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Parsons stated people intending ' to file claims can help speed! up the processing of their claim if the proof is not immediately available.
THE DRIVER’S
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“Wait !” cried the dismayed old lady, as she hastened forward) and grasped the atm of the pleasant little man. “Pardon me, sir. You’* are headed straight into |that wall!"
“Oh, uh. Why, thank you,” said Blinker McSquint. “It! was just looking for that door, somewhere here. You know, the office where you get iyour driver’s license renewed.”. He! peered at the old lady, -raised his hat politely,; and went on his wjay.
Amiable McSquint, one ojF the three million! McGoo’s driving cars on our roads today, probably thinks everyone sees things as he -^oes. Probably he has no idea what a hazard he is as a driver not only to himself but to others on the road. Yet, it’s possible he'll get that license renewal. • Poor McSquint. Once behind the wheel, ninety per cent 'of all t fb<r decision* |te Will have to make will be based on what he sees. This raises the^oilective hair of persons concerned with highway safety, among them the California Optometric Association.
At feast 3 million Americans are driving ajutos even though their vision k seriously impaired! according to Statistics compiled by the Amercari Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.
This group has three suggestions Because 25 per cent of all drivers have substandard eyesight and present eye tests seldom are sufficiently thorough, the Association: proposes: 1) That competent personnel should administer sight! tests .every time a driver applies for renewal of his license 2) ) That bigger-and. better signs should be
usei*fl#all highway-hand streets; a,3r "That shape, color, and ,ordifTg'o?r*Il'traffic signs should be standardized, easily read, and1 understandable at first glance . Of coursie, not everyone is a , MqSquint. Yet even 20/20 drivers should not object to what optometrists recommend. Any easy-to.read sign with ai snappy, clear message is a boon to any driver. Standard-, izing the shape and color of signs
advantages to all raohas obvious torists.
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