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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1937 Oct DOC#: NSC441 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Excerpt - Transactions of the NSC - 26th National Safety Congress - Commercial Vehicle Section, Transit Section & Child Education Section 2 6 th National Safety Congress NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, Inc. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI OCTOBER 11. to OCTOBER 15, 1937 Municipal Auditorium Copyrisht, 1938, Nation! Safety Council, Inc. The material on this page was copied from the collection of the National Library of Medicine by a third party and may be protected by U S Copyright law Contents Street and Highway Traffic Section ational Safety ational Safety alume a larger abject and the ted to Indusolume is also ally interested nsed report of The papers of e been edited to abbreviate itations. Thus a report of all ut rather an e, yet without The original ji of Inform a la! reference, o the Council, tsses seeks to not pertinent try to Council he views exte discussions Officers 1936-37 General Chairman--Wm. C. K noelk, Milwaukee Safety Commission, Milwaukee, Wis. First Vice-Chairman--Lt. F ranklin M. K reml, Director, Safety Division, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Evanston, 111. Second Vice-Chairman--A rnold H. Vey, State Traffic Engineer, Department of Motor Vehicles, Trenton, N. J. Third Vice-Chairman--B urton W. M arsh, Director, Safety and Traffic Engineering Dept., American Automobile Assn., Washington, D. C. Fourth Vice-Chairman--Carl J. R utland, Chairman, Citizens' Traffic Commission, Dallas, Texas. Fifth Vice-Chairman---Prof. R oger L. M orrison, Highway Engineering & Highway Trans port, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Chairman, Accident Records Committee--W. Graham Cole, Director of Safety, Metro politan Life Insurance Company, 1 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. Chairman, Congress Program Committee--Col. J ohn A. Cutchins, Director of Public Safety, Richmond, Va. Secretary--E arl J. R eeder, National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. Members at Large-- J ohn P. A rnoldy, Chief Highway Patrol Officer, Department of Highways, 1246 University Ave., St. Paul, Minn. R alph E aton, Traffic Engineer, Public Service Engineer's Department, Providence, R. I. R. N. Falge, Guide Lamp Corp., Anderson, Ind, E. B. L efferts, Manager, Public Safety Department, Automobile Club of Southern California, Figueroa St. at Adams, Los Angeles, Calif. H arry E. N eal, Traffic Engineer, Department of Highways, Columbus, Ohio. Ex-Officio Members-- H on. Clifford D avis, Commissioner of Fire and Police, Memphis, Tenn. H on. H arold G. H offman, Governor o f New Jersey, Trenton, N. J. Officers Elected for 1937-38 General Chairman--P rof. Roger L. M orrison, Department of Highway Engineering and Highway Transport, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. First Vice-Chairman--L t. F ranki.in M. K reml, Director, Safety Division, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Evanston, III. Second Vice-Chairman--Col. J ohn A. Cutchins, Director of Public Safety, Richmond, Va. Third Vice-Chairman--B urton W. M arsh, Director, Safety and Traffic Engineering Dept., American Automobile Assn., Washington, D. C. Fourth Vice-Chairman--Cahl J. R utland, Chairman, Citizens' Traffic Commission, Dallas, Texas. 3 4 Twenty-sixth National Safety Council Fifth Vice-Chairman--Col. M ichael A. Connor, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, H art ford, Conn. Chairman, Accident Records Committee--W. Graham Cole, Director of Safety, Metro politan Life Insurance Company, New York, N. Y. Chairman, Congress Program Committee--M. T. Caster, General Plant Superintendent, Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company, Lincoln, Nebr. Secretary--E arl J. Reeder, Chief Traffic Engineer, National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. Members at Large-- H arry H. H arrison, Traffic Engineer, Division o f Highways, State Department o f Public Works, Springfield, 111. W. F. I rvin, Traffic Study Engineer, Toronto Transportation Commission, Toronto, Ont., Canada. D. Grant M ickle, Traffic Engineer, Jensen, Bowen & Farrell, Ann Arbor, Mich. H arry E. N eal, Traffic Engineer, Department of Highways, Columbus, Ohio. F rank C. B erry, Manager, Safety Division, Minneapolis Automobile