Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1935, Page 4

AITD SPEED I INFAGTORYURGE Safety Drive Commentator| Says Pace Is Key to Sane Operation. Speed mania has gripped the great majority our our population and is being “assiduously cultivated and en- couraged.” in the opinion of John W. Bennett, one of the many who have written to The Star Safety Council| in connection with its safety cam- paign. Bennett believes that the whole | safety problem hinges upon speed and | that the only solution is to prevent speeding by prohibiting the manufac- ture of fast automotive vehicles. His letter follows: “Everybody applauds any attempt to do away with the brutal slaughter | which is being wrought in our streets | by speed maniacs at the wheels of au- | tomobiles. I am not finding fault! with the good intentions manifested in | your diligent campaign for better conditions. I do wish, however, that you would use your great energies and extensive influence to some purpose in this campaign by realistically fac- ing the problem to be solved. Speed Is Crux, “Everybody capable of worth-while thought upon the subject has reached i the conclusion that the problem | hinges upon speed. A thousand ," drivers more or less skillful and more or less fitted to drive cannot be trusted to use upon the public high- ways machines capable of going ai express-train speed without making these highways scenes of death and disaster. Laws will not prevent the driving of these machines at the high speed of which they are capable.| Speed mania has gripped the great ‘majority of our population. It is being | assiduously cultivated and encouraged. | Ladies’ Aid for Cake and Safety Mrs. Lillian McGrory of the Ladies’ Aid of the Lutheran Church of the Atonement follows the lead of the association of Lutheran ministers by signing The Evening Star safety pledge, while other members of the society look on. drivers who are.responsible for acci- dents, the streets and highways would | be reasonably safe for the purposes for which they are legitimately intended. Police cars of distinctive design might be made fast. Then criminality of certain types would quickly slump, for violent crimirals would not get away THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1935. onds of befhg run down by two taxi- cabs, respectively. First, by a right- hand turn and then by a left-hand turn. Other pedestrians by quick jumping escaped with their lives, “When I loudly admonished both | drivers in turn, they politely told me to | “go to hell,” and then sped away. | groups will be asked to co-operate in | Maguire’s committee on the need of enforcing ordinances or regulations covering the trimming or elimination of hedges, shrubbery or other obstruc- tions to clear vision at intersections or other points. A number of areas in the county, it is brought out, have regulations with regard to hedges, which are not enforced. Such obstruc- tions, the committee points out, are potential sources of accident. One of the objectives of the drive now being sponsored by the clubwomen of the county, therefore, is the elimination of these obstructions. In order that this objective may be accomplished, Mrs. Maguire believes it will be necessary property owners in county communities. To aid Mrs. Maguire in carrying out the county-wide safety drive, B. Peyton Whalen, president of the Montgomery County Federation of ‘Women's Clubs, has appointed the fol- lowing women: Mrs. A. R. Selby, Germantown; Mrs. C. W. Tenny, Gar- rett Park; Mrs. Ronald McDonald, ‘Woodside; Mrs. Arthur L. Smith, Lay Hill; Mrs, H. H. Hallett, Forest Glen; Mrs. Hugh Thompson, Rock- ville; Mrs. John G. Thompson, Belts- ville; Mrs. A. Btookhouse Foster, Be- thesda; Mrs. Lawrence Price,' Barnes- ville; Mrs. Mahlon V. Kirk and Mrs. Francis M. Hallowell, Sandy Spring; Mrs. Edward M. Willis, Chevy Chase; Mrs, Jesse E. Swigart, Chevy Chase; Mrs, F. A, Linzell, Chevy Chase; Mrs. James White, Boyds; Mrs. Robert W. Allnut, Boyds; Mrs. J. C. Dulin, jr., Friendship Heights; Mrs. John 8. Lar- combe, Washington Grove; Mrs. George Landick, jr., Kensington; Mrs. Donald DeLashi.utt, Rockville; Mrs. William B. Horne, Somerset; Mrs. Beryl English and Mrs. 8. M. Deffin- baugh, Silver Spring, and Mrs. Mor- ris K. Barroll, Kensington. Care has been taken in the appoint- ment of committee members to assure representation from practically every section of the county. Each to Be Responsible Each committee member will be re- sponsible for the conduct of the safety NOLAN Will Open Your Eyes With Gigantic Savings ~—Star Staff Photo. Safety (Continued Prom First Page) the safe-driving campaign, not only | by signing up individual drivers, but | to secure the co-operation of individual | grot ‘Taking away of licenses to drive and so easily as now in their 80-or-80- impounding cars of persons respon.:!)ble | miles-an-hour cars. for accidents may have some effect | = it rigidly enforced. Courts as now | Trains Would Benefit, constituted are incapable of such | “Speed lovers or speed maniacs rigid enforcement. | would take express trains or airplanes, ”1;‘9 r:;nedyfi B":‘ the only efl‘etctti;;e where they wou'd be relatively harm- remedy, en, lies beginning at e automobile factories and seeing to it‘k“- Our railroads would Deneflt that no family car is made capable | greatly, especially by the elimination of running more than 30 miles an | of dangerously fast heavy trucks and hour and no heavy truck or bus ca- | busses.” pable of running more than 15 or| Excerpts from some of the other let- 20 miles an hour. That would save | ters received by The Star Council fol- probably 20,000 lives yearly in the|low: United States and half a million m-‘ “Twice on Saturday evening last in juries annuaily. Then with the dis- | crossing M street at Wisconsin avenue qualification of drinking drivers or | on a green light I was within split secs Safe Driving Pledge IN THE interest of accident prevention and safer conditions on the streets and highways and in co-operation with the Safety Council of The Evening Star, I promise to: Never operate at reckless speed. Drive on right of highway. Stop at all S-T-O-P signs. Refrain from jumping traffic lights. Make turns from the proper lanes. Signal before turning or stopping. Give right of way in doubtful cases. Heed pedestrians’ rights. Never pass on curve or top of hill. Slow down at intersections and schools. Keep my vehicle in safe condition. Be courteous and considerate of others. @ (2100 =1 ih v Addressi =222 i cao s . nanen ol Employer The Safety Council Of The Cbening Star ‘Washington, D. C. 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