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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Aug 1931, p. 46

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cago Motor club. Dýetroit ldriver declared that twe .'"The states %vhiclh bave passed such y.uts itchi-hiking froin Cleveland laws are Connecticut, Delaware, to0Dtroi, robbed him of bis car. Maine, Minnesota, New jersey, Nv.st2ase and $35. There are cases on York, Oregon and Wisconsin," tlIc record wherein the mni given a if' motor club declared in statenien!. lias, nûrdered bis benefactor." il. c-vuniLy P..uIroilr, and was to be d! placed ini the hands of the treasurer rsoon. The money is the -second ini- n stailment of approximately $3,000,000 which the county will receive f ronm the tax. MOTORS SIRvcE Ca Onrs Dought àMor e Durlng, April, May and Junle titaun n y ike prIod iHlstor THERE are reasons f or this-Firestone i. now building the Greatest Tire Values in history, q with the resukt that Fire, atone factories are oper«. atin 24 hours a dlay, 6 days a week, to imeet pub. licefeec, This le the year eVery- standïng irattic auuoiaLies ancipuu- lic safety director of the Nationial Safety council. He is frank to adt- mit that a long, bard task is ahcad before such a state of mind will bc suficiently developed on tlhe part of, the Public. Mr. Williams helieve.s that- statis- tics gathered. over a period of the last dcéade by. the, National Safety counicil shed. enough, light on the probleml so-that, definite suggestions, for traffic iMprove menit can be made. He points specificaly to those fieldls in which definit-e.progress in .accident prevention bas been made. "'Irafi-c acc idents. among children,". hie says. "are decreasing While they are increasing at alarmîng -rates a 'mong aduits. That is proof of the, Value of safety, education ini thle schools. "Anl intensive study recentlvr comi- pl.eted shows that those states With a standard drivers' license lawv have hiad 29, percent fewer, fatalities than thev, would, have had if the annual ilncrease had continuied at the saine rate as in the non-license states. "Statistics show that receîît iln-. creases have been entirely. in theý .country. In cities,,wheré .better con- trol methods have been: worked.out. the battie is-. bei'ng wagered oneven ground." Mi% Williams, has summarized, the, vârious indications' of improvement nto nine suggestions for contin - ed highway accident prevention work. They are:- 1. Continued education of school, children. 2. Magaine,~ newspaper. radio and other puhlicity to imipress the mndi- vidual driver witlî bis responsibilitv. for safet v.' 3: A standard 'drivers' license, law, in everv state, enforceéd bv, a comtpe- tent and responibile state deoartnient. 4. A trafWc. div'ision in ýeverV citv_ olice department headcd h1wa ai Df ability and vision.. 5. A traf'c engineering uve f verv cityv; trafic reméedies hased 011 cigineering analvsis. and not .on pio-' tical guesswork. 6. Psvchological studies of the -ental or personai causes 'of acci- ents. 7. Regijlar inspection of ail vehii- les. WiInAett. 1246801 Sales- IjNRjQ iLAIServce NEYER CO 721 MAIN STREET,,Wilmette, Illinois A. : Ca 'i:sn In preparation for the .big' nîeet th-: speedway track and grounds are being completely remodeled., The turfis are being banked so that itf will enable the, cars to get up a speed Of about 100 miles Per hour. A new score board is being erected, which wil keep the fans posted'as to the-position of' each car at -every lap throughout the race.

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