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[Music] so [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] lots of chargers carroll's driving and operating a detective vehicle your honor young man this report shows that you are operating a motor car with brakes only twenty percent efficient is that correct i guess so sir and you were arrested for careless driving is that true he says so defendant found guilty of careless driving his charge pull his car until it's repaired fine will be ten dollars see you again bud sir hold on the court change that sentence for 30 days young man i tried to be lenient with you and overlook your indifferent attitude but evidently you need more of a lesson than i thought oh judge i can't do that i'll get my car fixed up but gosh i'd lose my job your job what about other people's jobs what about their safety and happiness and well-being suppose through your carelessness someone had been injured until he couldn't work your full name please bill or william hardaway age 22 married no sir where do you live with my brother in london cummings out at 4784 charlotte street young man you must learn to drive so that accidents can't happen i wonder how many people in this courtroom know the terrible price we pay for accidents accidents cost this nation well over 3 billion dollars per year nine million dollars every day over a hundred dollars every second but money isn't the price no in less than seven years automobiles alone have taken the lives of more united states citizens than have been killed in all the wars of this nation's history hard cold statistics they can give us no possible conception of the other factors involved the hours and days of agony for the injured heartbreak and suffering warmth and privation for innocent dependence broken holes shattered dreams all a part of the intangible human side of those figures and the great tragedy is that these things can be prevented and are therefore utterly inexcusable you and i are guilty of letting them happen we can present them you can prevent them you must prevent them by driving so that accidents can't happen now this young man here pleads guilty to careless driving and operating a defective vehicle typical of thousands of minor cases before this course but i want to show you what might have happened or what might yet happen if he doesn't do some very serious thinking in the time i've given him i'm well acquainted with his brother-in-law ned cummings a well-respected law-abiding hard-working citizen of this city pauline cruiser 71 cruiser 71 0 12 and jackson investigates auto accident accident at 12th and jackson investigate and report that is all kgpe well knit old boy here's one for your scrapbook two killed at a railroad crossing three injured one seriously the driver apparently didn't see approaching trains though the fools will get it won't they cruiser 7-1 to headquarters seven one arriving at class in jackson stand by for a report say don't you ever get tired listen to those cops yet back and forth that's all you ever do pipe down i want to hear this kevin won the across in jackson no one injured holding one driver for failing to heat stop sign both cars badly damaged central cars nobody hurt oh well better luck next time nid say what are you for wrapped up in this stuff for anyhow you live accidents you read about them you're sleeping you breathe them turn up and don't believe you'd like to have one serve your coffee every morning as i've told you many times before bill my next promotion is a safety engineer of course i'm interested why shouldn't i be anyone ought to be and if you could see past the end of your nose my boy you'd know i'm right oh yeah yeah i can take care of myself in an automobile all right sure you can take care of yourself but what about the other people don't they have any rights no bill you're a swell kid and everybody likes you you don't deliberately drive like a fool you're just a little careless that's all a little more so than the average driver which probably means that you'll get it just a little bit quicker all right so thank you billy there you are polite enough to get up and give ann a chair that you go out on the street and act as though you had a bone to pick with everybody you meet you know common courtesy used behind the wheel as it is everywhere else would prevent about half of these accidental deaths you read about oh i better move out to the doghouse where's the kid honey he's over at the school trying out for junior safety patrolmen looks like he's taking after daddy or have you been encouraging that too [Music] oh see mom uh i won't be home uh until half hour later every uh night and uh i have to go to school every morning uh half hour earlier so don't be worried about me all right mickey what's the important business i'm a safety patrolman now it was a sense nice dawn congratulations son thanks dad but i sure won't forget who helped me out oh you did it on your own son next year i'd like to be captain of the safety council anyway jump off the old block oh stupid mickey i didn't mean anything by it but they sure seem to be spending a lot of time on that stuff nowadays we didn't learn anything like that when we were kids we didn't need to automobile drivers weren't killing thirty thousand people a year in those days the