Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 13, DeMotte, Jasper County, 16 February 1939 — SAFETY TALKS [ARTICLE]

SAFETY TALKS

Walking on the Highway TT’S an art, this wajlking along . -*■ the highway, and not everybody who does it lives to tell about it afterward. At least a third of the pedestrians fatallvj injured in rural districts are struck while walking along the roadway, according to figures of the National Safety Council. And about twothirds of these were walking with their backs to approaching tradlc. In many places, sidbwalks are being built -parallel to the highways to segregate motor and pedestrian traffic, but in places • where they aren't yet built, the council has these four suggestions to offer: l_\Valk on the left side of the road. 2At night, carry a light. 3 Wear light clothing or at least some article of clothing that’s white, to make it easier for the motorist to see you. 4 Walk on the shoulder of the road instead of the pavement, where possible, to keep from forcing cars into the path of oncoming ' traffic.