Club, Minneap olis, Minn. Ex-Officio, Former General Chairmen-- H on. H arold G. H offman, Governor of New Jersey, Trenton, N. J. W illiam C. K noelk, Chairman, Milwaukee Safety Commission, Milwaukee, Wis. MONDAY AFTERNOON SESSION October 11, 1937 VEHICLE SPEEDS AND ACCIDENTS The opening session was called to order by William C. Knoelk, Chairman, Milwaukee Safety Commission, and General Chair- man, Street and Highway Traffic Section, National Safety Council, who presided, introducing the speakers. Traffic Developments of the Year By WILLIAM C. KNOELK Chairman, Street and Highway Traffic Section, National Safety Council Safe driving is no mean accomplishment. Good traffic behavior is not like a coat that can be donned or discarded at will. Good driving and good pedestrianism form a com plex behavior pattern. It is the sum of many personality traits, some of them seemingly trivial. This becomes evident as one peruses the year's safety literature on driving. We are told that four types of careless driving account for about three-fourths of our motor fatalities. If these items were meaningful enough to the average driver so that he might modify his driving conduct through them, they would be a- big help in reducing fatalities. When we examine the types--(a) exceeding the speed limit, (b) on wrong side of road, (c) did not have the right of way, and (d) drove off the roadway --no practical specific rule of driving ap pears. Speed is a rel. at any moment driver after he highway, the wi of visibility, am a legally establi: ble guide for all ing motorist, hi perfectly safe. 1 types previously It is all a ma little agreement < shall be taken ; factors enter int that it is frequei finger on the offe the accident. W' fects our judgtm nificant in our g Two deduction a line of reason: a highly personal may serve but th the individual d message must bi driver or pedestri Need T Such an analysi laries that person it imperative th. developed, and th. sponsibility be tai man on foot fully The corollaries th. are equally vital; be revitalized, or vincing, to every presentation must teaching procedui message must fee proffered informa it. It must be unde' ference between tl provement and behavior of drive latter needs impro though more limit one. The traffic engine safe highways am ingly safer. He m for the flow of tra essary signs and s cure needed visibili the highways by mi Commercial Vehicle Section Officers 1936-37 General Chairman--R. C, H a v e n , Continental Baking Co., New York City. Vice-Chairman--W. F. B ukk, The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio. Vice-Chairman--J. W. Loud, Atlantic Refining Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Vice-Chairman--J. K. S teele, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, Oklahoma City, Okla homa. Secretary and Chairman Engineering Committee--D wight M. M cC racken, Liberty Mu tual Insurance Company, Boston, Mass. Chairman Membership Committee-- Charles G. M organ, J k., American Trucking Asso- siations, Inc., Washington, D. C. Chairman Program Committee--H. D. S cheffer, Auto Owners Insurance Company, Lansing, Mich. Executive Committee at Large-- M arcus A. Dow, Greyhound Management Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Charles H. R uth, Evening Star Newspaper Company, Washington, D. C. A. N. Lundsteadt, Bowman Dairy Company, Chicago, 111. C. C. R osenbargek, G. I. Service, St. Louis, Mo. P. D. S hingleton, Atlantic Greyhound Lines, Charleston, W. Va. Officers Elected for 1937-38 General Chairman--R. C. H aven, Safety Engineer, Continental Baking Company, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York City, N. Y. Vice-Chairmen-- W. F. B urk, Traffic Manager, The Canton Repository, 508 Market Avenue South, Canton, O. J. W. L ord, Safety Engineer, Atlantic Refining Co., 3144 Passyunk Avenue, Philadel phia, Pa. J. R. S teele, Superintendent of Safety, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., 321 No. Harvey Street, Oklahoma City, Okla. Secretary; Engineering Committee Chairman--D wight M. M cCracken, Assistant Chief Engineer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 1100 Park Square Bldg., Boston, Mass. Membership Committee Chairman--E arl D. P orter, Director of Safety & Personnel, Hayes Freight Lines, Inc., 119 N. 15th Street, Mattoon, 111. Program Committee Chairman--P. D. S hincleton, Director of Safety & Personnel, A t lantic Greyhound Corporation, 1100 Kanawha Valley Bldg., Charleston, W. Va. Executive Committee-at-Large-- Marcus A. Dow, Manager, Dept, of Safety & Personnel, Greyhound Management Co., 920 E. Superior, Cleveland, Ohio. T. B. Johnson, Manager, Delivery Division, Marshall Field & Company, 601 W. Polk St., Chicago, 111. 