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Commuting safely is no accident
By BILL UYEKI Staff Writer
A multiple choice question confronts the student who drives between Kansas City and Austin.
The highway choices are: the Kansas Turnip, U.S. 24-40 and Kansas 10. Although there may not be a right or wrong choice, there certainly is a safe one.
TWO ACCIDENT FIGURES for the three roads were compiled for a two-year period, starting in 1974. The accident rate is the number of accidents for every million miles driven, and the fatality rate is the number of deaths for every 100 million miles driven:
According to data from the safety department of the Kansas Department of Transportation, the safest route by far is the turnpike.
Accident Fatality rate
Accident Failure rate (per 100
(per million million
miles) miles)
Kansas Turnpike .045 .99
U.S. 24-40 1.4 7.2
Kansas 10 3.2 2.2
The figures for the turnpike were for a portion of the turnpike from the East Lawrence booth to the end of the turnpike rear 18th St. Expressway in Kansas City,
For U.S. 24-40, the figures were from the
U.S. 24-40 junction with U.S. 59 north of
the west city limits of Kansas
City, Kan.
For Kansas 10, the figures were from the east city limits of Lawrence, to the junction between KS and MO.
LAST SEMESTER, nearly 10 per cent of KU's students committed to Lawrence, although there were no figures indicating how many were from Kansas City.
Many commuting students say they either take the road closest to their house or the road farther away.
The data is from a study by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning.
"I like (U.S). 24-40 the best," she said,
"and I think K-10 is about the worst."
Katrya Wells, Kansas City, M. graduate,
kuteny, saler on carpool used all three
buses to work with students.
KANNA FREES, Kansas City, Kan.
Donnna FREES, Kansas City, Kan.
pool used both Kanaa 10 and U.S. 24-40
"There's not near as much traffic on highway 40," she said. "If you get behind a slow truck on highway 10, you're stuck for a while."
The turnip may be the safest road, but David Wright, Kansas City, Kan., graduate student, said "poor students" usually couldn't afford the 75-cent toll.
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Crime ...
into consideration. Women now feel they have more opportunities for achievement and more control over their lives, he said. The lack of women's influence among women was bringing women closer to the economic and social status of men. The awareness that women can compete effectively with men isn't limited to members of a formalized movement, she
“As women become more involved in the world, as they achieve social roles and status comparable to men, they will be, they will have a different types of criminality.” Adler says.
Some experts say that with more opportunities and rising expectations, crime can become a substitute for frustrated men who now want more than they can get.
ANOTHER REASON for the increase, according to some experts, is that as women become more self-reliant, they can
Arnold said he knew of no verification of that hypothesis and he said the widely held notion that women usually get off easy in court was mistaken.
crimes, the police have shown more will; press to arrest them.
Girls in Kansas juvenile correctional facilities usually serve longer sentences for comparable crimes than males do, he said. In the male facilities, there is a higher rate of making room for other juveniles. The girl's facility has no such pressures, he said.
The juvenile crime rate is also increasing, the FBI says. Among boys under 18, crime has doubled since 1960. Among girls of the same age, it has quadrupled.
Roger Barnes, assistant instructor of sociology, noted an ominous fact to remember when dealing with crime statistics.
"The biggest problem with statistics like the IBM's crime report is that it deals only with the罪行, not the people."
TONIGHT: A ST. VALENTINE'S EVE CELEBRATION OF LOVE will take place at the United Ministries Center, 204 Broad at 7:30. The monthly meeting of the UMS will be at 8 in 42nd Linden, Mary Cathleen Peavy, Kansas City, Kan., senior and the Stauney Morris, St. Louis student, will present a RECITAL at 18 in Swarthout Recital Hall.
SATURDAY: The KANAS ASSOCIATION OF VETERANS will meet at noon in the Oread Room in the Kansas Union to discuss the G.I. bill for veterans.
SUNDAY: The FIRST UNITY OF MAN CONFERENCE will be at 9 a.m. at 800 Quincy in Topeka.
The deadline for filing FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS for the 1976-77 school year is Sunday.
Applications for MINORITY STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE of the State Colleges Coordination Council are due tomorrow. Applications may be picked up in the following locations:
Announcements...
Events ...
State Sen. Arden Booth, R-Lawrence has been appointed to the Select Committee on Appointments by Ross Doyen, State Senate president.
Roxann Paulsen, Overland Park senior,
said Kansas 10 might not be the best route,
but it was the shortest and most convenient
route for her.
THE JAYHAWK FENCING CLUB took seven of 12 trophies at its own tournament last weekend. Those who placed: Rachelle Raising, 1st, and Mary Elliott, 4th in the female unclassified division; Kitty Mulkey, 2nd, in the female novice division; John Hoefer, 2nd, Scott Jones, 3rd, and John Munson, 4th, in the male novice division; and Charles Anderson 1st, Sam Mitchell, 2nd, and Rick Hoefer, 3rd, in the male unclassified division.
In 1974, the fatality rate for Kansas was .03 per 100 million miles driven. The national rate is .05.
BILL ANDREWS, 1971 graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism, is the new promotion manager of KAE-TV and Radio, Inc., in Wichita.
Grants and Awards . . .
Part of the new highway to replace Kansas 10 may open this fall, says John McNeal, acting state transportation engineer.
the fatality rate for Kansas highways was less than the national average.
THE SECTION STARTS at an overpass south of DeSoto, and continues east to the junction of Kansas 7 and Kansas 10. McNeal said the rest of the new highway from Lawrence to DeKansas 7 junction near Ksaukee would not open until late 1877 or old-1978.
McNeal said the danger of passing on the current Kansas 10, which is mostly two-lane, might be solved by the new highway, which would be all four-lanes.
NEITHER FIGURES have been calculated for 1975, Merrill said. The fact that the bushes will be lower because there were them dead in 1975 and more miles driven, he said.
Jerry Merrill. state safety director, said
Although road conditions and the quality of cars influence accident rates, both Merrill and McNeal emphasized the importance of the driver.
Mack McNeal, "There are many things which go into an accident record, named the crash."
"We believe people are being more cautious and aware in performing the driving task." Merrill said about the decreasing death rate.
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