kids are learning it even if some of the grown-ups aren't that it's just as important to stay alive as it is to make a living bill i betcha mickey knows more about the traffic rules of this city right now than you do and he doesn't even drive an automobile yet either uh i'll bet you i like to put both of you in a car and prove it to you okay you're on all right mr hardaway let's see who can spot the first one i can't pop that car back there had the right of way over you where was that right back there that fellow stopped for the stop sign and when he does that the intersection is supposed to be cleared for him even if it is on a through street all right admit it i'm taking down a peg well i guess we'll have to mark one up for mickey well even the best of us can't be too careful you know bill that's the wisest thing you said today even the best of us can't be too careful [Music] there goes another one pop yes mickey there's one of the worst turning across traffic from the wrong lane why anybody pulls a boner like that i can't figure out traffic just isn't expecting that kind of driving and turning right from the inner lane is just as bad that causes accidents well what do you suggest suppose you don't know you're gonna turn till you get there then what go right on down the street big boy and around the block that's the best and safest way out all you need to remember is to go to the lane nearest the way you plan to turn and in this case go to the inner lane when you get around the corner [Music] turning right is simple just stick to the curve well that looks like one for me anyway gosh look at that silly guy will you now head there something that is yes bill that's one for you the only place a pedestrian has any business is in the crosswalk and whether the lines are painted there or not it's still a crosswalk and cars are supposed to stop when the pedestrian enters that territory if there's a safety zone in the middle the pedestrian can only ask for half the street all right what can you do about guys like that he's supposed to let people go on around he should be over on his side of the street that's right mickey he can't hold up traffic like that what do you mean he can't he is isn't he yes i guess he is bill these signs around town are after all just telling you the approximate speeds at which you can travel with safety it's wise not to go too slow and it's wise not to go any faster than the side i've heard that before yes if i remember right you have heard that a time or two but because that sign says 35 miles an hour it doesn't mean you've got to drive that fan or does it mean you can poke along at 10 miles an hour and hold up traffic either there's another one popped that driver is not supposed to drive under those conditions he's too crowded in there correct you are son we'll mark up another one for mickey i'll take that one pulling away from the curb without looking back good for you bill what about this one who's got the right-of-way quick that's the last nah that one has over there well that's the way it is it always ends in an argument just remember boys that it's a matter of giving instead of taking the right away as old judge tompkins once said well boys you take the right away and they'll take you right away and that's not an idle thought either how can you tell for sure though well one way for example the car that's in the intersection first has the right-of-way over the other that's simple isn't it yeah but yeah i know but all right suppose they're both there at the same time number one is you number two is coming from your left you have the right-of-way if he comes from your right you must yield to him now that's easy isn't it well i didn't know that before no bill there are a lot of people that didn't know that before here's another one when you're turning left in an intersection you must wait for the cars immediately before you those coming down the street must wait for you and you can't pass three cars on the left side you're as wrong as wrong can be that causes plenty of serious actions if there's a safety zone there most traffic ordinances will let you pass even if the streetcar is unloading providing your care that's a place to be really careful there's no safety zone stop you'll be safe be sure to stop at the rear of the car well now how do you know what he's going to do well bill signals or signals you at least know he's going to do something better than no signal at all isn't it that's one for you though bill he shouldn't pull out into the middle of the street to turn right neither the man behind nor the driver in front knows what to do again the best thing for you to do is simply slow down getting back to those speed limits we were talking about a while ago bill it's this kind of a street that really causes accidents right where we don't think they'll happen very few accidents happen on congested streets it's the old idea that it's so dangerous it's safe people are more careful they slow down and stop quicker side streets and seemingly harmless crossings and streetcar tracks are the places where people get killed an excellent example there comes a streetcar that's hidden from traffic crossing on a diagonal track most people know that's a dangerous crossing and there's never been an accident on it yet over here is the same street