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/ The Drivers Seat Many more people in most neighborhoods and in many family circles would be alive today' if those who seek to prevent traffic accidents kneir more about why they happen. The chief frustration of traffic safely professionals is lack of facts'-- the idnd of facts one gets by investigating accidents. Police officers investigate nearly all traffic accidents which are investigated -- but, say the traffic safety people, many of them merely report that an accident happened, not why it happened. On occasions when they try to determine causes, they reveal their incompetence to do so, say the experts. Ralph Snyder of Oklahoma City, a professional accident investigator who makes his living testifying as an expert witness in damage suits, says: "Police officers often base their opinions on hearsay. They'd rather believe what they hear than what they see." Eye witnesses aren't as infallible as police officers seem to consider them. Court testimony frequently has proven that an eye witness did not see a crash -- he saw the result of the crash. He heard the crash, then turned to see what caused the noise. Rarely is a person staring at the exact spot that a crash is going to occur. Police make mistakes in calculating the speed of vehicle by measuring the length of skid marks. They use a standard table which doesn't allow for the differences in stopping distances among trucks, busses and cars; or for the fact that smooth tires skid farther than treaded tires; and that tires skid on wet pavement. Sometimes they calculate speed of a vehicle on the basis of skid marks left from a previous accident; or they measure braking skids or pressure marks made by accelerating vehicles, Instead of skid marks. An officer's job, says Snyder, should be to gather facts accurately. Analyzing these facts and determining what caused accidents should be left to officers with advanced training or to others qualified by experience and special knowledge. If s summer and drivers see more flowers, more trees, and more bicycles. Keep an eye on the bicycles. Aboard most of them you'll find youngsters who are too young to drive but feel they are too old to walk. They will peddle most of the 30 million bicycles that came out of winter storage this past June. Bicycling is fun, both for the kids and the many adults who are taking to two-wheelers. It's good exercise, too. Dr. Paul Dudley White, famed heart specialist, recommends it as a physical conditioner for young and old. There's another side to biking, though, and thaf s where you, as a driver, come in. Last year, some 570 persons were killed in bike-auto accidents, and another 30,000 injured. Of the total, 380 of the dead and 25,000 of the injured were children under 14. Here are some things that you can do to keep the accident toll down: ' Remember that bicycles are vehicles with rights on the highways, just like automobiles. While cyclists should keep to the right and in single file, motorists should slow down and take special care while passingthem. Get involved in a community bike safety campaign. One that's active all over the country is the "Lite-A-Bike" program of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Through this program, some seven million bikes have been inspected and equipped with free reflective tap®. The same material used on street signs and "safely" license plates, the tape is visible at 1,500 f@©t in the headlights of a car. Any recognized organization canget free tape from the VFW for such projects. Don't forget that youngsters sometimes are unpredictable. Be ready for anything when you are driving around children on bicycles. In residential areas, be watchful for bicycles ferth® from between parked cars or shooting down driveways into traffic. Instruct amy young cyclists in your home in the rules of the road, smd, if you decide to take a bicycle spin yourself, don't forget that the traffic rules apply just as much behind handlebars as they do behindthe wheel. A driver is more likely to have an accident at night than during the day. One-third to one-fourth of the cars being driven today have dim or burned-out rear lights. The ss two facts si^tport a University of Washington researcher's recommendation, just submitted to the Washington legislature, that the state issue "safety" license plates that glow for 2,000 feet in headlight beams. The definitive study of reflective plates was prepared at the legislature's request by Prof. Edward G. Brown. According to Prof. Brcr/si, proof that night driving is mors dangerous than day driving to provided by these National Safety council statistics: The accident rate based oa EMIQO driven is three times Mgter ot night in urban areas ~ totiand- a-half times higher in rural areas. Hie proportion of autos with dim or burned-out rear lights consistently totalled one-fourth to one-third of the more tten two million vehicles inspected during ths annual National Vehicle Safety chock. "Survey6 have repeatedly shown," Prof. Brown reports, "that more than ona-tMrd of all night traffic accidents can be related directly to lack of visibility." Reflective plates, 1m points oi£, dramatically increase the visibility of a car. They are 150 times brighter than ordinary painted plates. The American Assedntesjii of (State) Motor Vehicle Mminletrators is ciraaloting Prof. Brown's siuwy to JSs mesdars. Hie AAMVA entesed reflective plates -- now IbsuM by seventeen states and to District of Columbia -- as a valuable deterrent to night accidents. CHECKLISTS FOR BACK-TO-CAMPUS WARDROBES include a warm cost, one that can serve for both casual college life and for dressier occasion. Here, the coat is a houndstooth checked tweed swinger, with tJe belt. Suggested by National Board, Coat and Suit Industry. Is the Pants Suit Proper? In Glass, No; for Fun, Yes! When the new semester following suggestions: Pants suits may usually be worn to stadiums, for such siton- the-floor events as a rock and roll session in the school gym, at home for relaxing or parties, and on outings where informality is stressed. "How to" is just as important as "where to" wear a pants suit. Even when pants suits are fitting, be sure they don't fit too well! The girl with a less-than- IVMIM/II1M (WINES and LIQUORS, Inc. 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