137 The material on this page was copied from the collection of the National Library of Medicine by a third party and may be protected by U S Copyright law I .I, SKfc j|*ii 138 Twenty-Sixth National Safety Congress H. J. Jon e s, Director of Safety, Automobile Shippers, Inc., Ryan Road at Nevada Avenue, Detroit, Mich. H. H. K elly, Section of Safety, Bureau of Motor Carriers, Interstate Commerce Com mission, Washington, D. C. A. E Lndsteadt, Claim Adjuster, Bowman Dairy Company, 140-158 West Ontario Street, Chicago, 111. A. W. M einke, Engineer, Travelers Insurance Company, Insurance* Exchange Bldg. 175 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111. Chaki.ES G. Morcan, Jr., Manager, Safety Division, American Trucking Associations, Inc., Investment Building., Washington, D. C. H. D. S cheffer, Safety Director, Automobile Owners Insurance Company, Lansing, Mich. H. B. V auchan, Jr., Major, Corps of Engineers, Munitions Bldg., Washington, D. C. TUESDAY MORNING SESSION October 12, 1937 The meetings of the Commercial Vehicle Section opened with a "get acquainted" breakfast at which R. C Haven, Safety Engineer, Continental Baking Co., Nevv York City, and General Chairman of the Commercial Vehicle Section, National Safe ty Council, presided A short address was given by J. W. Lord, Vice-Chairman of the section. All those present were introduced. THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER The meeting was called to order by Gen introducing the speakers and directing the eral Chairman R. C. Haven, who presided, discussion. Safe Maintenance of the Vehicle--M anagements' Responsibility By H. R. GRIGSBY Superintendent of Transportation, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., Oklahoma City Safe maintenance should begin with the selection of the vehicle. It should first be de termined just what it will be required to carry. If it is a freight hauling truck, the maximum load must be determined. If it is a special purpose car, such as a public-utility truck used for a crew, it should be deter mined what it will be required to carry in the the way of materials, tools, winches, pole derricks, etc., and the conditions under which it will operate, having in mind the type of roads it will have to negotiate. With this information, the vehicle should be selected with the proper carrying capacity, tires of sufficient size to carry the load prop erly, and with the proper wheelbase and body dimensions to give distribution. It is extrei get a vehicle that will ban* highway. If it does not is not safe. The proper design of important, and special a given to getting the cente as possible. This is not ; types of bodies that a popular with the public ut use by their crews. In other than platform aversion to the use of v largely disappeared. Thi the lowering of the cent makes for much easier ac of the body, which in , handling of materials and for personal injury to me In the selection or desig it is important that the c bility both forward and b should be equipped with view' mirror so located th; be obstructed. The cab structed that the driver si position and has plenty o controls should be so lot in easy reach designed tc The cab doors should front. This not only is : driving, but it is very he when he finds it necessa vehicle. If the vehicle is quire it, brakes should be power amplified. Special attention shorn ventilation of the cab a of exhaust gases. The windshield should two power-operated wij should also be equipped i heaters. The Interstate Commei quires adequate lighting ment. Another important iten of vehicles is their roadal consideration should be vehicle steers on the pa roads, in rutty roads and tion also should be giv steering and turning radi The proper steering makes for hard or easy I Si ss and while there is a correct them as rapidly .t in the meantime--realh conditions will exist in devote much greater ef- ld training and retaining much better way than we i date. Such efforts must id habits as well as much nent, skills, attitudes, sing and re-licensing tests STLY improved to make iver fitness is of a satis fy to negotiate even unnghway hazards without 1 without causing someie involved in a