ROAD INSTINCT
"Animals have now developed a roa« instinct, but children, must still be trained," said Lieut-Colonel J. A.-A. Pickard, secretary of the National Safety First Association, at a Londori conference recently. "?»*s.??£ ago dogs preferred to take the* nap in the middle of the road. Hens in variably flew across the road a front of your car. The chicken « .toaaj. however, hatches out with an instinct of road sense. It flies into the hedge, not into the road. Dogs are equally road wary. You will see them look before crossing. They recognise the warning of the horn and stop, or even get back on the pavement. But 11 may be many generations before babies are born with a road sense instinct. Nevertheless, in London, where safetj, first teaching was started nearly twentjr years ago, the number of children killed on the roads has remained practically stationary, despite the phenomenal increase in traffic, though in-tna same period the number of adults KHied yearly has trebled."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1936, Page 14
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