The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-09-14
AND SUDDEN DEATH
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and he wasn't going to live to
the hospital" -. -
Maybe it will make you sick at
your stomach, too. But unless you
are a heavy-footed incurapie'
good look at the picture the arr
list wouldn't dare paint ni no
hand acquaintance with the re,
suits of mixing gasoline with
speedl and bad judgment, o1gne 70
be well worth your whlle. ,, taa :
help, It if the. facts are reSoi J,,;.sc
If you have he nerve TO arlve
fast and take Finances, you ought
to have the nerve to take the ap-
propriate cure. You cant rlae an
ambulance or watch the DOCTOR
working on the victim IN the nos
pital, but you can read
tn. automobile is treacherous,
;,,,. cat is. 1t is tragically
J;ff;euIt to realize that it can be-
49,. The deadliest missile. As
enthusiasts tell you, it makes IS
feel like nothing at all. But o5
.n hour is 100 feet a second, a
,peed which puts a viciousiy un-
;p,tif;ed responsibility on brakes
I'D human reflexes, and can in
SANITY turn this doeile luxury into
mad bull elephant.
Collision, turnover or sideswipe,
each type of accident produces
either a SCATTERING dead stop or a
crashing change of direction
and. since the occupant-meaning
vou-continues in the old direc-
ton at the original speed, every
surface and angle of the cars in
terror Immediately becomes a bat
tering, tearing projectile, aimed
squarely at you - unacceptable.
There is no bracing yourself
against these imperative laws of
momentum.
It's like going over Niagara
Falls in a steel barrel full of rail
road spikes. The best thing that
can happen to you-and one of
the rarer things-is to be thrown
out as the doors spring open, so
you have only the ground to rec
kon with. True, you strike with
as much force as if you had been
thrown from the Twentieth Cen
tury at top speed. But at least
you are spared the lethal array of
cleaning metal knobs and edges
and glass inside the car.
Anything can happen in that
split second of crash, even those
lucky escapes you hear about.
People have dived through wind
shields and come out with only
superficial scratches. They have
run cars together head on, reduc-
ing both to twisted junk, and been
found unhurt and arguing bitterly
two minutes afterward. But death
was there just the same-he was
only exercising his privilege of
being erratic. This spring a wreck
ing crew pried the door off car
which had been overturned down
an embankment and out stepped
the driver with only a scratch on
his cheek. But his mother was still
inside, a splinter of wood from
the top driven four inches into
her brain as a result of sons TAX
ing a greasy curve a little too
fast. No blood-no horribly twist
ed bones - just gray-haired
corpse still clutchipg her pocket
book in her lap as she had clutch
ed it when she felt the car leave
the road.
On that same curve a month
later, a light touring car crashed
a tree. In the middle of the front
seat they found a 9-months-old
baby surrounded by broken glass
and yet absolutely unhurt. "A fine
practical joke on death-but spoil
ed by the baby's parents, still sit
ting on each side of him, instantly
killed by SCATTERING their skulls on
the dashboard.
If you customarily pass without
clear vision a long way ahead,
make sure that every member of
the party carries identification
difficult TO identify a
body with it's whole face Dashed
in or torn off. The driver is
deaths favorite target. If the
steering wheel holds together it
ruptures his liver or spleen so he
deeds to death internally. Or, if |
The steering wheel breaks off, the
matter is settled instantly by the
steering columns plunging thru
his abdomen.
By no means do all head-on col !