crash. Iphia Electric Co. investigators in this field. inexperienced drivers ted by the re-education of s who have formed "bad" he value of such re-edunced drivers is shown in isults of a recent experithe Philadelphia Electric alls for the correction of s of experienced drivers permitted to operate cars. . in driving must be based 1 complete analysis of the he so-called "experienced" malysis can only be made id test in which the driver tual driving conditions, nciples for the conduct of ation and of subsequent icussed. Transit Section Officers 1936-37 General Chairman--A. E. P arker, Winnipeg Electric Co., Winnipeg, Canada. Vice-Chairman--R. A. M cA rthur, Public Service Coordinated Transport, Newark, N. J. Vice-Chairman--E. E. Grover, The Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co., Columbus, Ohio. Secretary-- C. J. Long, Union Traction Co., Albany, N. Y. News Letter Editor and Publicity Committee Chairman--E rnest G. Cox, Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Co., Highwood, 111. Engineering Committee Chairman--A. P. S chendorf, National Pneumatic Co , Rahway, N. J. Health Committee Chairman--John M. O rts, Public Service Corp., of N. J., Newark, N. J. Membership Committee Chairman--Ray A. F inch, Tennessee Valley Authority, Wilson Dam, Ala. Poster and Slide Committee Chairman-- H. V. S chreiber, Capital Transit Co., Washing ton, D. C. Program Committee Chairman--H. R. H orton, St. Louis Public Service Co., St. Louis, Mo. Statistics Committee Chairman--H. S. S impson, American Transit Assn., New York, N. Y. Members at Large-- M elvin W. B ridges, Chicago Rapid Transit Co., Chicago, 111. W . A. B rown, Tennessee Electric Power Co., Nashville, Tenn. M arcus D ow', Greyhound Management Co., Cleveland, Ohio. H. C. Foss, Savannah Electric & Power Co., Savannah, Ga. G. T. H ellmuth, Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Co., Chicago, 111. C. O. K eller, Safeway Lines, Inc., Chicago, 111. E. J. K reh, Philadelphia Co., Philadelphia, Pa. B. G. N oah, Twin City Rapid Transit Co., Minneapolis, Minn. S amuel H. R eid, The L. E. Myers Co., Chicago, 111. H arold F. W ebb, West Penn System, Pittsburgh, Pa. Georce R. W hitmore, Illinois Power and Light Corp., Peoria, 111. Officers Elected for 1937-38 General Chairman--R. A. M cA rthur, Public Service Coordinated Transport, Newark, N. J. Vice-Chairman--C. J. Long, United Traction Co., Albany, N. Y. Vice-Chairman--E. E. Grover, The Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co., Columbus, Ohio. Vice-Chairman--P. D. S hingleton, Atlantic Greyhound Lines, Charleston, W. Va. Secretary-- H . R. H orton, St. Louis Public Service Co., St. Louis, Mo. 201 202 Twenty-Sixth National Safety Congress News Letter Editor and Publicity Committee Chairman--E kxlst G. Cox, Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Co., Highvood, 111. Enginecrim/ Committee Chairman--H. W . W hitcomb, Plnladelphia Rapid T ransit C o, Philadelphia, Pa. He1a11l.th Committee Chairman--Da. L. Ruttenberg, Chicago Rapid Transit Co., Chicago, Membership Committee Chairman--John M. Orts, Public Service Corp. of N. I., Newark, N. J. Program Committee Chairman--A. P. S chendorf, National Pneumatic Co., Rahway, N. J. Statistics Committee Chairman-- H awley S. S impson, American Transit Assn., N ew York, N. Y. Visual Education Committee Chairman--H. V. S chreiber, Capital Transit Co., Washing ton, D. C. Members at Large-- M elvin W. B ridges, Chicago Rapid Transit Co., Chicago, III. W. A. B rown, Tennessee Electric Power Co., Nashville, Tenn. M arcus A. Dow, Greyhound Management Co., Cleveland, Ohio. H. C. Foss, Savannah Electric & Power Co., Savannah, Ga. G. T. H ellmuth, Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Co., Chicago, 111. E. J. K reh, Philadelphia Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. A. E. P arker, Winnipeg Electric Co., Winnipeg, Canada. S amuel H. R eid, The L. E. Myers Co., Chicago, 111. H arold F. W ebb, West Penn System, Pittsburgh, Pa. George R. W hitmore, Illinois-Iowa Power Co,, Peoria, 111. MONDAY AFTERNOON SESSION October 11, 1937 The first session of the Transit Section was called to order by R. A. McArthur, Public Service Coordinated Transport, New ark, N. J., Vice-Chairman of the section, in the absence of Chairman Parker. Mr. McArthur introduced the speakers. The Coming Traffic Revolution By ROSS SCHRAM Twin Coach Co., Kent, Ohio We now face the condition of having 125 city owned motor vehicles