During the four-year period ending last December 31st, there were 4,350 persons killed and 12,750 injured in accidents at railroad crossings. The automobilist ignores the fact that a train running 60 miles an hour goes 88 feet in one second and can not be stopped in less than a quarter of a mile. The automobilist can easily and quickly stop his car, and look and listen, and failure to take this plain precaution is in itself reckless. But how many of our Richmond County drivers really heed the signs of “stop, look and listen?”
Thursday, December 3, 2015
4,350 People Killed and 12,750 Injured Because Drivers Fail to 'Stop, Look and Listen' 1921
Dec.
1, 1921, issue of the Rockingham Post-Dispatch.
During the four-year period ending last December 31st, there were 4,350 persons killed and 12,750 injured in accidents at railroad crossings. The automobilist ignores the fact that a train running 60 miles an hour goes 88 feet in one second and can not be stopped in less than a quarter of a mile. The automobilist can easily and quickly stop his car, and look and listen, and failure to take this plain precaution is in itself reckless. But how many of our Richmond County drivers really heed the signs of “stop, look and listen?”
During the four-year period ending last December 31st, there were 4,350 persons killed and 12,750 injured in accidents at railroad crossings. The automobilist ignores the fact that a train running 60 miles an hour goes 88 feet in one second and can not be stopped in less than a quarter of a mile. The automobilist can easily and quickly stop his car, and look and listen, and failure to take this plain precaution is in itself reckless. But how many of our Richmond County drivers really heed the signs of “stop, look and listen?”
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