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BY THOMAS BOATB
Director, Special Service DWision,
National Consemnoit Bureau
Have you ever faced a single on
rushing headlight and uneasily won
dered whether the approaching ve
hicle was a motorcycle or an auto
mobile with one headlightnot work
ing 1 Have you ever frantically
stabbed, at the horn button , in an
emergency and received only- silence
or jammed on brakes that would
not hold, or that spun the car around
Ijke a top? Have you ever felt a
blowout drag at the wheel and swerve
your car like a clutching hand? If
you have, you ' realize these things
cause accidents, and that keeping a
motor vehicle in good repair is high
ly important as a preventative
measure.
Defective equipment is reported
to be curreetnly the cause of 18
of the nation's traffic accident fat
alities. That represents a steady in
crease in accidents resulting from
this cause, beginning with 8 for
the last pre-war year.
Faulty brakes, improper lights and
overworn tires constituted nearly
half of the mechanical deficiencies.
Recent evidence developed by the
National Brake Emphasis Program
reveals that 14.3 of vehicles check
ed had faulty brakes. More thorough
brake tests which include equaliza
tion, made in connection with period
ic inspection programs, usually dev
elop that 40 to 60 of the vehicles
have poor brakes.
Greater traffic safety results from
frequent inspections. This has been
the experience of states and cities
having a periodic inspection program.
The purpose of periodic motor ve
hicle inspection is to discover any
maladjustments in vehicles that
might lead to accidents and, by cor
recting those maladjustments, to pre
vent accidents.
There are 10 major benefits result
ing from motor vehicle inspection:
(1) It improves the general
standard of vehicle condition.
(2) It maintains an automobile
at a higher value level by lessening
depreciation.
(3) It affords opportunity to
check motor and serial numbers ac
tually on the vehicle against regis
tration certificates, and in other
ways to assist in the enforcement of
motor vehicle laws.
(4) It improves the quality of
garage workmanship in making ad
justments and repairs.
(5) It provides an excellent op
portunity to inform drivers abeut the
condition of their cars and their res
ponsibility for driving safely 366
days in the year.
(6) The psychological effect on
the driver is considerable,
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motorist who haa been shown that
his brakes meet only the minimum
requirements will tend to drive more
carefully.
(7) Inspections also help to ed
ucate and keep car owners aware
that certain parts need periodic at
tention and that it is less expensive
to have the vehicle checked regularly
and kept in repair than to wait untH
a breakdown occurs.
(8) Rejection of a vehicle usually
informs the motorist in a specific
way that he is driving an unsafe car,
and that as a consequence he is lia
ble to be held as the negligent party
in the event of a collision with a car
that has been properly maintained.
(9) The driver who subjects his
car to periodic inspection tends to
cooperate with enforcement officers
and the general public in the obser
vance of traffic rules and regulations.
(10) Periodic inspection provides
for the motorist an inexpensive main
tenance service not available else
where. In 1946, police officers of the
United States, Canada and Honolulu,
examined nearly 3 million vehicles
during a six-week accident prevention
program. They round that at.oc
of all vehicles examined nearly one
third had obvious and hazardous
mechanical defects.
A total of 2,860,346 vehicle checks
(were made. Of this number, 922,
1 775 had one or more defects. The
total number of defects reported by
types was 1,231,161 almost one
dangerous defect for every two cars
examined.
In the United States, 2,718,076
vehicles were checked: 872,290 or
32.1 had defects. In Canada police
checked 128,814 vehicles, 44,107, or
34.2 of which were defective.
In the State of New Jersey, during
the first motor vehicle inspection
year, there were 413 fewer fatalities,
or a reduction of 30, as compared
with the preceding year. Total re
portable accidents and non-fatal in
juries also decreased iavc. ims
substantial reductioa has been c6n
sistently sustained through the years.
Motor vehicle inspections in the
United States have been recognized
as an accident prevention medium
since 1927, when several eastern
states developed "Save A Life" cam
paigns.
There has been steady development
toa pre-war total of 8,500,000 motor
vehicles being regularly inspected
froai one to four times each year in
17 states and 15 cities.
Now, two years after V-J Day,
this nationwide program has been
100 resumed with at least 2 states
added to the list and 10 additional
ones civinc serious consideration to
for the t legislation requiring periodic motor
vehicle inspection in the interest of
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
lean be trusted to K honest - in. the
larger ones.-' 4 ' , K
Are we .as ,- a people losing - oar
sense or moral integrity . ouiwy,
one of the needs of our day It a con
sciousness of the wrongnes of dis
honesty; Clifford P. Morehouse de
clares: "Is the Middle Ages most
European coinages were a o debased
as to be virtually worthless, count
erfeits wer rampart! coins of silver
or jrold'were pared and mutilated.
