Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1916 — Safety at Railroad Crossings. [ARTICLE]

Safety at Railroad Crossings.

Although many people are beginning to think that she man who meets disaster by racing a railway train to a crossing Is worthy of little sympathy, still there are enough genuine accidents to stimulate suggestions for increasing safety at these points. One apparently effective plan recently proposed Is to turn the road at a right angle near the track and continue it parallel with the tracks for a short distance before crossing the same by another right angle turn. This would compel an automobile to slow down before crossing the tracks, and should insure the safety of the average driver. Unfortunately there are very many places where such an arrangement is impossible.—Scientific American. '