AVERAGE DRIVER IS SKILFUL
We must recognize that not only does the average person think he knows how to drive and avoid accidents, but he actually does, most >of the time, says an American writer. Thirty million motor-cars each being driven about 10,000 miles a year provide us with the astronomical figure of 300,000,000,000 car miles. Divide this incomprehensible statistic by the 39,000 motor traffic fatalities—almost half of which were pedestrians—and we are forced to the conclusion that the average American driver does know how and does drive skillfully and safely most of the time.
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Southland Times, Issue 23648, 25 October 1938, Page 11
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95AVERAGE DRIVER IS SKILFUL Southland Times, Issue 23648, 25 October 1938, Page 11
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