Walkerton Independent, Volume 83, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 September 1960 — Page 6

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— WALKERTON INDEPENDENT — Sept. 1, 1960

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E-D-I-T-O-R-I-A-l No ano's Mere made H;V many times d< you read that bn • following an a< eidc-nt in which : i- 's-.ns were injured < t mm-tv damage done to one or niuii cars was very < xtvnsi\t To tne know? dgp < r the safet;. ofne ds. more than 75 p .-nt m t.. . oom.i e awidynts a• e ' .us- d bv< a- Fomcmv* lias vi-. luted a traffic rule Driving too fast tnllowcng t< । clos. jy. i joss in t t 'o vel'. nv bn* s makng ; n impropci turn, failure to have c o und t conti 1. etc. These viola tmns usu.-dly are the thing behind the .accident and yet. the familiar phra no arrests were made is i. ,d time and time again. • 1 ■ o' ’"arnirgs. slogans and helpful information can be given through the vaiimis mediums su. h as radio and TV ;.n---nountements load dgns. nev s papers and so forth, but they seem to be forgotten once the ca^- is in motion going sumeplac \. . i .uoc tc home or fai away. What is the matter with th. various law enforcement agem ie When accidents happen and th< “no arrests were made” line is heard? How many accidents car one count that have happened right around home in the past few years where alcohol was a major factor and was nt t mentioned in the slightest way? Net only was the drinking left out, but also the arrests for any othc r violation! The Labor Day weekend is just ahead. This annually is one of the biggest "Ki lers ' of them all one reason being it ts always a three day holiday, and another, it is the time so; the last fling of the summer for a large number of people. * 4 We will start hearing and io ing this weekend where the death ^FfioniIEGLER SUPER FLOOR HEAT! FjM| [ 111 Li Sal - y II? I You get 4 TIMES MORE HEAT OVER YOUR FLOORS . than ever before! J It pays for itself with the fuel it saves! ME IT SOON AT HOUSE! ©WL I’h >nt 10 Walkerton k J

toll on the highway is expected t<» hit t’-at estimated figure reh !n d by the Nat ionic Safet y ('•tmed This ojjer.dion slaughter, b* g.m, at (’> dO pm Fi May. oj at 1< is! that is when the counting r corp- s h< r’n-’ On almo. t >v rv ih’a s< it from that, moment on over the tint, dry holiday m ek end. the cimmen’.dor will state that at pre ent a certain ntimbn have ilrr idy been killed on the highways. this runnm a iead of th'- predicted f.gure f ti e week end In the numerous m < idents. it w mid inte r st mg to know just hi li’ man.' arc caused by a traffic violation. 'Dien hou manv

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more would have been avoided If the vehlries were tn good working condition. This matter of 1 uh not being safe, also is th ■ <aus-- far many accidents. The safety che« k made annually is in May. How much can happen to a car m thie - months? A large percentage of the m - < idents arc caused by the l ick of enf-iji ement. This means that p-opjo are getting away with violations th it cau»e accident . hut wh d chan<e do the police have in anpi t bending all of th ■ violates When the numb r is so great. Tiue, a police car on a highway tan slow traffic down faster than bad wcathe.- condi-

tions. People fear the troopers car. but they have no fear of anything else that cculd happen when they are traveling. The Walkerton area joined the statistics already this year in the holiday toll when two were lulled in al’ S. 6 accident just prior to Memorial Day. Let’s try to keep t‘ .4 type of thing down >n the Im ai area cr wherever one may travel, not only on holidays, but every day. The prosi-nt generation pays the debts of the last generation by issuing b<nds for the next generation to pay.