car in open view on top of a grade only half a block away and several people have been killed at that crossing just carelessness bill that's all you can say for it it's the same old story when the streets are slaves the first day or so there's few accidents people are careful they soon get careless get up a little speed and then they can't stop a little sense and some good treads on your tires are the only remedy you can't use those old slick tires and get by [Music] and the same thing applies when you're following someone driving too closely at suicide bill suppose he should run a wheel off or suppose he hit someone you can't even see the accident coming and you hit him full speed and why do we drive slower at night it's so we can stop quakers the best lights in the world won't equal old man sunshine bill you can't see these hazards at night they seem to spring out of nowhere pedestrians bicycle riders jalopies they put you on your metal bill headlights and slow speed are a darn good combination how many did i get oh pop didn't you even keep track of them yes son i think it was about a draw don't you i still say i can take care of myself and i expect the other fella to do the same don't depend on it bill no matter what the other guy does you've got to drive so that accidents can't happen if everybody would learn to do that accidents wouldn't happen honey do you mind if i go over to elmo's for a while could i go long and why should you come on get your coat off no honey i was just kidding when sunny comes around the old man sort of likes to lay around take it easy you know you mean study some more facts don't you i guess so but it looks like i'm going to get a chance to do something about it at least in this town and i just can't afford to let that chance go by blame me you just keep right on there's one partner who's behind you you know that don't you you bet i do are you going to get over there what a long long walk for a little girl like you good for me well i'll agree that it probably is but i'm gonna ring that brother-in-law's neck yet one of these days if he doesn't get that jalopy of his face somehow or other he always manages to have a flat tire on sunday sometimes i think he likes to drive a good car once in a while well maybe that's good for him too he said he'd pick me up over there after a while though so his heart's in the right place bill's all right yeah except sometimes mickey's over at beerus honey if he doesn't come home will you call him for me either that or i'll be over there with him don't you worry about us we'll get along all right bye bye honey hey you going to show with us tonight sure thing and i've got it all picked out that's well filing safety car 4 safety car number 4 a smash up at 16th and wall run reports report on accident at 16th and walgreens that is our kgpe place your car four one block away stand by looks bad headquarters [Music] better than a couple of wreckers ambulances here we'll need it looks like another reckless driver hit a car broadside unconscious badly hurt send another ambulance and stand by sending driver to general hospital stand by woman passengers still trapped car is a blue sedan license number six one six two six [Music] mom what's the matter with pop mom the young woman passenger is dead that is all mom why mom mom [Music] he's almost practiced now i don't ever see him again i'm afraid for that eye but he's lucky to be alive ned yeah fella i'm here it wasn't my fault ned i saw that other car but he didn't see me honest he didn't [Music] no i guess he didn't son i had to hit him did i hit him very hard pretty hard fella pretty hard and yeah that was there is his hand all right [Music] man answer me ned edison all right [Music] my [Music] well bill i've at last got the chance i've been waiting for they asked me to open up the first big safety meeting of the year how's that for a break well that's well ned tell it to you boy how's this for an opening you know bill you got to drive it home to him i want to give him a message they'll remember one that they can use hey pop take a look later this arithmetic's got me stuck well let's see here supposing we move that decimal point over there maybe it'll come out a little better huh oh sure deep pops thanks you're almost as smart as mom was all right punk why don't you wash those dirty hands of yours they're filthy oh shells pop you just noticing that mom used to make me wash them all the time but you hardly ever do [Music] as i was saying bill it doesn't do any good to get up there and let this stuff go in one ear and out the other you just might as well not say anything you got to bring it home to him chad father i can't stand it don't stay anymore right there i'm sorry you're sorry i know you're on that everything you do everything you say just move it my face you might have one your own murderer and have it over with oh it's okay man you can't help it it wasn't your fault i can't begin to tell you how well i think you've been to me you should have run my neck and kick me out on the street long ago don't don't talk like that son you're out of your head i'm sorry man i just can't take it i guess go ahead and write your speech net and for your fellow every time bill come back here don't worry about me 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