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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 19 Dec 1930, p. 62

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suDInarines. enoyquik ELECTRIC PARKING- ciose to, Loop"Stores' a ae0. End your Loop parking problemn this pleasant,. convenient way:. Drive -into the spaclous entrance 'of the new Quincy Garage, or the Harrison Parking Garage, Wok your car, and leave it. Electricity willparkitforyou, untouchedbyhumanhands. *Shop at the famous State Street stores and smart Boulevard shops close by. Have your purchases delivered to the Garage, where we wilsgnforthem and hoIdthemforyourretum.' Elcctricity will bring your car quickly to you when you wisli to leave. You drive out a separate exit wlthout confusion or déiay. The atlo sphere of a fine hotel, plus rest rooms, writing rooms, tele- phnes, check rooms, are special features of service. Try this unique service 600h! Charles M. Hayes. president of tht club ' declared that the allotments t(: tht various states under the 191~ authorization were announced lasi Augmst, and that consensus of opin- ioný favors releasing those' fundà early, in 1931. "Odn July 1, 1930, 'there were 193,- 049 miles of highways includéd -in the federal aid system,". continued .Mr. Hayes. "0Of, this. vast mileage, 84,012 have been . improv ed with the aid of federal funds. However, mosn of the ýstates have :been expending their own funds to push constructioun on this, stysem, so that today nearlj, aIl of, it ïs improved ,in greater or lesser degree."1 t I Auto Accident Deaths At High Peakin 1930 From th e standpoint of deaths due to automobiles, 1930 is the worst year .in our history. aceording to the Na- tional Safety council which reports fatalities for the first nine months were two percent above 1929. The report is based on statistics covering areas containing about haif the. na- tion's population. Rcckiessness and carelessness are still ules of the road with thousands of mnotorists. However, it is cncouraging to note that there are a few rays of ligbt in the> accident gloorn. Tremendous success bas been 4ttained in reducing thei nunnber of accidents to children by nleans of safety instruction in schools. TJhroughout the nation1 many organizations are working to1 prevent accidents, not only automo- bile, but those occurring in homes and industries. The National Safety C6uncil announces that it will holàd ?5 regional safety conferences in vari-I ous parts of the nation during the coming year and it is estiniatcd tiiatA 1,000 delegates wiil attend'each 'one. Another hopeful sign is the stron trend toward Iaws requiring drivers' examînations. Some of our states bave sucb iawsnw and enrtex traffic problems ini the major cities. One high police officer summed Up most of the statenients of brother- officers in this fashion: "There's one. thing wrong . with present day ciY traffiç that-holds good the country over, and -it'something, that' no anlount of legislation or poý- lice action can rectify. I believe that more than'75 percent .ofail accidentýs are caused by tbis one thing and cer- could be avoided. "«Too many* drivers. leave their courtesy and part of their baisbe- hind. "The average man or woman, if walking, would no more .think.of trv- ing to bump into a peclestrian on thé stireet. than of jumpiniz.overth moon. It is quite probable in sucb à, Case that botho perlons would storu. and retpectfully nod to the other one' to go flrst. "Accident investigations' disclose that the drivers responsible for traffic accidents try to hog thec road and lack common politeness.' The ma- iority of aIl accidents* could be pre- vented if the drivers used more dis-' cretion and a normal amount of cour- tesy in handling their cars, just as thev do when walking on the side- walk. "But give some folkcs a steering wheel and just watch them tear out- full of vim and vigor and a willfillv ,;tubborn desire to get there first. Just let two -of them reach a corner at the same time and sec what happens. The 'One who loses bis nerve first, loses his chance to Pet across the corner before the, fellow wbo keptý ploughing on ahead, regardless of safety of life, limb and property. But thatl's hlot the worst of it, for such. discourteous and headstrong driveris are, a constant menace to ail sane drivers who obc'y traffic miles and regulations. And often times the innocent victirp loses more than th-,ý careleso. driver responsible for the percent wat ex-j tions9 could only be ob tained jelimination of srazÇQM~ gôld to Scars or inainder, ported.

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