Evening star., 1923-10-07
MOTOR CLUBS SET
PACE FOR SAFETY
Public Urged to Cooperate
in Methods of Preventing
Accidents.

Urge the public to follow, the ex-
ample of the automobile clubs In get
ting down to brass tacks on auto
mobile accident prevention"
This is substantially the appeal OF
the National Motorists Association at
the recent convention Of 800 or more
secretaries Of it's affiliated clubs.
It Is time for the entire country to
be "up and doing something" and
this means supplementing the work
Of the automobile clubs. In the
opinion of N. NJ. A. officials.
Organized automobile clubs were
the pioneers In the safety first
movement and have thus seen clearly
the duty of every citizen. organiza-
tion and mess in keeping the
work effective through eliminating
seesetsry seesa.s rred s il. csfss. sSs'' executive
Reviewing the legislation. tranic
codes. safety devices and the educa.
tional work resulting from the effort
of automobile clubs throughout the
country, Galley says:
1.-THE National Motorists Association
Association has decided to get into
action through urging the public to
follow the automobile clubs example
of getting down TO business on acci-
dent prevention. There is no use
obvious duties of the units of traffic.
and of those responsible for it's
proper regulation, remain unfulfilled.
The Ohio State Automobile Asso-
ago anticipated the present condition
in Cleveland. wherein two-thirds Of
the automobile fatalities involved
little children. and were due to fall
n or Ha
tion in accident prevention. and sew
eral years ago secured the passage
of an act providing for thirty-minute
instruction of school children once a
month in the matter, of ways and
means of preventing loss of life on
the streets and highways.
Proper Enforcement.
The Ohio club sees its present
duty in seeing that this law is prop
erly enforced and 1t Is this spirit of
the consciousness of duty in acci
dent prevention which guides the N.
NJ. A.. and which the N. NJ. A. be-
lieves is imperative on the part of the
general public.
ITO the city that complains of Its
high rat of child accident and NOR
tality the N. M. A.. therefore. urges
the officials to face the facts and to
do everything necessary to an imme-
diate improvement in conditions. If
more Fairgrounds are needed to save
lives. no city. official can affor1 to
raise the question of cost while at
the same time making a pretense of
supporting the cause of accident '-e-
vention.
The y. NJ. A. has consistently
urged the enforcement of laws al
ready existing rather than counte-
nance the addition Of more claws to
complicate conditions by having more
regulations than motorists can obey
and the authorities enforce. 1t only
remains for the states and the city
authorities to carry this thought to
it's logical conclusion. The auto:no-
bile clubs can go SO far and no far
ther; real progress in accident pre-
vention can only be had with proper
cooperation on the part of all who
are responsible to public safety.
THE motorist sees the situation as
clearly as the automobile clubs, for
he has appreciated the direct benefits
of the consistent safety work which
they have carried on. That he is CO.
operating is merely a matter of
noting that while cars in operation
have increased approximately 900