Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1941 — Page 20

Stricter Tests for Drivers’ Licenses] Urged After University Safety Survey

By AVE MARSHALL

= 7 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S Center for Safety. Education: has pub-] . lished a study called “Personal Factors in Safe Operation of Motor : 'Vehicles—which ‘should have an important influence on. driver-licensing| and other methods designed to reduce traffic. accidents. caused: by. _motorists themselves. = This study is the result of a.year’s investigation during whitch | ‘psychological and physical tests were given to both drivers with excellent: ‘records and to accident-repeaters in a Special, laboratory. How important such a study is can be judged when you: consider that traffic accidents are becoming more serious during the: national emergency and that the Army is ‘organizing a’ force 0f+280,000 motor _vehicles whose drivers must be selected and: trained. ! The tests used by the University: included blood pressure, numerous | aspects of vision, reaction time, neuromuscular control, driving skills, and practi ‘adjustment, attitudes, and knowledge of driving principles] and practices.

bo am # yA | oo re I “Physical ‘ Unfithess Mars Driving =

AMONG THE OUTSTANDING findings were hese: ; .- 1. There are many physical defects, diseases and illnesses—both physical and mental—that in various WAYS may impair one’s safe-driving ‘* ability.” Low blood pressure, which is generally indicative of underlying physical or mental conditions of an undesirable kind, was found in: id per cent of the accident-repeaters, as compared to 12 ‘per cent of the accident-free drivers. 2. 8kill alone does nat insure safe’ driving. Both: groups examined .gave ‘generally similar performances in the. road ‘test. The ‘accidentrepeaters, however, were frequently guilty. of improper passing. 3. Mere knowledge of traffic regulations. ‘and obligations -is no ‘guarantee of their observance, which depends primar y upon the} attitudes with. which they are regarded. < 4, Neither visual acuity (sharpness. of vision) nor: color blindness} is more important than other aspects of vision so far ‘as safety on the road is concerned. Yet they, are. the only visual traits usually| ‘examined for licensing purposes and, becduse of’ limitations in time, budget, and manpower, examined very crudely. . : 5. The investigation yielded a battery of four tests, together requiring no more than an hour to administer, by means of which it was . possible to. successfully identify as accident-repea™rs or accident-free -. drivers 92 per cent -of the subjects examined. (These four tests involved - systolic blood pressure, ability to see to the side, ability to pass on the yoag, and correctness of response under pressure of time.) ” 2 ” 8 0B »

* Suggests Full-Time Examiners

UPON COMPLETION OF the study, the University made these recommendations for reducing traffic accidents: ; 1..A driver's license should be granted only after the applicant for such license has passed a physical examination as well. as a road test. : 2. The road test should be conducted by a full-time, trained examiner for the State, who would observe not only the skills but also the attitudes of the applicant. The examiner should not be. required, as he is .. in many States, to. give tests of vision. or 3. Licensed drivers should be required to submit a physician’s certificate periodically—perhaps every fifth year—upon application for renewal of licenses. g 4. Licensed drivers who have been involved in fatal or numerous accidents, or. who have. violated traffic laws habitually, should be summoned for clinical examination by suitable public agencies to determine whether they are fit to drive. . + 5. Facts .concerning safe .operation of motor vehicles should be widely disseminated through traffic-safety and driver-training programs . in the schools and through the various media of public education. 6. Principles of scientific employment should be applied to the Slsetion of motor vehicle operators in the military service of the coun- , as well as of operators in public transportation and in commerce.

- Pontiac Adds Salvage Equipment

'" INCREASING ITS ACTIVITY in the ever-growing battle against material shortage, Pontiac Motor Diyision has added a new- building of 8000 square feet to’its salvage collection plant. « . Here the miscellaneous scrap is gathered from all departments, sorted, baled; boxed or barreled for use again. Seven tons of paper are baled daily. Thousands of pieces of corrugated board and cartons are baled or recut for use in the shipment of service repair parts. Burlap bags are saved to cover service parts. No lumber goes to waste. Nails are i Jemoved, boards are trimmed to length and used again for service parts

Workmen add briquettes of steel and iron scrap and a rejected > cylinder block to a charging bucket,

Insulation is removed from copper wire and the copper sold. Galvanized iron roofing from dismantled buildings and sheds is sold. Structural steel from old or remodeled buildings is cleaned up and stored carefully for use by maintenance engineers. | Of the 200,000 tons of iron poured at Pontiac in 1941 about .70,000 tons—or 32 per cent—was salvage collected from the various manufacturing departments of the plant itself. Forty tons of sheet steel Sally are trimmed from the edges of fenders, hoods, radiator grilles and on er parts in the sheet metal plant, com- . pressed into small bales an jisnsferred to ‘the foundry where they go into the cupolas. ” ” ” ®” 8 NATIONAL DEFENSE PROBLEMS confronting dh nupolis terri-

"tory motor truck dealers will be discussed at a meeting in the Hotel

Lincoln next Thursday by officials of the General Motors tRuck factories at Pontiac, Mich. The meeting will be conducted by W. A. Casey, regional manager . representing the GMC company, assisted by Dolph Bauer, zone manager, and R. E. Holsaple, district Tepreseniaiive for this Server. ie

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