CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 26

CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS

, TAKING, OF CHANCES ,

?A LESSON OF THE ROAD r

Anjone who drives extensively on the high-n ays of this country sees many accidents on their way to , happen. Most of the,m never^ reach theological conclusion of a ciash, but inevitably a certain number aie completed m col hsiou. If, in any situation, all the elements necessaiy for an accident aie piesent, except one, the accident does not otcui. But it the situation is repeated a su&aent number of1 times the missing clement is 'suie to appear, and then the accident follows as night the day. , These leflections me the result of fiesh observation of automobiles on the road, wntes James O. Spearing in the "New Yoik Times" on returning ,fiom a motor trip of 3300 miles. Ho declares that days before he ' reached the scene ot an actual accident he was suie he Mould do so sooner or later. He had observed many accident situa tions with only one-essential element missing, and he knew that this coilld not go on forever. In next situation, or .the next, 'or one after that, circumstances would supply the miss i«g element, and the accident would happen. t He was right. t It took, place in the ,North Carolina mountains. He says:— There were many curvet and'bills

.xn the road;.anaj.it ;^wo?janeß ■ wide.^>Driwrs ,seefcing; : msi:el3f .tb,:ti^vel J ,at /fSpeed/jwe^eScontinuany ; deiaye3:';byplii^o.ui(ini^iirnftki:;afl!if^eejpr; A i'ng\,car?v-yh9S^4.oiperßtor*l^isemo'd^pre*i '.'jiipice'd .againstigpipg ■ih,to;'second; (speed >o,n; the ..grades.'! ; i cpqld scarcely bo blamed' for impaiiencie^lt 'i'i»y;exa»peratingjJo;1//hßyV^tb,;Blow l - v '^wß' , t,o;a, crawl; and'; follow;: som^ ;\)tejiicular .snail < around, a blind ..curyfcjorijp^er^th.e; uTp&t !:;;of.faihill'Sf;vE»pqpiailyj:if( / i;Hy,itKmjjf happens ;repeate / dly,: ! jdurin'g; s n '.the-,«' : dayj ; ,witfi;.the,:hills;:and, .cuiijeV' so" (?lpse \tp■.gethpr,';:that.'',q'ne^ or' htinutes-befo^e/.-^efc'a^ ,:a'-',clear;view!::fojrßafej;passing|ni;j;^^|': r.Tyasr'always^^;a;: strpng. ; tiefa'pteti I qu^to :t^k* ;a|;ciap((;e.; i and^ .pja»B?'f vehicle. on. a. ' or, tuiide, * .^nof^^st , of is, hill, i TheJ^qds/TV^refi^ifAYOur ■ of. 'the ''.gamble!; .'At':fleast! nine^ 'tiiues' tout: ■pi;;,teniv;,prj^perhaps^~skejy^niue^ put of;-a"hundredi~the;rpas8ingf Oliver the; %iifve,<- or- .oyefj-t^e..;h"ill,-: [atltheVtexaCt; inbraejit-when ii : -wouldi'be;too;Jatie^fpr ■hmxOrV,ilie«,ofch'er/^ .head-.pn' ; vcollisioni:: : ;' ;v V !r.-~--.-''r^ '.■:•:•■• '.•■"■; "'-;'•■■ Many ; driyersvttiblcvthe.iqhji^^SThoy' s'tooK-rita'timeMaitisn titt|ei|i^4iatyort. -j All • ;during"::> $g :\ id>yy h£ i»^^ •;He,-ha.d;se^.2th>^'9^g^if^ipn..;gts^ •-.'day »;,■'..• ,^at:|^c^^ic^o|nfi^a^jc?r^ ■■■■o»Pa»PßP.VPfli'*frJt^^J!*r^Ai%tpWO, viaghtv^eii^ut^p^lWt,^^ ajdjijt h ;4;hpug)i^^|^bi»uM- ) appeap]^t^n!|l4i 'tq,?rjf iKJthjß^tthingj i Andy fiji%ny,;ii^idfe"K r£ : o-!, jls'-I'' &■ vj''i r >{ A;ylargetsedaj|iVs^iijig;put ■frpni.fb.ehpd: ;.ra"j.bjgi;tra^kica'ndf;^p'efede4i l ttp;"^ ib'h'^the:'iwin^i^j:itwo^a:neftt;,rp;a;dyir;^he iv'driyflr^ same. i ;.thing ! f:nn^rp,usj;tim^»fit%Tl;}iday^^ around . ; the^curyß.-:J^h'e.n^th^e^t}iWd^^Bc l '«^ j .of j th^iafrfp ■;! stop, fiand' bp.tfa;! ea'fß .^wcje : .-h"em-ijt?d;: ?nisby' ,*h,? . tijj.elc<|6..n;ii,^si.^v,.Bide; 'ian^: aj,mojii^tai|i^aljjonjithf (ptjfcf^itTiieiri Ivir,asi^pljs:^e^yi:^^eij^^ ;,cj(?.^ibih,ed i (j _spe.e A 4r*9P|ii|Oii9gs'si liefj^ett eightyi an"d a^^''hiin'dred^piiljia^aji^ourT-' and-^:the';':'ineyitable i.apcidentij w^s; 'Cjoni-i •plefe.d.—-several j .pejio'psj kiijedfj andVin-! -•jiwe I d^(j"tyo;'..:''. t Vv.a'utoihob : ii(S^>;.;rJientifely' i He comments : that it jis ■' human • taTte^a^ch'airceJi^'SerCdiffer^ iclasii'. -ot "accidenti"'rffoin':''"'careTessnessi ' These^dnverii^"afe/npticareftil;Jtbey, Sake a chance J quite; ; literally;-. 'they !.*: af c. gamblers and'■sometimes they : loso out.1 • Nobody > can i go rWi 'gamblings and iWia ..for,.-, eyer..v>-The accident.f.pr.ob/lcm is ;'•;«(" problem,^pf ■•\h'ii i ma&..^'^iay^ou^.-'.'tA!...d.TJy(Bi!. has "to" 'learn "to: coh'trol' ahd:!'rest'rainl ihim"self;'ana his! accident; is" Jcertainlyjdn: the v'wayi,:!;