Word: traffice
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surface, Saigon seems in some ways to be its old self again. Traffic is nearly as heavy as before in the morning, but slackens during the afternoon in anticipation of the 7-p.m. curfew. The black market is still operating, but business is off by about 50%. About 70% of the sidewalk shops and stalls have reopened, most for only half a day; many of the finer shops still remain closed. Money is circulating freely and most Saigonese seem to trust its worth, since there has been little upsurge in bartering. Phone service has been restored, and so has electric...
SOMEWHERE during the course of the past generation the belief that "80 per cent of all auto accidents are the fault of the driver" became established in the conventional wisdom of the traffic safety field. Repeatedly the institutions that have encouraged this belief have been challenged to produce acceptable evidence that it is so. Just as repeatedly the challenge has been ignored. Although the use of alcohol by drivers is known to be the chief factor in the initiation of fatal crashes, this constant emphasis on the culpability of drivers probably has the effect of lessening anxiety about the driving...
...fault of drivers arises from the perception of aggressive behavior on the part of others (and one's self) in situations where it is clearly intended. Dr. Thomas Allison has suggested that men are more likely than women to drive in this manner and, further, that "Often an habitual traffic violator is impulsive when under stress, and is irresponsible in all his living experiences...
When and if more is learned of this subject, it will be possible to apply such knowledge to the problem of traffic safety, and, further, to begin looking more closely at the still shrouded subject of homicide and suicide by motor vehicle...
...statistics are alarming in their proportion. There are some 13,600,000 accidents a year. Some 30 million citations for violations of the traffic laws are issued to residents of the United States each year. It now takes an average of 32.4 months to obtain a civil jury trial for a personal injury case in the metropolitan areas of the nation. In Suffolk County, New York, it is 50 months. In the Circuit Court of Cook County, serving Chicago, it is 64 months plus. The clerk of the Suffolk Superior Court in Massachusetts, where the present delay in such civil...