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THE CHOWAN HERALD EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 19S0.
Night Driving Less
Dangerous Than Day
Says CMC President
8,589 Accidents At Night
In 1949; 12,613 In
Daylight
Night driving in the Carolinas is
less dangerous than day driving in
total number of accidents, but is
eight per cent more dangerous in the
number of accidents which prove fa
tal, Coleman W. Roberts, president of
the Carolina Motor Club, reports.
Night highway accidents account for
49 per cent of the Carolinas’ traffic
fatalities, while resulting in only 41
per cent of the total accidents.
Os 31,904 accidents reported in the
Carolinas in 1949, only 13,139 occur
red at night' against 18,765 daylight
accidents. However, fatal accidents ,
jumped to 580 in the Carolinas for
night driving as compared with 619
daylight fatalities for the two states.
National figures indicate that night
driving is 36 per cent less dangerous
than day in total number of accidents
but is 23.5 per cent more dangerous |
in the number of fatal accidents.
The chief cause of night traffic’s
fatality rate per vehicle per mile or
per accident is unsafe visability due to
darkness and the lack of adequate
light. Conservative estimates indicate
that inadequate light and the resulting
reduced visability can be charged, di
rectly or indirectly, with 59 per cent
of night traffic deaths, or approxi
mately 10,000 lives annually.
In North Carolina in 1949 8,589 ac
cidents occurred at night against 12,-
613 in daylight. In South Carolina,
4,550 accidents occurred at night
against 6,152 during the day.
In fatalities, South Carolina shows
that 242 deaths occurred at night as
compared with 234 in daylight. How
ever, in North Carolina, 338 were kill
ed in night accidents as compared
with 385 during daylight.
Farm Fire Loss
Can Be Reduced
Losses Caused By Farm
Fires In 1949 Soared
To $95,000,000
Reduction of life and property losses
caused by fire is the purpose of Nat
ional Fire Prevention Week, October
8-14. It is customary for the week
to include the date on which the great
Chicago fire started—October 9, 1871.
Farm fire losses amounted to $95,-
000,000 in 1949. Farm fires are of
ten total losses. About a fifth of the
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property value of the farms is des
troyed, as an average, each time a
fire gets out of hand. In some areas
the average loss is much higher, and
in big fires there is added loss of life
and suffering from major burns.
H. M. Ellis, in charge of agricultural
engineering for the State College Ex
tension Service, points out that all
fires Btart as small fires, and most
of them could be prevented. Some
precautions are:
Have a portalble-type water extin
guisher handy. If you have a pres
sure system, have spigots fitted for
hose.
Have proper extinguishers ready for
electrical and flammable liquid fires—
don’t use water. Keep at hand a
sturdy ladder long enough to reach
the roof of farm buildings.
To prevent fires, don't smoke in the
bam, in bed, or near flammable liq
uids. Don’t refuel tractor while motor
is running or hot. Don’t use kero
sene or gasoline to hasten fires. Don’t
overload the wiring system—check it
frequently. Don’t operate or store
the tractor in the bam. Don’t locate
fuel tanks close to buildings; put them
on the downward slope.
A single grateful thought toward
Heaven is the most perfect prayer.
—G. E. Lessing.
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