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All Prices shown are subject to a 10 per cent discount to National Safety Council Members- NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 425 NORTH MICHIGAN AYE. CHICAGO II, ILL piiiTDiti.M, 190029703 20 CURRENT SAFETY TOPICS -- Volume 26 1950 TUANSA tTTIONS TRAFFIC SAFETY 44th National Safetg Congress (October 22-26, 1956, Chicago, IU.) Presentation of the 1956 Beecroft Memorial Award and Introduction of Lecturer (Johnson)............................................... 4 1956 Beecroft Memorial Award Lecture The Skill and Vftll to Drive Safety (Hunt)......................................... 5 Developing an Organization for Traffic Safety (Williams) 1................ 9 Organizing for Traffic Safety Legislation (A Panel Discussion).............'13 Voices of Ezpcrience (A Panel Discussion).........................'.................. 19 The Program of an Organization for Traffic Safety (Ladd).................... 24 (Comiimmcd 00 out page) NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 425 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO 11, ILLINOIS nen* Safety Topics in TRAFFIC SAFETY (Couijaotd into cowj How to Achieve More Effective Traffic Law Enforcement (A Symposiu .......................................................................................26 Improving the Performance of Present Police Personnel (Chthls)............... 26 Why Accident Investigation Should Be Improved (Carret)....................... 29 How to Obtain Public Support for Enforcement (Lorny)........................... 30 Specific Police Problems (A Symposium)............................................. 34 Problems of Foliec Organization-Centralized Control and Area Command (SatnnasJ................................................... What ShaoJd Be the Police Attitude Toward Sponsored "Hot Rodding" and "Drag Strips** (Fleming).......................................... 34 36 Responsibility of the Engineer in a Traffic Safety Program (Billings)......................................................... 39 The Engineer Accepts His Responsibility, in a Traffic Safety Program (A Discussion)....................................42 Who Should Attend Traffic Court School? (Rosenthal)........ 49 Are Innocent Motorists Pleading Guilty? (Nctherton).................. 50 How Far Does the Court's Responsibility Go Towards Traffic Safety? (A Panel Discussion)........................ 54 Gvie Action and Public Education (A Panel Discussion)............ 58 Committee on Gvic Activities for Traffic Safety.......................................... 61 Open Discussion Groups Automotive Accident Injury Prevention......................................................... Problem Drivers--Their Identification and Treatment................................ Vehicle Operation and Control on Turnpikes............................................... Will Severe Penalization Reduee the Accident Toll?.................................. Promotional Idea Eschange......................................................................... The Need for Traffic Training........................................................................ Practical School Crossing Protection............................................................ Improving Your Traffic Inventory Reports..................................................... What's Wrong with Accident Records?....................................................... Problems of Chemical Tests for Intoxication............................................... 65 65 66 67 68 66 69 70 71 72 Techniques of an Organization for Traffic Safety............................... 73 Safety Supermarket Each fall, some 1200 afety experts from all over the U.S. and many foreign countries gather in Chicago to discuss safe attitudes, methods and equipment. It isn't just a gossip session. There's serious thought and talk on how to prevent the tragic accidents-- on the job, off the job, in the home; on the streets and highways-- which'claim about 95,000 lives every year. Each edition of the Transactions is a handy reference to the up-tothe-minute idms and experiences of these top men in all fields of accident prevention. Safety people everywhere have found in the Congress Transactions much useful ammunition to aid them in the war on accidents. Tbe National Safety Congress Transactions are published in volumes, each covering a phase of the safety picture, along with a General Sessions and Detailed Index to all volumes. The volumes of the 1956 Congress Transactions are listed on the last page of this volume. In preparing these Transactions, the proceedings of the Congress have been condensed and edited for reference purposes. Complete original manuscripts, with any charts'or illustrations which were used, are available in National Safety Council files. View's expressed at the Congress or in this record are those of the Congress participants and are not necessarily those of the National Safely CotmciL THE TRAFFIC SECTION This volume is a record of the sessions held at the 1956 National Safety Congress by the Traffic Section. The conduct of these Con- gTtes smsums och year is only one of the many cooperative activities which the Traffic Section carries on in behalf of its roonbers, and for the benefit of accident prevention work in public safety generally. The Section gives guidance in the preparation of a great variety of technical and educational material useful in day-to-day safety programs. - The activities of the Section are under the direction of its Executive Committee, the members of which are listed at the close of this volume. 64 1956 National Safety Congress Membership Requirements and Benefits The organization shall take the following form: Any interested group or individual may be admitted to membership on request. Since many organizations are restricted from paying dues to other organizations or associations, no dues should be required for membership. Many of these represent or ganizations of the type desired as active members of the committee and whose con tributions are important to civic action for traffic safety. Benefits to members should include: 1. The advantage, insofar as possible, of the Council's consultation services and field, services. 