Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
SAVE.A-LIFE CAMPAIGN
NOW ON IN DELAWARE
Free Automobile Inspection Is Part
OF Effort To Bring Safety.

In an effort to reduce automobile
accidents and eliminate loss of life
caused by motor vehicles in Della
ware, a statewide "Save-A-Life"
campaign will be conducted from
June Is to July 15 inclusive, it was
announced yesterday by Charles H.
Grantland, Secretary of State.
The campaign is made official for
the State by a proclamation issued
by Governor c. Douglass Buck at
the Capitol Thursday morning. The
proclamation calls upon all munich
pal authorities, motor organizations
and civic and commercial bodies to
cooperate in the "Save-A-Life"
movement.
The purpose of the campaign is to
establish a regular annual period of
free mechanical inspection of all
motor vehicles licensed to operate in
this State. New York, Massachus-
etts, Maryland, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and other states have al
ready conducted "Save-A-Life' cam
paigns and several other states have
announced their intention of doing
so in the near future.
Service stations and garages in
every community in the State will
be appointed to serve as official in
spection stations from June Is to
July Is, inclusive. During this per-
iod every motor vehicle in Delaware
is requested to drive or send his car
or truck to one of these official in
spection stations to be examined re-
garding its mechanical condition.
This inspection will be made entire
ly without charge at official garages
and service stations and the motor
vehicle owner is free to choose any
official inspection station he desires.
Official windshield stickers will be
issued in the name of the Secretary
of State and one of these will be
placed on every motor vehicle that
passes inspection as being in good
mechanical condition insofar as its
safety factors are concerned. Cars
that reveal mechanical defects which
render them unsafe will have to be
put in good order before the official
State sticker will be issued to the
owner.
"The proposed 'Save-A-Life' in
spection of automobiles will be de-
voted chiefly to the. brakes, horns,
lights, steering mechanism, wind
shield wipers and mirrors" said Sec
retary of State Grantland in an
nouncing the campaign to reduce au-
tomobile accidents and prevent ia
talities in the State. "These are the
j items most likely to get out of or
der on the average automobile and
statistics show that they are the
most frequent causes of accidents.
1--WE want no unsafe automobiles
or trucks on the roads in Delaware
and cooperation of every citizen and
motorist in getting his car inspected
free of charge between June Is and
July Is will go long way towards
saving lives and preventing acci-
dents.
"It is perfectly obvious that the
best driver in the world cannot stoI
a car that has no brakes or war;
pedestrians and other cars if the
horn is not working. Inspection O.
drivers is not sufficient; the vehicle
they drive must also be in safe con
dition to prevent injury to them
selves and others.
Forty per cent of deaths from
automobile accidents in the United
States are caused by defects in thu
mechanical condition of the automo
bile itself. A modern automobile il
good for tens of thousands of mile
of service and it is entirely safe il
the hands of a careful driver, bu
being a piece of machinery it re
quires regular mechanical inspection
at least once year to keep it il
good running order and to Operate
it economically and safely"
Governor Bucks proclamation
calls upon the officials of every com
munity, and various civic, CONNER
cial and industrial organizations tt
lend their whole-hearted support tt
the statewide movement for create
motor vehicle safety.
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