Speeding Can Prove Deadly
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Thursday, December 17, 1959 THE BATTALION
If there were only one car travel
ing on a highway, the single driver
could open up his many horsepow-
ered vehicle without too much
worry.
If that car wa^ the only object
on the highway, he could open up
all the way with hardly a worry
at all.
Unfortunately these situations of
fantasy never exist. There is al
ways another driver sharing the
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road somewhere. There is also the
danger of some elderly person
crossing the highway after check
ing his roadside mailbox around
the curve just ahead. A stray cow
or horse may even l^e lingering in
the road.
Any of these situations present
danger for a speeding motorist.
It takes some time to stop a
fast-moving automobile. At 90
miles per hour brakes cannot stop
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a car before 325 feet of road whiz
by. That is longer than a football
gridiron.
There is more to stopping a car
than just applying the powei
brakes. The driver must first rec
ognize the danger and then send a
warning to his brain. Only then
does he jam on the brakes. And
only then does the mechanical ac
tion begin slowing down the car.
At the maximum speed limit of
60 miles per hour, an automobile
covers 88. feet per second. That
doesn’t leave much time to stop if
sudder danger lurks ahead.
Every driver should remember
that he is not the only one on the
road. Someone once remarked,
“The only safe way to drive is to
think of the driver ahead as the
biggest fool in the world.”
Fellow drivers on the highway
may think that of you, Aggie.
Don’t go out of your way to prove
it to them!
The Texas Department of Public
Safety has officially predicted that
111 Texans will be killed in Christ-!
mas-New Year’s holiday traffic
this year.
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4 One for the Road’
May Become Fatal
The car was packed with merry
happy-go-lucky college students
and all of them agreed that “it was
high time the celebration began.”
After all, since September each
of them had been busily engaged
in trying to get a few of these
hard earned grade points. Christ
mas was here and a long-awaited
two-week vacation was in order.
One of the students suggested
that “one for the road” would cer
tainly speed them on the long
trip home. A slightly stooped fel
low wearing horn-rimmed grasses
Traffic Deaths
Not in Keeping
With Christmas
By BOB SAILE
Battalion Staff Writer
Christmas symbolizes life, hope
and faith. It is a time for quiet
worship, thanksgiving and rejoic
ing.
It is a time for singing Christ
mas carols, for meeting with
friends, for decorating the tree, for
giving and receiving, for mistletoe,
for everything that goes with the
mysterious, satisfying feeling
which is the Christmas spirit.
Therein lies the irony of the
death and tragedy which will in
evitably come during the Christ
mas and New Year holidays. Why
sould tragedy caused by careless
ness be allowed to mar the spirit
and happiness of Chidstmas and
New Year’s?
The answer is s'imple: It should
n’t.
Nevertheless, hundreds will die
or be seriously injured across the
nation before Jan. 2, 1960. And
the majority of these deaths and
injuries will be due to carelessness
or recklessness. Careless, reckless
and drunken driving will take a
heavy toll, as will hunting acci
dents and other mishaps due to
carelessness.
These will all contribute their
shares to the grim figures. Unless
steps are taken by you and I to
be extra careful while driving,
while at work or at play, this
year’s figures may be larger than
ever.
Some will read this and nod
agreement, but will still leave Ag-
gieland for the holidays and do
the things during the next two
weeks which will put their lives
and health in danger.
To the ignorant belong the traf
fic fatalities.
voiced a note of disagreement. The
others in the car chidded him and
said he was “being a poor sport.”
Not wanting to set himself apai-t
from the crowd, the young student
agreed to have a drink with them.
Drink after drink, the partying
motorists continued at a fast pace
toward their destination and the
party seemed to be getting mer
rier by the minute.
The driver was beginning to pay
less and less attention to the road
and more and more to the carefree
passengers accompanying him. He
knew he had always been a good
driver so why start worrying now.
The merriment soon turned into
tragedy, as is often the case. As
the car swerved around an unex
pected curve, the front wheel sank
into the soft shoulder. The car
was thrown on its side and due to
excessive speed, rolled down a high
embankment.
The result—six lives lost for no
apparent reason. . . except for the
absurd statement of “one for the
road.”
This story could be told any
where during the next two weeks
and possibly be more fact than
fiction. It could happen to you,
although everyone agrees that
something like that is only a pos
sibility.
Whether this case applies to any
of you can be entirely left up to
your own discretion.
Each year, Aggies have return
ed from the Christmas holidays
and as is often the case, attended
the Silver Taps ceremony for one
of their departed fellow students
killed on our highways.
Don’t let the blame fall on you.
TO OUR FRIENDS
STUART HARDWARE
North Gate