per mile of paved street, if all are in service at once. Can efforts for safety through education and persuasion cope with this Gargantuan task? Knowing the actual extreme of the situa tions now existing on the streets, the com mon man's public carrier industry should call attention not only to the crookedness of the course of present day vehicle traffic, but also to the crookedness of the thinking which encourages the aggravation of our zig-zagging city traffic. The National Safety Council, local safety councils, city adminis- o o trations, editors and P; ^ ciations admonish abou printed matter, which, co would rival the Empir height; they blast aw: c louder than those in t ^ lightning factory at Pitt questionable permanent CL about designing safer . E street traffic snarled as H~ Under the Regulation >, Transit Commission American utility board . granting adequate mainl ^ motor buses and trolley ^ of 95% safe and fool-j moment. Inside the cos will come, but only as aj a matured industry dey ;Q latory bodies which are- ^ only see the wisdom of TM part of their attention o Ji regimentation of street -2 with one sweep, do mort <n nical supervision on thek ~ ing of public carrier mo same way, if the Amee ciation, which has spent o effort in developing th> = street car had exerted n o tion in the same segrega! JS highway, we would all s g tion of collisions in the s o of the freeing of traffics congestion. | ,3> What I tell here is Si g and data forwarded to p tg city transit business, wfH 5 as to street vehicle collisi fication. The facts whip confirmation of the recoi m herewith. They had not| is the position I might takq, g this data, and can, in ^ with aiding and abetting, 'g utilities. The value of | the fact that they come| tive cities in all parts p ^ they are from men who>J ,-- the problems of safety public passengers for fr I firmly believe that the fi solution or amelioration of th tion in the streets is a traffic patrons of common carrier they can go on struggling, them with a developing nati The material on this page was copied from the collection of the National Library of Medicine by a third party and may be protected by U S. Copyright law y% il Safety Congress hat there is practically no statistical rela Child Education Section tionship between slow reaction time and ac- ;ident proneness. This is because the slow "eaction time men have had the will to train hemselves out of their trouble. It is harder .o train older men, not because it is harder for them to learn, but because they have lost the will to learn. The principle will hold that Officers 1936-37 accident prone men can be trained out of their troubles if they can be imbued with the will to correct their faults. Several other delegates spoke, most of them upholding the view that men disposed .o accidents can be helped to prevent them. General Chairman--F redkkick A rcher, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Vice-Chairman--A cnes S amuelson, Superintendent, State Department of Public Instruc tion, Des Moines, Iowa. Secretary-- M arian T elford, Education Division, National Safety Council, New York City. Executive Committee Chairman--F rederick A rcher, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Elementary School Committee Chairman--L eslie R. S ilvernale, Supervisor of Safety Education, Public Schools, Cleveland, Ohio. Secondary School Committee Chairman--E dward E Greene, Vice Principal, Arsenal Technical Schools, Indianapolis, Ind. Statistics Committee Chairman--R. H. W aterhouse, Superintendent of Schools, Akron, RNOON SESSION Ohio. State Safety Activities Chairman--Charles H. E lliott, State Commissioner of Education, f 3, 1937 Trenton, N. J. VRCIAL VEHICLE SECTION don. A complete report of the meeting will be found in the section of this volume de voted to the Commercial Vehicle Section. TMENT Officers Elected for 1937-38 General Chairman--M illard C. L eflf.r, Superintendent of Schools, Lincoln, Nebr. Vice-Chairman--J. A ndrew H oley, Director of Instruction, State Department of Public Instruction, Oklahoma City, Okla. Secretary--M arian T elford, National Safety Council, New York City. TUESDAY MORNING SESSION October 12, 1937 I)i ACCIDENT RECORDS, THEIR MEANING AND USE The meeting was called to order by The four addresses revolved about acci- George Melcher, Superintendent of Schools, dent records, their meaning and use, and Kansas City, Mo., who presided. bow they may be obtained. 215