The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-10-31
SAFETY COUNCIL WORKS ID LESSEN
 AUTO ACCIDENTS
Radical Measures Being Taken to Pre- vent Accidents ResuItinq From Reckless and CareIessness.

Chicago, nl..A great wave of alarm righteous indignation, and preventive activity is sweeping the country as 3 result of the rapdly increasing num- bers of persons killed and maimed in automobile accidents daily, according to reports received at the headquar- ters of the National Safety Council in this city
 The tendency to resort to radical measures in order to curb rectless- ness and carelessness on the part cf both the motorist and the pedestrian is exemplif1ed by recent developments in the following cities
 Chicago, where automobile speeders are sentenced to make slow trips through the Morgue under the guid- ance of a deputy coroner.
 Youngstown, Ohio, where the auto mobile speeder is sentenced to hold watch beside the body of the person killed by his machine or at the hos pital beside if the accident victim is injured
 ANCW Ol h Slly, WHcIS TOSuoS gallery" for traffic law offenders is maintained by the police department.
 St. Louis, where grand jury after being in session for four months sub mitted lengthy report two-thirds of which was given over to the recom- mendation of public safety measures.
 During 1917 more than 1900 persons were killed and more than 4600 per sons were seriously injured in cross ing accidents on the railroads of the United States. The greatest number of these accidents were cases of au- tomobiles being struck at highway crossings and of automobiles running into trains at crossings. It is to- ward the elimination of such condi- tions that the activities of the Nation al Safety Council and of the United States Railroad Administration in the present Accident Prevention Drive are directed.
 Despite the efficient safety work being done by the carriers of the number of dea ths and injuries caused by railroad accidents still presents serious problem. MT. Duffy's report shows that 511 persons were killed and 10,032 injured in railroad acci- dents during April of this year as compared to 6SS killed and 13,143 in- iured during April of last year, a saw ing of 174 lives and prevention of B. Ill injuries.
 Railroads throughout the country in cooperation with the National Saf- ety' Council are now carrying on a campaign to eliminate grade crossing accidents, one of the most prolific con tributors to the death toll attributed to the railroads. While other types of railroad accidents are being reduo materially, grade crossing accidents are now greater in number than ev- CT before, This is due in large meas ure to the enormous increase in the use of automobiles,
 It is interesting to note i'm this con- nection that recent investigation of the records of one of our largest rail- roads developed during four months there were f151 grade crossing acci- dents involving automobiles which were directly attributable to the fol- ing causes:
 Automobiles stalling on crossings,
 struck by trains, .... ..... 20
 Automobiles attempting to cross in
 front of approaching trains .68
 Automobiles running into side of
 trains at crossing ..!... 36
 Automobiles running into and break
 ing down crossing gates ....... .16
 Automobiles skidding into side of
 car at crossing ..... .. ...... 1
 Automobiles running into signaI
 posts .... ....... .... ...... 4
 Unclassified . ... .... 6
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