MAY 20. 1950 .

THE GUARDIAN. Cl-lARl.()T'l'ETOWN

Highway and Traffic Safety We3kMay Zilsitto

g,Cars are nol: killers by themselves...

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you can really trust an automobile these days. Mechanically. they are a pretty safe proposition. But you can't always trust the man . or woman at the wheel.

Most of the traffic accidents this vacation season- by a tremendous margin - will be dueto HUMAN FAILURE . . . not to anything going wrong with the car itself. Drivers will fall asleep. They will pass on hills and curves. They will take their eyes off the road for iust a little instant. They will do other foolish things. forgetting that the impact of a collision at 60 miles per hour is precise- ly the same as driving a car off the roof of a fourteen story building.

We feel it will be helpful and in the public interest as the summer driving season begins to list a few time tested reminders. which. if followed. may save a good many lives this year - perhaps your own.

I. Don't drive when tired or sleepy. Pull off the road and take a nap.

2. Reduce speed after dark. Reduce speed drastically in fog. storm or wet weather.

3. Turn on lights AT SUNSET. Dusk is a dangerous time to drive without lights. Dim your lights when approaching oncoming traffic. Keep all lamps. windshield and rear window clean.

Chock tlrepnssure frequently on long drives. especially in hot weather. 5. NEVER TAKE A CHANCE.

6. Don't drive after drinking. You may not feel those "two beers" but your reaction time is dangerously slowed.

7. Always take it for granted that the driver in the "other car" is stark raving crazy-and drive accordingly. -

0. Caution your toon-agers to drive carefully.

9. Urge hldi schools to teach a "safe driving" course. if they are not , doing so. . . '

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SAVE. use . BE CAREFUL

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HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. WEEK

is Sponsored by the

ONAIILOTTETOWN JUNIOR ONAMBER OF OOMMEIIOE

In Co-operation with

S Dept. Public Works & Highways

" The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. '

"' The Charlottetown Police Dept.

In The Interest OI Reducing

l'A1'ALl-'l.'Il3. ACCIDENT! AND

TRAFFIC INFIIACTIONS

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This space is donated in the interest oi "SAFETY WEEK" by the following auto- mobile dealers:-r

HORNE MOTORS

CHEVROLET AND OLDSMOBILE 168 Kent St. Phone 678 or 1707

W. R. JENKINS

HUDSON AND INTERNATIONAL HILLMAN MINX AND VANGUARD 208-212 Gt. Geo. St.

Phone 2163 & 2164

ALLISON MacLEOO

PONTIAC AND BUICK y VAUXHALL Cumberland St. Phone 200

STERLING MacKAY

WILLIS CARS. TRUCKS and JEEPS St. Avard's. Ch'town R.R. 3 Phone 2640-L

snawnnr Morons LTD.

MERCURY AND METEOR ANGLIA AND PREFECT 224 Gt. Geo. St. ' Phone 831

W. G. BARBOIIR

DODGE AND DESOTO ' I23-I27 Euston St. Phone 2307

T. G. IVES

STUDEBAKER

219 Gt. Geo. St. Phone 1117

S. R. JOHNSTON LTO.

FORD AND MONARCH ANGLIA AND PREFECT St. Peter's Rd. Phone 262

F. R. McLAINE LTO.

CHRYSLER AND PLYMOUTH I69 Grafton St. Phone 860

OIIIIAR MOTORS

AUSTIN CARS

164 Prince St. Phone 1276

MARTIN'S GARAGE

PACKARD CAR

256 Queen St. Phone 440

l'iREEN'S SIARAOE

NASH CANADIAN STATESMAN St. Peter's Rd.. Ch'town R.R. 3. Phone 1106-L

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