Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1931 — Page 5

S»oIIISHAPS fc INCREASE i Special) !l Oli:,il ' tweiilyfive es •fiinte^B 1 ' 11 .. . .uni J. i’ ll* 0115 11 „,, ;•, <!■ in ld"Mi*a< ■ i i' !< mb '"' a ‘" :v *s b> A *[ I . l ‘“‘ \ , . .-up, riiitciideiit. lhe ,Kt* ' , total of SfU 1 :x;;. in accalentM. Hie- accident nd .■ i I I AB j, ■" N” unless j * E !'■ d “‘ no attempt is; cits lil.S ~ tia - p., i^8.... ■>.,.. tare -,. 76 per rent 1 -' ■ ' ! y. ir the hlgh- • ■ Hied ' 1 earning and to cle^^B ß ' ' ' b ' I; '"' ,l,s * n I di..p'. ■ roadways. ~ , ' ' ri'p.iri.-l or h | involved ether -!: 7.5 per mt .: . . 1 _^B ! ! : .'■ involved I 1

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per cent, fi*>»ijei, ~. row bridges, c ert hi a la. Us i . . tiKi-hes. telAphe poles. . . | ;•, „',. 18 per cent, vohed < ..’, ,„• any kind. It is obserl that th ■ • ~, <»t accldentj dring pei’i increased 2u <| 25 fr . ; , of the past tie years In dents invoUit pedestrian-, tt p, cent wet a win g on the , of the hizhw with trtiffh ■ ma . ing it posslbl or a vchn l t , p.oa<L unobs.'cd. It is ger ly recognized b: traffic ar: ties that a ; ,trun is far i walking agaii • 'fj, r> ... cldouls show pede-iri." crjssdng the gliway, and ,n t n accidents, pens win gei> . m or out it Mion the i> in a hway. In i.,0 pedestr'ana thictfms w. int e.. •ated: in scv. acefde ,

— DEMo CRAr ISDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1931.

■>■' I Physical delects, in twelve ace;, a's they were confused by traffic, i' and in three accidents the view w„s 1 obstracted. I' l aa l:ir_- the <■ , litiou of ,1 iv- ■ ’. th' report shows that sixty e intoxicated: 5;; asleep at the i ' :- i. ihirty ex ietnely fatigued. A ■ - illy ..; individual incidents would in l: ... that pc. saps a much laiger numbe of act "lents are caused "> fatigue of diivers, and too much i • .tij*. i-i. can not be .laved upon i ..a.ning car operators to guard against driving when extremely far I timed from lan? bouts at the wheel | loss of sleep, in the opinion of ■Mr. Hinkle , A siiiiiy of what' each driver was i ■ 'i.'ic when t'w accident occurred. i * reals a great variety of contributing i-ansis oi accidents. For in ■ am . US or about 111 pel ceni a<i iniitiil they diti not have the rigla » " ! " ■!. in m- :••:• don taking it; xty accidents or G per cent were - due to passitiy another car on a I ciirvi or on a hill; 71 or 7 per cent. I d ■ to failure to stop al through I hig'iaa;. or pre erential street. a trust inte'd view of the driver is I Io Id : espon.'ible for 13 per cent of I ill accidenls reported, while rain. I .-i.ow, c;c. ju the wind shield cansI ■ d S per cent. Growing crops, shrubI > and ire. . obstructing sight I dmtami.r claimed 2 per cent; enI liankmen. - and buildings, 3 per cent I : -w .' i i lie ■' 1.11-1 -I 3 I Eighteen fatalities resulted from I collision with bridges and culvert I headwalls; 27 fatalities from colli I - on with pole<. and It fatalities Th I. ; irt clearly shows that I I, le. ijve vehicles contributed to aI bon Is i" r cent of all accidents. ■ I>f i : 177 leporled in this dassi- | . i lon. t it l'. 01 17 per c nt, veil defective b ales; eighteen | ■ nt. ii 1 ll'" ; i»s I m .i;i ■■ nine, oi 3'• per I . , i|. i. . :ivc ligl'i -. nitiete 11, or t 'tidition of th»* road and den li •• a.faces contriI .mod tit ir hare to causing acciI, ■■ hi- inter sting to note, howI . .., fl .it the e can i s were large I Iv b. ■ uul cant' . I since tie wet. , „-i . urf os < were tho| . ; i A. irding ... ... .. a a . del.: ■ | V, . . "ii |>, r ceni ■ 1 all accidents I ‘.. ’ .ri d on a dry and pe.fectly .' i a ni.i! a saf> ■ state highuf.a i.ils took cogniz-1 tie al location of aeei-. ' . , ii < I d m mi. row I it, t s per i i n’. i id. ■ thu y fiv l ■ 11 •'■' I ' . , lh d 5-12, or 54 I' " ■ f i the • ''inin ,• jf figuics, lh»*‘ , uiinm on an upward Auto belied r°r Baek . I Leandro, (ahi. U.Rj , in tuts city lcar "; d l I ' pay their taxe:-. 1 0 i ■ 'd irlcil ' campaign to torce | ' 11l pay d'diiuiuent lux' , . „j.. curs and asses:. . m -rage charges in '"'' "to 'th" law.. Tin’ '; l .' i '7'y l a'mn.mr W. A Kielmmml re-j j ported. .— ~ Big Nev Vears Ja-cr Tonight. Sunbet. ,

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