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. t; ' ~" •-.%-. • *' j* t «- * * ^ ^ i , jjtC «*, , »&** i> . -4. * •* " .***. T .... + \». *3* t-\^ . - t & w«dM*day. ti«Sfc«Jfii'Mft ••» And Intoxicated Y«ar 'Bound Threat' M Drinkthf driver* «nd intoxica- unforriveeble sin « tk« nsotor- Who stumble into #lAteles on streets ptvtent one of the Ailbuti aspects of the ipNWrtnj problem of traffic ac- mm*. a noted highway safety Mftltartty rays Xn the larger cltiet, M much as 60 per cent of fatal accidents occurring at night can be attributed to drinking drivers and pedestrians, according to Thomas N. Boate, accident prevention department manager of Casualty and Surety companies. Oh weekends and during holiday periods, when drinking is more prevalent than usual, drivers kill and injure more victims than at any other time. Pedestrians who have been drinking also are run down then more frequently by drunk or sober drivers who cannot atop their vehicles in time to prevent an accident. Actual statistics on the 'major role drinking plays in rural ac* ctdents in one state also were cited by Mr. Boate as indicative of the acUteness of the problem in all areas. In the country the factor of speed is combined with the deadly potential of alcohol, he noted, and the casualty rate is as bad if not worse in rural tactions than it is in the cities. Fbrty-nine per cent of all rural fatal accidents in this state involved a drinking driver, according to official studies Nearly a third of the non-fatal accidents -- Si per cent -- also involved drivers' who had been drinking, Mr. Boate said. To at* tain these high averages, he pftttited out, the involvement of intoxicated drivers in weekend alld KtiRday accidents undoubtedly ran far higher. Involvement of pedestrians who "had been drinking" ran almost as high. In fatal accidents in rural areas, 43 per cent of the pedestrians killed and 23 per cent of those injured "had been drinking," according to the state's official count. The extent of the deadly practice of drinking-and-driving, which Mr. Boate said is linked •a much to the unwise social ^practices of taking "one for th«- road" or stopping at taverns or roadhouses for altdhollc refreshment while traveling, is also borne out by the large numbers of drivers who lose their licehses in a number of states for driving while intoxliated, he Thirty-five states reported that in 1062 a total of 166,179 drivers had their licenses suspended or revoked for drinking - and-driving. The totals ran from 12® in one of the smallest states In the east to 15,561 in one of the largest western states. Significantly, he said, the charge of driving while intoxicated accounted for 85 per cent t»f all license suspensions and revocations In the nation during 1952. WHicfi begins lo indicate how many drunken drivers are abroad on streets and highways -- and these were ohlv the otoes who were arrested and convicted, he added. "brivlng while flrtmk is th* lM," declared Mr Botte. 'IMVhy thousands of drinking drivers kill themselves or innocent people in accidents every year, or they are severely injured or cripple blameless persons, simpjiy because they are willing to take the risk that an accident will not occur after they have had one or more drinks before taking the wheel. "In some states nearly all of the license SudJ>en.iions or revocations strike at drinking drivers because they are considered the most dangerous operators of vehicles. Only this kind of unrelenting treatment, which removes the opportunity of a driver to go out on the streets and highways and kill and cripple himself, his passengers. other travelers and pedestrians, chi have a real effect in diminishing the grave problem of drinkingand- driving accidents. "When the police, the courts and licensing authorities act together in concert to apprfchetid and punish all drinking drivers 3nd take away their licenses before they kill and maim others, rather than after accidents occur, the drivers who drink become less and less 'vHt'ng to risk being" caught and suffering the consequences of their rash act, including a stiff fine or a jail sentence. This has been demonstrated in community after community and state after state. "Leniency for drinking drivers is almost as much of a crime as the act of drinklng-and-drlving itself. No city or state should ever tolerate it." WfWTW^- :,t>" ' - .-.V ' :* AWgS LITTLE FARMER By KERN PEDERSON FARMERS If you hart sonwiHng to Buy, Sell or Tr«d«;- ADVERTISE in iho PLAINDEALER For this modern age, an old-fashwish. . . that you and yours- may enjoy the fullest measure of health ( anfl happiness in 1954, IPATZKEBOOFINO OO. MI-PLACE RESTAURANT x,. .. W3U. 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