a CL a es ca a EE roAT * + < - 2 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs, May 14 1959. THOUGHTS FOR OUR TIME ' BY HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL McGUIGAN Rg i ee i tbetsts g a ag WEEE eebekt #5 Revolutionary War, the Civil W the: First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict: 1,227,914 killed and 40,500,000 injured. EVERY 15 MINUTES The tragedy may be put in ano- ther graphic way: In the United States there is a road death every 15 minutes, and three road ca- second. That is, every day 96 people who rise from bed healthy do not live to see the morrow because of auto- mobile accidents. Actuaries working on the Aus- tratian statistics have warned the peop's of ‘hat country that im any average young family of five, r’ whem the father would be 3, ‘3:2 mother 30, with children -* 7, 5 and an infant, one of the » 's doomed to become a road nt victim! 4 F.om the economic standpoint it hes been estimated that road accidents cost the United States approximately two billion dollars each year, a sum that might f EFS H 85 5 rat a Lae z i E 5 i; i POWER-HO tractors wetthoet soppeng or cubobeegy. Bany hendong boterce Sine iihed som toils. 4 models — 2 to 6.6 hp. Ove: PO wort coweng etechenemts. prices stort ef | 175.00 BOLENS GARDEN EQUIPMENT AND LAWN MOWERS Keith Carmichael Ltd. PLUMBING & HEATING Brackley Pt. Rd. Dial 6423 serve as yearly wages for some 400,000 workers. It is easy to see how important it ig that everyone endeavor to limit, to the greatest of his pow- er, the number of these accidents, | The situation would doubtless be greatly eased if everyone were keenly aware of his moral obli- gatnons as a driver. This is es- pecially so if we realize that most accidents are caused by carelessness. Excessive speed is the number- one killer every year. Inattention on the part of drivers follows rey of eo aets ¢ . Ppassen- gers and other road users, fol- Supt. Joseph Marshall Belie, 51, lowed by intoxication on th e/| a native of Kenora, Ont., has been part of drivers and mechanical| promoted to acting commissioner defects in motor vehicles. Analy-| in the RCMP. He joined the force sis reveals that the driver or} ;. im 1928 and has seen service in all someone else is responsible for bins western provinces. In Decem- 9% per cent of traffic deaths. —_| her, 1958, he assumed his present There is a morality governing | position as director of security automobile driving just as there is| and intelligence at. for any human ect. The problem | here. (CP Photo) is not so much ne : moral principles on this point, as of getting people to apply, te mot- ROLLO BAY or driving, moral principles) ol which ere quite eimple and well} Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Chaisson known im other contexts, but| and Mr. Freddie Chaisson, Brigh-|. which people never think of ap-|ton, Mass., are spending e few plying in this one. days with relatives and friends}. A car is, from one point of|in Rollo Bay. view, a potentially dangerous and| Mr. Reginald Peters who is a lethal weapon. The same princip-| patient at the Provincial Sani- les apply te carelessness ia its |torium ig spending the week-end use as apply to carelessness with | at his in Souris West. a shotgun. But, for some reason,| His many friends regret to people do not seem to apply to/learn that Mr. Henry Chaisson, the one case principles which| Rollo Bay is not enjoying good they readily recognice as -valid| health and is receiving medical for the other. care at his home. ; The moral principles involved} Mr. and Mrs. Terence Doucett here are simple and straightfor-| Brighton, Mass., are on a short ward and follow directly from | visit to their respective parents, the natural law and from the/Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doucette, fifth commandment, We are/and Mr.-and Mrs. Henry Chais- gravely bound to respect the life| son, Rollo Bay. and. bodiig integrity ef ourselves; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mullally and of our neighbor. and family, Souris West, motor- us G ed to Wood Island on Sunday, To kill an innocent human be- ' s : ; - |dence, no one is hit. A person ee ee ica vat badly |who drives a car in a grossly over one does serious wrong, not reckless manner is in a closely merely when he intentionally | P@7@llel_ situation. ‘causes death or bodily injury, but also when he does so unin- : tentionally, if the damage is caus- I; ‘ed by. negligence on his part l There is, however, another i \ princivle which is not always ad- Hilt verted to. It is that a person who HK 2 is guilty of gross negligence in the | ness, your “stock driving of a car doés something i loss through gravely wrong whether an acci-! HH dent results or not. A person who | HH is quilty of gross negligence in Hill al duty to drive with reasonable Hilt care. If he grossly neglects that Wifi duty then he is guilty of serious;| | il wrong, and other things being | Ih equal, the only difference which | Nii the actual occurrence of an ac- } | cident would make is that he| Hl — theréby contract a further i mo: obligation to repair the} i] . davenaih tee tins Gone ‘6 pereen ox i | @ CHARLOTTETOWN reise. il @ MONTAGUE A person who fires a shot into | @ crowd does not escape grave) moral guilt if, by God's provi- | YOUR POSSESSIONS! The things you live witnh—your home, your bust- in trade’’—are all subject to accident or circumstances beyond your control. For your own sense of security, you should learn how easily you can be protected. We will be glad of an opportunity to serve you. * HYNDMAN & CO. LTD. 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