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The Driver’s Seat
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in statistics and police reports, can you tell us the second commonest type of automobile accident? Chances are that you'd guess wrong — the second commonest type, next to a two-vehicle collision, is the “ran off the road* accident. This is true nationally and in most of the individual states. What is a "ran off the road*? It's th® accident that happens when one car heads off the road and stops when it rams into a tree, bridge abutment or something else that's solid enough to stop the car and, perhaps, maim the driver. The off-the-road accident accounts for one third of all rural accidents, according to the National Safety Council, and -an even higher percentage of fatal accidents in the country areas. It's a big factor in cities, too. Chicago's ranoff-the -road accidents tripled in one recent year over the previous year. Why are these accidents so common? Nobody really knows since some of the accidents, based on availabe evidence, just can’t be explained. In many cases, especially in the night-time accidents* the driver fell asleep, was drunk or passed out. In. short, the driver lost control of the car and the car kept going until it hit Something that would stop it. Some of the ran-off-the road accidents are caused by poor signs and highway markings. Take this situation for ex
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