New-York tribune., 1907-01-20
ADVICE TO MOTORISTS.
ROK ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
zuaO ClHb Pablo Safety Committee
Urges Care in DrUng.

TIE Automobile Club OF America has directed tts
committee on public safety 20 consider IN. urot-
ls--s arising out OF the use OF motor cars an the
highways. and particularly IN regard TO safe onera
saons Tho committee consists OF WInthrop p scer
N ohsirznsng George p. Ohamberlin, Dave II
NcT1k. and Colgate Hoyt. president II has mass
the following reports
When properly banded the automobile is the
s se6e ,S1s n me world the horse drawn
careful ana cOnsiosrate in the use OF their oars
al 'he New York Herald has recentIy 6iSl,sPe1
some interesting stGtistios on accidents
killed and s5 injured through the use oS tSs sSos
mobile These accidents occurred ia l92 plsoss
showing the Widespread use Of this kind OF ve-
1hsTe we're. however. twice as many people killed
three times many by electric street TniiwaNs 81
most as many by lightning, five times many BY
Rs we'll as many times that number by hOrses
eraIly Is that many OF them might have been AVOID
&c The history OF automobile accidents Is no ex-
oep1on 70 the rule. Regrets however. are unsvsii-
ng unless out OF these sad experiences w. lean a
lesson FOR future guidance
Ia c9asloeT19s tn TINS s1eJeGt II may not be out OF
6ass WE I'S bsTs egeo @ On tne hignwsy with al
they are not inferior; they the same as those
less, newcomers: We should have the hest
interests oe automo2ism al heart. we driving
and Eiio3 sonetiInes creates unpleasant odOrs and
The motor vehicle. because OF its power and ca
paciIy for speed, may easily become in the ha nfs
and peril other users Of the hiehway Its possio
Des 5oG sIoa %aiSn are enormous Are an exact
as driving horse he is undertaking 20 control an
when frightened undertakes to oppose hs vii and
his strength 10 the VIII and strength OF the driver
10 uatfer how skiifl he may be- 10 In" ofl's'
Of It's own % and ~ Il is I er2ed oE wff be 6s nc no @ MI
Of .ts operator It starts and stops goes slow or
@ 1 as is shssss rscsdp p BENZ oT gSS gSss SS gssr
o5es eCno II =, Is en- enTey the 0PeTstor fault haET1ng
such way as 10 bring disaster 10 others II is
oedgy careless in the use Of Ihe sfTees se sn
highways s. Too often they viii deliberately step
recorded are dae contributor Negligence on the
impossible 70 avoid an, accident, and the autoro-
bilst may be entirely blameless
The @ best interests of automobinsm require that
dSaEe to o,bTe %nereSeT e mere mere Is p9ssoty
self-restratnt and always well within the limit OF
true that there are many exaInPes Of careiessness
ness must provide against their carelessness our
consloerauon against their heedlessness, In
use f the Fhwa3 r Ts ask So ef tF fTe6 ,bst In TIE
@ l1 S Sp9n & gs by the fact that We are driving the
OF the sport demand this: every instinct OF cour.
the common dictates Of humanity
..A,sy a STUDY Of conditions % under which automobile
ing facts. There have been very few accidents on
tkst cars are driven al g4sates spaed IN such Pce
Smith the able and efficient Commissioner Of Motor
Vehicles for the State OF New Jersey. who has
studied the subject Of automobile accidents most
carefully, states that OF the accidents occur
when cars are being driven at rate OF speed less
than twenty miles hour.
II Is not q question OF speed alone; Il Is spsed
Plus certain conditions. Accidents most often hap
e Z pass car His mind is fixed on that single
ooJect; he Goes not observe the approaching motor
car and unless the driver thereof Is keeniy slerf
and driving slowly that he can ston instantly
mere Is an accident Or, passenger aIghts from
2 car sno starts 10 pass around the rear to cross
s,eDbIe Sr Inns Gonoitlon Is large source Of
pened. and on many more occasions exceedingly
narrow escapes have resulted
Too rapid driving in crowded city traflc IN pass
ing intersecting streets. in rounding corners ana
curves IS the next most prolific source of acct
o.nts The greatest possible caution, therefore