Even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro \u2026 <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014Dan. 12:4<\/i><\/p>\n
361<\/b> U. S. Traffic Fatalities<\/b><\/p>\n
More people have died in traffic accidents since Americans began using automobiles than in all the wars the US has ever fought.<\/p>\n
Between 1900 and 1930, more people were killed and injured celebrating Independence Day than in the War of Independence itself.<\/p>\n
In 1978, 52,000 Americans lost their lives in highway accidents. This compared with 55,100 deaths in 1973 amounts to a reduction of 18%. The lower death rates were attributed to the \u201973 oil embargo which lowered US speed limits to 55 miles per hour and reduced driving.<\/p>\n
362<\/b> Fatal Days Of Week<\/b><\/p>\n
According to insurance statistics, motor vehicle accident deaths are most frequent on Saturday, with Sunday running a close second. These two days together contribute approximately two fifths of the accidents with fatal outcome. Holidays also are marked by a high toll of motor vehicle fatalities. Christmas Day, or one of the two days preceding it, usually is found to have the worst record for the year. New Year\u2019s Day also ranks high.<\/p>\n
363<\/b> First Auto Accident<\/b><\/p>\n
The first automobile accident occurred on May 30, 1896, in New York City when a car driven by Henry Welles ran into bicycle rider Evelyn Thomas, fracturing her leg.<\/p>\n
364<\/b> First Auto Traffic Death<\/b><\/p>\n
The first auto traffic death was registered on September 13, 1899. On that date H. H. Bliss, a real estate dealer, was killed in New York City as he was returning from a successful interview. He stepped from the trolley at Central Park West at 74th Street. A passing auto struck him down, and he became the first of the over two million Americans and Canadians to lose their lives this way.<\/p>\n
That figure tops the total number of casualties in all the wars of American and Canadian history.<\/p>\n
\u2014Christian Victory<\/i><\/p>\n
365<\/b> Death Car Of Sarajevo<\/b><\/p>\n
The tragedy that precipitated World War I started with \u201cthe death car of Sarajevo.\u201d On June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated while riding in that car, igniting the World War. In the following 12 years, the car changed hands 15 times\u2014figuring in six major accidents which killed 13 people and injured many. Its last collison happened in Rumania where it became a total wreck. It was repaired and repainted but preserved in Vienna, never to be used again.<\/p>\n
366<\/b> Psyching Speeders In Japan<\/b><\/p>\n
To slow down speeders in Japan, where traffic accidents kill 47 people a day, the police have taken to psychological warfare by planting dummy cops near intersections and in the bushes along country roads. The police claim that 99% of motorists hit the brakes when they spot the dummies, especially at night when headlights make the fakes look all the more realistic.<\/p>\n
367<\/b> Hymns For Speeders<\/b><\/p>\n
An Anglican clergyman has suggested suitable hymns for drivers who have the urge to speed:<\/p>\n
At 75 miles an hour: \u201cNearer, My God, to Thee.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 85 miles an hour: \u201cWhen the Roll is Called Up Yonder, I\u2019ll Be there.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 95 miles an hour: \u201cLord, I m Coming Home.\u201d<\/p>\n
368<\/b> Not Really Shortcuting<\/b><\/p>\n
Onetime Indianapolis Speedway Driver Cliff Bergere drove a 15-block course in Colorado Springs, Colo., carefully adhering to traffic rules, finished in nine minutes and 35.1 seconds. Then, with police permission, he went around again at illegal speeds; he broke 52 traffic rules but was able to cut only 3.9 seconds off his previous mark.<\/p>\n
\u2014Time<\/i><\/p>\n
369<\/b> Kissing Versus Car Control<\/b><\/p>\n
At Boston, police arrested a woman for kissing in an automobile. Nothing wrong in this, except that she was driving the car at 45 miles per hour and the kiss lasted 5 minutes. Moreover, the car was whizzing along without lights. \u201cOsculation,\u201d ruled Boston\u2019s Motor Vehicle Commissioner Frank Godwin, \u201cshould be performed only when the car is stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lady\u2019s partner claimed that he was in a hurry to get home to his wife, and that if she stopped the car for five minutes, he might make the wife angry. The Commissioner suspended the lady\u2019s license for one week \u201cto get the kissing out of her system in the next seven days.\u201d<\/p>\n
370<\/b> Epigram On Auto Accidents<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Fast, reckless driving often leads to slow, soft music.<\/p>\n
\u2014E. C. Mckenzie<\/p>\n
\u2022 Seen on entering St. John, Ind. : \u201cDrive Carefully. See St. John. Not St. Peter.\u201d<\/p>\n
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