When the North German merchants
came to England to do business in
the reign of Edward 1,-they intro
duced their own coins, which were
of uniform weight and excellence.
The merchants were known as
Easterlings' and their money came
to be known as 'sterling'. Even to
day one looks at the back or base
of rsilver utensils to 'ee if they are
warranted 'sterling'. It is a mark of
excellence, a guarantee of integrity.
We need some kind of 'sterling'
mark to sruarantee ' integrity in our
human relationship. The currency
of business and social intercourse has
become so debased that without it
one cannot rely upon another's words.
The best 'sterling' mark- in human
relations is the Christian life. A
Christian's word should be as good
as his bond. Are we always careful
to safe-guard that warranty in our
own dealings with friends and stran
gers alike,?"
Dishonesty can be practiced in
every relationship of life. One can
even be dishonest with one's self by
doing those things which are harm
ful to mind and body, or living on a
plane lower than one's possibilities,
doing less than one's best. Dishonest
practices in business are rampant.
Black market transactions, during
and since the war, have been indulg
ed in and patronized by people who
should have known better and have
made it more difficult for those who
were determined to remain honest.
Solomon calls attention to a prac
tice that was in common use in his
day and which, in too many instances,
till exists that of cheating by
means of dishonest scales. Govern
ment inspection makes this a risky
operation but there are some busin
ess men who still manage to cheat
their customers through faulty scales,
short cuts and scant measures. A
Christian business man cannot afford
to take that which belongs to an
other. He not only, hurts himself
but he hurts the cause of Christ and
the work of the church of which he
is a member.
Dishonesty in speech is also a mat
ter to which we must call attention.
Solomon speaks of "lying lips" and
states that they "are an abomination
to the Lord." Spreading- false re
ports and' gossip asthe pastime of
some people, who do hot realize that
this is a sin. A person whose word
cannot be relied upon is not appre
ciated even by people who are. like
him, or her. Another way to be dis
honest in speech is to imply or hint
a thing about another without, ac
tually saying it or remaining silent
when something untrue is said about
another and the reputation of the
innocent person should be defended.
The fundamental foundation of
good character is honesty and to be
worthy of complete trust should be
the ambition of everyone who wants
to be in right relation with God and
with his fellowmen.
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'NOTICE , QF - ADMINISTRATION -
Having' qualified asV Administrator
of the estate of Myrtle N. Ward, de-'
Ceased, lata of Perquimans County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the- es
tate of said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned at Hertford, N. O
on or before th 18th day of August, '
1843, or this notice will be pleaded "in
oatfs of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate -will please,
ake immediate payment. 1
This 13th day of August, 1947.
J. W. WARD,
Administrator for Myrtle N. Ward.
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HONESTY
International Sunday School Lesson
for August 24, 1947
Golden Text: "Prove all things;
hold fast that which is good. Ab
stain from all appearance of evil."
I Thessalonians 5:21-22.
Lesson Text: .Proverbs 3:3,4; 11:1;
12:17-22; 14:5; 23:10-11;
Matthew 5:37
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While written centuries ago, the
words of Solomon, the author of
Proverbs, have a striking message
for us today. They give a remark
able insight into life and the true
value " of things, declaring that dis
honesty is bad business and that in
tegrity of character is essential to
happiness and favor with God and
man.
The word "honesty" brings to
mind a variety of people. One au
thor suggests that because each per
son is reared and trained differently
I from all others, conceptions of moral
principles vary and this fact'accounts
for a large part of the wickedness
lin-the world. For a definition of the
word, we go to Webster, who defines
"honesty" as the quality of beinsr
honest. Going back to the word
"honest", Webster defines it as "up
right, just sincere, honorable, equit
able, fair, righteous, chaste, frank
or open. Therefore, honesty involv
es fair play, justice, truth, upright
nesjJ, trustworthiness and every other
quality of noble character.
To state that dishonesty is the
opposite of this is not to go deeply
enough. Jesus taught that if the
spirit of honesty was not in the
heart of a man, even though all his
known works and deeds were appar
ently honest, be was .a dishonest
man. In the parable of the talents,
Jesus taugnt me ueptn ol unfaitn-
fulness when he contrasted the man
who had the one talent with-him
fwhb had two talents. To him who
was faithful, his lord said,' "Thou
hast been faithful over a few things.
I will make thee ruler : over many
things'" (Matth. 26:28). He who is
hottest la the little things ' of life
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