MOTOR ACCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 228, 20 June 1919, Page 8

MOTOR ACCIDENTS

Sir The increasing number pfmotoi accidents shows the urgent need for the co-operation of motorists, councils, members of education boards, school committees, ■ and representatives of insurance companies that bold accident risks in a campaign .to educate the public, and especially school children, .to avoid motor traffic. 'No motor-car driver desires to meet with an accident, but the public has not yet realised that a. new type of vehicle is on the road, and it is the duty of the pedestrian, as much as of the car driver to observe traffic regulations and not meander in a haphazard style about the streets. The chief offenders are o d people and children. The odor, people will not agree to recognise the right of motorists and children do not realise the danger. In America, Australia, and otner countries a great deal has been done, to inculcate the motor avoiding habit, and once people get that habit motors are avoided automatically and without nconvenience. The kmematograph fl m has been put to good use to educate children to avoid traffic, while boy scouts with signs upon which are instructions how to walk have been used o educate pedestrians. In all motor accidents tho L driver is not to blame; tne pedestrian £ a contributing factor, and for the safety of all a thorough educational campaign cannot be undertaken too soon.I am, etc., STTJ ART. WILSON.