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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1950
Thought For The Day —
"He who mixes alcohol and gasoline at 70 miles an hour, will see me soon." - St. Peter.
FOUR STUDENTS DIED IN THIS ACCIDENT
Don't Worry
In years past it has been the custom to give students warnings and advice on how to drive safely and carefully. Since we have seen that this advice usually went unheeded and every holiday was followed by an accident story in the Kansan, this year we've decided not to give you advice on how to drive safely, but rather on how to get to your destination in the shortest possible time.
When starting out, load your car with lots of luggage and clothes so that the rear view mirrow shows only your new suit instead of the road.
Now crowd four people in the front seat so that the driver can't move his arms too freely.
Don't worry! You won't need the rear view mirror.
Don't worry! These new cars practically drive themselves, anyway.
Well, you're off, at last. Better step on the gas, you're 10 minutes behind schedule now. At this rate you won't be home in time to see the big show on the new television set.
Don't worry! In this big, heavy job you can do 75 and not even know you're moving.
Let's pass that slow-poke truck on the next hill. These trucks have to slow down to almost nothing on the long climbs.
Don't worry! This car really has pick-up. You'll be past him before another car can come over the hill from the opposite direction.
Don't worry! You won't meet another car on the turn. This road is practically deserted on weekdays, and with your pick-up you could miss him anyway.
There you're almost past and . . . well! Here comes a car right in front of you. Don't let him bluff you, step on the gas!
Don't worry! The insurance will pay for the car, and your life insurance will put your kid sister through college.
See, we told you we'd get you to your destination in the shortest possible time. What's that? Your destination was HOME? Well! Now isn't that funny? We thought you wanted the quickest way to Eternity!
ONLY A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS DAMAGE.
Roads Across The Valley
There are lots of ways to die in this world. Some are more pleasant than others, some less. One of the most unpleasant is "death by automobile." You can die or be maimed in a hundred different ways in a car wreck. The steering wheel can cut you in two; you can knock your brains out on the windshelld; you can be decapitated by broken glass; you can be burned to a crisp in gasoline flames.
Of course, an automobile accident doesn't always mean death. Some escape with only the loss of an arm or leg; some just lose their eyes or teeth.
There are a number of roads to "death by automobile"—drunken driving, speeding, carlessness, passing on a hill—all those will take you there, and they're all dead ends.
The tragic thing is that none of these accidents can be put down as unavoidable. No one must pass on a hill, drive at excessive speeds or take the wheel when he's had too many drinks.
Remember that more than 22,000 people have been killed this year in car wrecks, and that the holiday traffic through December and January will see a great many more killed.
Remember, too, that none of the 22,000 ever thought that they would be the ones to die on the highway. No one can afford the "it-can't- happen-to-me" attitude while driving.
James Scott
Guerrtesy of the National Safety Council
News Room K.II.251
Adv. Room K.U.376
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Editor-in-chief
John A. Bannigan
Ast. Managing Editors: Edward Chapin
Hayes Valley, Patricia Jansen
Arthur McIntire
Managing Editor Business Manager
Emily C. Stewart Gerald Mosley
YOU MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY.
It's Your Funeral, But . . .
We've not going to tell you what to do with your life. In fact, we don't care if you get stinking drunk and run your car off a cliff. It's your funeral, but make sure you only kill yourself. Don't drag an unwilling victim with you.
If you want to find out how fast your car will go, pick a lonely country road and drive it until the gears fly off, but do it alone! Don't take someone who loves life on your one-way trip.
When you're on the highway and feel a reckless, devil-may-care mood coming on, stop the car and ask those with you to get out and walk. It's your funeral, but at least give others the chance to refuse to make it a double feature.
If you feel compelled to break the rules for safe driving, do it in solitude. Run your car into a tree rather than into oncoming car filled with people who haven't your desire for death. It's your funeral, but don't force others to join you.
If you must kill yourself, try to do it at a decent hour, and not at 3 or 4 a.m. It's your funeral, but don't make us reporters lose so much sleep.
We'd like to see you get home safe and sound, enjoy your holiday, and come back to school ready for the grind in one piece. We'd like to know that you enjoyed the ride home and followed all the rules of the road. However, if you don't reach home safely, and don't say we didn't warn you, it's your funeral.
-J. A. B.
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