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friday, December 15, 1950 THE BATTALION 1950 Annual Christm as Safety Edition Page 7
WINTER DRIVING FACTS
Cold Weather Hints to Save Your Car... or Your Life!
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ERY CONCRETE 2i FT.
WET CONCRETE
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Braking Disfances on
Various Road Surfaces
at 20 miles per hour
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New research by the National Safety Council brings this warning—skidding and
reduced visibility substantially increase the traffic death rate during winter months of
spow and ice. Equalized brakes, tire chains, good windshield wipers, defrosters, good
lights, reduced speed—all can prevent your eliding to the junk pile or hospital
Gilchrist Urges Impartial
Traffic Rule Enforcement
r HE FACT that Governor Allan Shivers last week found it
necessary to call an Emergency Traffic Safety Confer
ence points toward a most critical situation in Texas and act
ually in the entire country. The number of fatalities in traf
fic accidents in Texas continues to mount. Many others are
injured and the property loss is terrific.
Traffic safety on and in the vicinity of the campus is
much simpler than the State-wide problem, but it is just as
important. We have a limited area and for the most part
vehicles originating in the vicinity. We have opportunity
to confer together about the problem, and further we have
an opportunity to make this community a model for safe
traffic operation, safety, and courtesy.
Such an effort will require certain essential action in
cluding a clear declaration of traffic rules and regulations
placed in the hands of local drivers and transients where
possible. The officials should provide needed signs, street
markings, parking areas, speed zones, and such other phy
sical indications that will enable one to comply with the traf
fic laws. It is also most important that traffic enforce
ment be applicable to every person who operates a vehicle
on the campus whether he be executive, staff member, stu
dent, or visitor. To be effective enforcement must be im
partial and certain.
The Battalion is to be commended for its diligent ef
forts in behalf of traffic safety. Your intelligent and able
efforts toward traffic safety in general and more partic
ularly on the campus merit the support of every person in
the community.
(jili QiLLhl
Chancellor, A&M College System
Jekyll - Hyde Drivers A Menace -
Bravest Would Not Turn-
(Continued from Pago 6)
apparently tried to sec which
had the most nerve.
The cars came at each other. The
“bravest” evidently would be the
driver who would refuse to turn
out to avoid a head-on crash,
“The other fellow never did pull
out,” Jane said. “George pulled
out and didn’t touch the other car.”
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Jane’s description of teen-age
driving here was verified by signed
statements from two of the boys in
the Lutheran hospital here.
The statements did not clear up
the mystery of the big crash. But
they did tell of previous wild driv
ing episodes.
A trio of boys involved in the
accident added statements that
told of other teen-age “auto
pranks,” indulged in previously by
the persons involved.
Two more girls, who had pro
mised to meet the group of boys
later on the night of the crash
had the idea that “these boys
don’t care what might happen to
them.”
Obviously they didn’t
I Nor did they care for the grief
and suffering they caused their
parents.
There they are—the facts of
highway tragedy. The cast was
large and played its part well.
The four co-stars, though, will not
return to the stage. Their “prank
ster” days are over.
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Safety Council Advises
Cold Weather Caution
Be Avinter-wise and winterize
|your driving habits.
That is the advice of the Nation-
lal Safety Council for motorists
Ifacing the hazards of the winter
(driving season.
Despite less travel in winter,
I the mileage death rate is high,
I with December usually the peak
■ mSnth of the year. For that rea
son, only winter-wise driving hab
its are good insurance against ac-
| cidents.
Failure of motorists to change
j their driving techniques for win
ter, as they change the oil in their
cars, is the cause of most acci
dents. The Council offered these
I tips to avoid slips:
Try Brakes at Start
Get the feel of the road. Try
your brakes gently while driving
slowly and away from other cars
t5 find out just how slippery the
road is.
Slow down. Adjust your speed
to road and weather conditions so
that, you have time to stop or ma
neuver safely.
Keep windshield clear of snow
and frost so you can see danger.
Keep your headlights, windshield
wiper and defroster in good con
dition.
Use tire chains-cn sno\v and ice.
They are the best bet; for stop-
and-go traction. Some of the new
“winterized” tires give some mar
gin • of safety over conventional
tires, but the improvement is not
great enough to warrant less cau
tion or the elimination of chains
when driving under severe snow
and ice conditions.
Pump your brakes to slow down
or stop. Jamming them on will
cause a skid.
Follow at a safe distance. It
takes three to 12 times as far to
stop on snow and ice as on dry
concrete.
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LAST TIMES TODAY
u Johnny Holiday”
SATURDAY
No Passing Zones
There for Purpose
If you make it a practice to pass
in a “no passing zone,” you have
two strikes on you from the very
start, and the chances are good
that the “old pitcher” traffic ac
cident will put that third strike
across pretty , soon and will put
you clear out of the game for good.
Your Texas Safety Association
tells us that, the “no passing zone”
ply one of many traffic
jaws which have been designed for
your benefit and protection.
If you disobey them, you en
danger not only your own life, but
the lives of others around you.
j Think It Over . .
The Texas Safety Associa
tion says, that when a driver
starts up the motor of his car,
he automatically assumes the
responsibility for the leod he
hauls, the car he drive:;, his life,
the lives of any persons riding
with him, and the welfare of
those who share the highways.
A car can be replaced; the
load can be replaced—but no
where are there stockrooms
where we may find a replace
ment for a life!
(Continued from Page 5)
and a bad driver, according to Var-
vel, is that the good driver keeps
this engine under control.
Some persons seem to change
from a calm Dr. Jekyll with ped
estrian courtesy into a vicious Mr.
Hyde with driver arrogance, at
the wheel. These are the persons
who have “block,” as Dunbar call
ed them.
. Members of the younger genera
tion are not as a rule dangerous
little monsters on wheels. But
again, according to Varvel, there
are certain types among teen-age
drivers who are too uncontrolled
emotionally. These are the per
sons who:
1. express anger by driving
recklessly.
2. play a sadistic little game by
the name of “chicken.”
3. paint up their cars, place
stickers all over them, and go
by to pick up “all the gang,”
a small pack of about fifteen
persons.
Defensive driving is one of the
major means of preventing these
wreck collectors from a gross
amount of collisions in the future.
Points which might be included
in such a plan would be first, that
the driver of an automobile at all
times assume that the other driv
er isn’t a good driver; second, that
all drivers study different kinds of
hazards on the road; and third
and last, that drivers control the
tendency in all of us to take of
fense and try to “get back” at an
other driver.
A careful driver is
safety device known.
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