Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1925, Page 65

Aum HEAI]“GHTS (Grade-Crossing Accidents Laid To Indtfference of Motorist| (10,000 l)ead and 30 000 In]uwd Is Toll for Last Five Years—C. B. Auel Emphasizes Need for b(lfeh. FOUND DEFECTIVE Inspection Shows 75 Per| Cent of Those Used in District Are Faulty. | | S | Indifference of the motoring pub-c |lic to the dangers lurking at rail |road crossi is heid to be respon- r- | sible for ity of the traffic ac- |t cidents t his is the conclusion of safety experts making a study with 1 view to minimizing the number these accidents In the five years ending this month it is pointed out, approximately 10,000 S| persons have been killed and 30.000 {injured at grade crossings. 80 ver | cent of the accidents involving the oc- »biles. Despite the at most grade cross cidents are due to physical ha such as the obstructed view ailroad right of way, an analysis |1 shows that 70 per en: daylight and 63 per & where the view is un. 14 per cent where the lides with the side of mov and a majority at crossings | hich the driver is wholly Approximately 7 automobiies ating with cording in the Distri defective automobile nduct t <hts and proval of fact, it is expl sible for the the use of © streets. Inspections, show, reveal age of defect of cars, runni cent in some cases lenses, improperly weak lam dealers h the 1 mu venes reports percent | Badly djusted n defective iver ¢ headlight Motorists Accepting Because of the stress by the director of traffic on the use and abuse and of the intention the traffic authorities s enforce the headligh thousands of Washin, with miliar. Adrice ] being placed at this of headligh 2 part of ingently to Cut in Fatalities. Many States. it is pointed out by C sident of the Nations wre devoting much at- at grade crossings |1 cutting down the e inspec: | number of ities at thesé points. he dealer The ideal solution of the problem Auto: course,” would be the elimination of | and : of - Director | itself," s are | this is g and | sibility District. | would include are au Sl inspection cer-|involve the expenditure of $20.000,000 recognized by the |00, The work would require 300 | that the holder | vears in its completio < car inspected and tia] and immedi { leavir almost as logic tomobile altogether as to rely o Mr. ) y virtu: a hys f gr the Jon class 1 1 1s alone and would thereof has hs that at the time ice station was in proper grades. the railroads bearing the half of the expense and’ suburbs, and Cleveland have f |sands of dollars in grade separation | { work travel are being constructed to avoid frequent crossing of railroad tracks. In from coast to of da has only concerned the relocation of highways which cross and recross railroad track | ing of obstructed views | and the planning of concrete and States in this matter | first_conference of State railvoad and | | utilities commissioners cago recently for oints is gradually | ernment to States in their | straightening the motor | locomotive these government | dent-prevention wor a further and more co THE SUNDAY STAR, SAVING OF PARKING SPACE HERE URGED iDrivers Play Too Safe, Leav- ing Cars Too Far From Fire Plugs and Corners. separating certain dangerous ther | Other cities, no- | Wbly New York and suburb: ton Kansas City, St. Louis so spent thou Conservation of parking space as an |important step in the hetterment of local motoring conditions is being 'Inzrd by Ernest N. Smith, general er of the American Automobile m “Oun ne to Make Change. national through ing space is being wasted rists who need it most, declares Mr. Smith. Through greater efficiency use of available space, he s would be far casier to park c |the downtown section of the o arteries of in time it will he possible to motor ast with a minimum | ger from 2 trains “What the Sta e accomplished dwork, such as co-erdinate effort on their part in the future. No one pol or social &roup can escape the lusion that the public accident problem and its more particular grade-crossing enigma requires some immediate and expedi tious solution “Grade-crossing terists are seldom due to mechanical defects in locomotives or automobiles. They are due to the failure of human beings in one way or another. The greatest failure of the public in this matter is its indifference “It is this indifference which causes an automobile driver to race a train for the crossing: which causes him deliberately to ¢ in front of an on r1ushing train because he thinks he can beat f{t; whic causes him to disregard signals warning of thd ap proach of trains. s annot be stopped in a few omobile can, and it is for the pedestrian it rests on the automobile the man to be prepared for The way a minimum of the future. The most co-operative effort of the has been the | rossings in accidents to mo- held in Chi the study of the sing hazard and possible ard the solution of the prob- Grade separation at dangerous © being effected in In Pennsylvania vear-out separation srced. Under the Fed- | act elimination of dan railroad-highway crossings is being _ effected - through nancial aid given by the Federal Gov work of roads and separating path from that of the The steadily increasing functior fons in a s indicative of | t perative and | the safest ment and ir elimination of all grade crossi requiremen reoui immediate relief from accidents. Must Be Made Safe. However gerous | tatamou nce with the I ht and brake | At the sepa n of dan-| de remains duty the financi ouid be borne ipality which 1 proceed in an || hd expeditious manner. Dan- | st be made physi as possible. | are focused properl Motive Governing the Driver. s attendant dangers to > highway is not um-i not | for the railvoads alone to solve. Nor heces. |Is it one for which the public can be in or. |held solely responsible. | Dpedes.| “There must be ipation of city, that | State and Federal governments in the | which [ movement to prevent the increasing | toll of lives which the crossings are | another only desirable sary on dimly streets der to avoid ac nts with trians. To the extent, however bright lights a heam dazzles or blinds approaching me torist they are a menace taking in this countrs each year “If more motorists would have the| “Cities have. in “some instances., headlights of cars adjusted to[given their share of assistance in the | conform to the requir ra down in the new tra there would fewe blindi he: Power in Oil! HAVOLINE OIL POWER TEST ON WASSON MOTOR CHEGK itely \gerous crossings the pos. Chicago and 1 pen: ;. 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