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JANUARY 1959 Published b9 Safehj Division Motor Vehicle Department Madison 2, Wisconsin Safety Inventory Report Forms Thoroughly Revised; Two New Sections Are lncluc/ec/ Report forms fo r the 1958 Annual Inventory of T raf-fic Safety Activities, which all Wisconsin cities over 5,000 population have recently received , have undergone a thorough revision. The changes should make the fo rms clearer and easier to complete and yet should provide a more thorough picture of safety activities being m nducted in a community, according to the National Safety Counci·l. Report Biggest Drop In Deaths Since '43 One of the things for which the past year will be remembered is the fact that it bw ught the State_ of Wi\Consin its greatest reduction in motor vehicle traffic deaths since the year 1943- when gasoline was being rationed and when a large proportion of American-made mileage was being used up in battle areas on foreign soil. Preliminary tabulations show that 822 persons lost their lives in Wisconsin traffic accidents last year, compared with 919 during the previous year, and an all-time high of 955 in 1956. Thus the state death toll was reduced by more than te n per cent in a single year. Message Received In mid -December, when state traffic deaths were running exactly 100 behind the corresponding record for the previous year, Wisconsin's outgoing governor, Vernon W. Thomson, received the following message from General George C. Stewart, executive vice president of the Nati onal Safety Council : "The National Safety Council is delighted to learn that as of today the Wisconsin traffic death toll is one hundred below the toll at this time last year. We realize that this saving of human l ife could only have been achieved through relentless and energetic effort by you, your official family, by traffic enforcement agencies and officers of Wisconsin, by everyone concern ed with traffic safety, and most of all, the drivers and pedestri ans themselves . ... We hope and pray that this record continues and even improves in the days to come and that you will permit us to help in every way we can." Besides showing the largest reduction in t raffic deaths since 1943, the past year reco rded the lowest annual death toll since 1951 , when 789 lives were lost in W isconsin t raffic. 'f wo new sections have been added to the NSC inventory- Transportation of the Injured, whi ch will be used for informat ion onl y, and Traffic Ordinances, which will be evaluated and used in comput ing a city 's overall score. The purpose of the first new section is to obtain data on which to base future recommendations for the improvement of the quali ty of first aid rendered to traffic casualties at the scene of accidents and of the ways and means of their transportation to hospi ta ls in order to minimize the serious effects of t rauma. Accompanying the new T raffic Ordinances section is a reprint from the August issue of "Traffic Safety" entitled, 'Traffic Laws." The article deals with the need fo r uni fo rmi ty of traffic laws and ordinances throughout the nation and explains how ind ividual communities can take action to bring about this uni fo rmity. This new section, des igned to determine the extent to which a city is carrying out a modern traffic ordinance program, should be completed by the city atto rn ey. Probabl y the most thorough revision was made in the Police Traffic Supervision (See SAFETY INVENTORY, Page 2) New Manual Contains Revised Stopping Distances Wisconsin's revised Manual for Motorists carries a new stopping distance chart cleveloped by the Traffic and Transportation Conference, National Safety Council, which generally shows an increase in the di stances requi red to bring a vehicle to a sa fe stop at various speeds. Driver education teachers are advised by the Motor Vehi cle Department Safety Division that the new chart may be at variance with the charts contained in driver education textbooks, and allowance should be made for this fact in both teaching and testi ng. Although the new chart has been prepared for educational purposes only- not fo r !Jega:l or eng ineering use- it is aubhent ic, based on actual experience, and recommended to the attention of all Wisconsin dri vers.
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Transcript | JANUARY 1959 Published b9 Safehj Division Motor Vehicle Department Madison 2, Wisconsin Safety Inventory Report Forms Thoroughly Revised; Two New Sections Are lncluc/ec/ Report forms fo r the 1958 Annual Inventory of T raf-fic Safety Activities, which all Wisconsin cities over 5,000 population have recently received , have undergone a thorough revision. The changes should make the fo rms clearer and easier to complete and yet should provide a more thorough picture of safety activities being m nducted in a community, according to the National Safety Counci·l. Report Biggest Drop In Deaths Since '43 One of the things for which the past year will be remembered is the fact that it bw ught the State_ of Wi\Consin its greatest reduction in motor vehicle traffic deaths since the year 1943- when gasoline was being rationed and when a large proportion of American-made mileage was being used up in battle areas on foreign soil. Preliminary tabulations show that 822 persons lost their lives in Wisconsin traffic accidents last year, compared with 919 during the previous year, and an all-time high of 955 in 1956. Thus the state death toll was reduced by more than te n per cent in a single year. Message Received In mid -December, when state traffic deaths were running exactly 100 behind the corresponding record for the previous year, Wisconsin's outgoing governor, Vernon W. Thomson, received the following message from General George C. Stewart, executive vice president of the Nati onal Safety Council : "The National Safety Council is delighted to learn that as of today the Wisconsin traffic death toll is one hundred below the toll at this time last year. We realize that this saving of human l ife could only have been achieved through relentless and energetic effort by you, your official family, by traffic enforcement agencies and officers of Wisconsin, by everyone concern ed with traffic safety, and most of all, the drivers and pedestri ans themselves . ... We hope and pray that this record continues and even improves in the days to come and that you will permit us to help in every way we can." Besides showing the largest reduction in t raffic deaths since 1943, the past year reco rded the lowest annual death toll since 1951 , when 789 lives were lost in W isconsin t raffic. 'f wo new sections have been added to the NSC inventory- Transportation of the Injured, whi ch will be used for informat ion onl y, and Traffic Ordinances, which will be evaluated and used in comput ing a city 's overall score. The purpose of the first new section is to obtain data on which to base future recommendations for the improvement of the quali ty of first aid rendered to traffic casualties at the scene of accidents and of the ways and means of their transportation to hospi ta ls in order to minimize the serious effects of t rauma. Accompanying the new T raffic Ordinances section is a reprint from the August issue of "Traffic Safety" entitled, 'Traffic Laws." The article deals with the need fo r uni fo rmi ty of traffic laws and ordinances throughout the nation and explains how ind ividual communities can take action to bring about this uni fo rmity. This new section, des igned to determine the extent to which a city is carrying out a modern traffic ordinance program, should be completed by the city atto rn ey. Probabl y the most thorough revision was made in the Police Traffic Supervision (See SAFETY INVENTORY, Page 2) New Manual Contains Revised Stopping Distances Wisconsin's revised Manual for Motorists carries a new stopping distance chart cleveloped by the Traffic and Transportation Conference, National Safety Council, which generally shows an increase in the di stances requi red to bring a vehicle to a sa fe stop at various speeds. Driver education teachers are advised by the Motor Vehi cle Department Safety Division that the new chart may be at variance with the charts contained in driver education textbooks, and allowance should be made for this fact in both teaching and testi ng. Although the new chart has been prepared for educational purposes only- not fo r !Jega:l or eng ineering use- it is aubhent ic, based on actual experience, and recommended to the attention of all Wisconsin dri vers. |
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