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Chronicle (Levin), 22 March 1947, Page 2

What have i done: Don't turn away. Stop a'moment and be . 5^1 honest with yourself. You think an accident can't happen to you — but there have been a m, 'ot other people who thought the same thing once. Haven't there been times when ^ K/ — you've taken risks— times you'd rather forget when you've had narrow escapes— when your ' ''^e anc' t'ie l'ves everyone in your car have ^een Iu'te 'itera"X in your hands. Nobody's lucky all the time. This might have Wl ^een you — that child might have been your something you don't even like to Ok> is the grim fact confronting every road user* ^'nce release of petrol the accident rate has r'sen steeply. It is still rising. ^ Insurance Company, in the in4;/ 4 terests of all motonsts, offers this message of 4^''# warning. The facts are that until we get new cars» new tyes, and can solve the problem of adequately servicing and repairing present WlmmmM ' s*x *° *en ^eaT car is entirely WjMmSe&ii reliable when subjected to Ihe siresses 4^ r mmmm °f high speeds. ATo aged tyre is safe at high speeds . One or the other is likety to fail you at ' 4" a critical moment. Look at that illustration. b"ee it in terms oi -vs. your own youngsters. Recall how all your tyrej for extra vmue . . . extra prqtection are; how o!d your car is.. Recognise that deatffi ^ ~ _ scarring and maiming are the terrible and I l| ill entirely real results of most serious road I iwH Ur accidents. Then decide that the speed is just mo*th KtANe hoto« union iNsunAnci coMPAMT not worth the risk. Motoring can still be all _ ,, , , . pleasure if we all drive more slowly. Ftill details from the Office of the L j , ^ n, .>■ . , Compan,., P.O. Box 1348, Wellington; 1°^ '"teH'gent motontts w,ll apprecate that an/ Branch Office or agent; or from any for P°5t-war drlving its farbetter to have Automobile Assn., Secretary, Agent or N.I.M.U. Insurance and not need it — than to / uniformed patroL need it and not have it. ) . ' • - " f u ■ ■ . I ■ II ■■ 4