepping up of production ·af the Pierce-Arrow factory at Buffalo. "The growth in Series 81 business has been paralleled proportionately in many Pierce-Arrow distributing centers, including the north shore, by increases in sales of the Series 36, Pierce-Arrow's 100 horse power dual valve model," said Mr. Barber. "One model, the Series 36 Enclosed Drive Limousine, is in great demand at this season of the year, because it can be transformed at the turn of a handle from an intimate 7-passenger sed<..n into the most formal type of car, especially suitable for winter social functions." British Authority Sounds Praise Note· for Graham-Paige has been found that at least one, if not both drivers, were guilty of violating some motor vehicle law. h oc~urring between two automobile~, it .. High praise for an American car by a recognized British authority is contained in a recent report of a road test of a six-cylinder Graham-Paige model 619 conducted by "The Motor," leading a~tomobile publication of Great Britain. ' "The Graham-Paige," says "Motor" in summing up its analysis, "is an excepti<;>nally attractive car, being possessed of a fine performance, and providing the comfort of many vehtcles costing nearly double." Four-speed cars are popular · in Europe, so naturally '.'Motor" .was particularly interested tn the tmproved tvpe of four-speed drive used in the Graham-Paige; utilizing internal gears to provide a quiet third speed. "The manufacturers of the GrahamPaige," says the Britis~ author!ty, must be given the credtt for bemg the first American concern to realize that a big six or eight-cylinder engine GRAHAM-PAIGE A WINNER is capable of dealing with its load The Norwegian-Swedish automobile satisfactorily in a much higher gear race was won this year by Lief Mathie- than the average 5 to 1 £atio favored sen, who piloted an American car, a by other American concerns. Graham- Paige, over the Oslo-Stock"The fact that four forward speeds holm-Goteborg-Oslo course of 1550 are available is, however, by no means kilometers (960 miles.) the most interesfing point, for the outstanding features are the practically DARING STUNT, BUT FOOLISH fool-proof gear change and the silence Do not invite an accident or injuries of the transmission when third is emthat an by daring a driver to . hit you. .It- is ployed; so qmet is it, in fact, " easier for the pedestrian to stop in his expert would not be able to detect the tracks, for sometimes the brakes won't difference at speeds up to 50 miles per hour. work. "The car covered a flying half-mile. 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