2. Special consideration and arrangements during planning and execution of Congress programs. 3. Eligibility to receive from the National Safety Council a regular newsletter slanted to the primary interests of the committee. 4. Receipts of first-hand information of all available materials m the field. Advisory Members To gjvc the committee considerations the advantage of authoritative advice in areas where activities coincide, advisory members shall be appointed annually: From the Conference of Local Safety Organizations. From the Public Information Conference. From the Traffic and Transportation Con ference. From Women's Activities Conference. From Labor Conference. Officers Officers of the Committee on Civic Action for Traffic Safety shall be elected annually and shall consist of: Chairman Vice Chairmen Secretary (from committee membership) Chairman of the Executive Committee Chairman of the Nominating Committee Chairman of the Program Committee Study and sub-committee chairman (se lected as directed and as needed by the committee to conduct its business and ac tivities) I .iaison shall be maintained between staff and the committee by the appointment by the National Safety Council of a staff rep resentative to serve the full committee. This person shall be designated by ihe Director, Public Safety Education Division, National Safety Council. The Governing Committee It is the intent to establish a group em powered to conduct its own business and elect its own officers. Accordingly, the af fairs of the full committee shall be gov erned by an executive committee of about 24 members selected from the full committee membership. Executive committee members could serve three years, eight to be selected each year. Study and Sab-Committees Necessary study committees needed to guide and advise the executive committee in its administration of committee business may be appointed by the chairman of the executive committee. Sub-committees, as the need arises, may be appointed by the chairman of the full committee upon recommendation of the full committee. Meetings At least one annual meeting shall be held during each annual National' Safety Con gress, at which time election of officers shall be held. Other meetings of the full committee or sub-committees shall be held throughout the year as needs and activities dictate. 65 Open Discussion Groups Automotive Accident Injury Prevention Discussion Leader: John O. Moore, Dir., Automotive Crash Injury Research, Cor nell U. Medical College. About 50 persons attended the discussions on techniques available for reduction of automobile-accident injuries. Questions proposed by the group dealt with the tendency of the public to buy automobiles which had optional equipment designed especially for reducing accident injuries. Representative of Ford Motor Company said that 7 per cent of their gross sales during the past year had been purchased with optional seat-belt equipment, an indi cation of public acceptance. Data was presented by members indicat ing the frequency of reduction of injuries and fatalities observed in accidents involv ing 1956-model ~ar*. It was the consensus of the discussion group that no single device offers a complete answer to the acadentinjury problem. It was pointed out that the scat belt is the most important device avail able for controlling injuries in the event of an accident. Time was spent discussing methocs of obtaining acceptance of safety belts by large Beet organizations as well as by the gen eral public The translation of injuries into economic-loss figures should be employed in convincing the public of the wisdom of buying devices designed for control of in jury, in accidents, the group agreed. There has been a gratifying response from the public in many parts of the country with regard to installation and use of seat belts. The question of the strength of safety belts was discussed. It was agreed that there was a need for data on the limits of human tolerance before belts of high-breaking strength were offered. A review of the present status of Society of Automotive Engineers recommendation practices was made by members of the SAE Seat-Belt Committee. It was reported that work was presently being done to develop SAE recommendation practice on anchorage of safety belts. It was reported that there was no effort at the present time to indicate that safety belts have actually produced internal in juries. Consensus of the group was that we are approaching an era where safety devices can be accepted m the reduction of injuries and deaths from traffic accidents. Problem Drivers--Their Identification and Treatment Discussion Leader: John G Kerrick. Mgr.. Driver's license Div,, Salem, Ore- Problem Drivers I will report on the most important and potentially the roost far-reaching subject considered by our group, that of dealing with the relationship betweoi a point system and a complete driver-improvement program in approaching the subject of problem driv ers. It is possible that some persons in this room have heard of point systems used in dealing with problem drivers, but who have never heard of driver improvement. If that is true, it can be dangerous and detrimental to the over-all traffic-safety program. I will tell you why this is true. Point systems have been so widely publi cized during recent years that many per sons now regard a point system alone as representing a Driver-Improvement pro gram. This most certainly represents over simplification of a program which, poten tially. is one of the most powerful ^nd effective in the entire traffic-safety field. A point system can have a definite and important place in a driver-improvement program, but it is of vital importance that this place be recognized and evaluated cor rectly.