First-Aid Service Stations

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18366, 7 April 1934, Page 9

First-Aid Service Stations

AT 10-mile intervals along the paved ™ highway 354 miles long which joins Toronto and Montreal first-aid stations arc being equipped and provided for passing motorists. Three hundred miles of this highway are in Ontario, forming part of what is known by law as the King’s Highway. The maximum speed permitted is 35 miles :m hour. Fifty-four miles are in Quebec, with a speed limit of 30 miles. The first-aid stations arc being installed through an arrangement made by the’ St. .John Ambulance Association, the Canadian Red Cross and tho Ontario Motor League. "The plan of operation calls for setting up adequate first-aid supply depots at 10-milo spaces, in garages or private homes. Each will be in charge of a trained person, and a few other persons in the immediate vicinity will bo trained also in first aid. It is the theory that any one of these persons will be able to utilise the equipment, in case of accident, pending tho arrival of a physician. Uniform signs will be erected to mark the stations, and roadside signs will indicate the distance to the next depot. They will be supervised to some extent by the Ontario provincial police in their highway patrol.