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use of standard procedures for re.
porting, tabulating and analvzing all
accidents that occur in the commun-
ity. The committee is urged to in
vestigatc the causes and extent of
such accidents and report its findings
to other cooperating sub committees
at work on the educational, enforce
ment and engineering phases of the
problem.
Part Three dealing with the educa-
tlonal program, recommends diyidine
the education committee into two
parts, one for adult and one for child
activities. Activities described as of
interest to adults are posters, motion
pictures, radio programs, newspaper
ana magazine stories, mass meetings
ana others A school program with
methods of safety education which
can be taught in the primary grades
ana In the high schools is described.
Schoolboy patrols, classroom and
playground discussion, traffic safety
and good driving courses for high
schools are among the Recommended
tons.
Part Four takes up the functions of
organization of accident investigation
squads and recommends intensive
training of certain police officers in
such work. The principle of selec-
tive law enforcement, which concen-
trates enforcement where it is need
ed most, is explained and recon-
mended for use under certain circum-
stances. The place of the courts in
the traffic control program and the
improvement of relations between
court and police authorities are also
treated. The chapter closes with a
section on the Importance in most To-
calities of special subcommittee to
review local traffic laws and ordin-
ances.
Part Five covers the work of the
engineering committee. The chapter
outlines a set of engineering projects
which may be taken up Immediately.
Newt it describes the procedure for
analysing and studying the worst ac-
cident locations in the community
There is discussion of rerouting traf
flc and of the right and wrong con-
diticns for establishing through WAYS
A sixth part deals with traffic SAT-
NIJ oCIINAllcS Wu1Cu are dDDllCaOlG
strictly to rural communities. The
manual points out the necessity for
work in these areas and suggests a
means of modifying the recommends
lions for urban communities.
1t is emphasized throughout that all
the committee activities should be
carried on with the goal of establish
ing permanent safety organization
equipped to continue the work and to
meet new situations as they arise
The book is illustrated with photo
graphs, drawings and diagrams. 1t
contains. a special reference section
and blue print organizational chart
Commenting on the publication of
Creating Safer Communities" Arthur
Fulk, director of the division of high
way safety, said today: "The program
outlined in Creating Safer Communi-
ties represents the combined efforts
of experts on the all important sub
ject of traffic safety. 1t is a suggest
ed method of procedure and is issued
in answer to numerous demands that
informative material be prepared as
a guide to community safety work.
We earnestly hope that the sugges-
tons contained in the manual will
prove valuable not only where no or
ganibed community activity has yet