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May 30, 1940
Miami Citizen
Miami, Dade County, Florida
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Automobile drivers often blame accidents on mechanical failures like locked steering or failed brakes, but police find over 90% of involved vehicles in good condition, suggesting causes lie in drivers' mental or temperamental shortcomings, per Travelers Insurance Co.
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DRIVERS AND ACCIDENTS
Any automobile drivers, after an accident, will insist that the steering wheel locked, or that the gas pedal stuck, or that the brakes failed, or that something else went wrong. Police officials are quite likely to be skeptical of these excuses because they have found more than 90 per cent of all vehicles involved in fatal and non-fatal smashups are in apparently good condition with none of these defects noted.
Drivers, if they will be honest, can usually trace the cause of an accident to some failure of their mental or temperamental equipment rather than in their mechanical equipment.—Travelers Insurance Co.
Any automobile drivers, after an accident, will insist that the steering wheel locked, or that the gas pedal stuck, or that the brakes failed, or that something else went wrong. Police officials are quite likely to be skeptical of these excuses because they have found more than 90 per cent of all vehicles involved in fatal and non-fatal smashups are in apparently good condition with none of these defects noted.
Drivers, if they will be honest, can usually trace the cause of an accident to some failure of their mental or temperamental equipment rather than in their mechanical equipment.—Travelers Insurance Co.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Driver Excuses
Accident Causes
Mechanical Failures
Police Skepticism
Personal Responsibility
What entities or persons were involved?
Travelers Insurance Co.
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Key Persons
Travelers Insurance Co.
Story Details
Drivers excuse accidents by blaming vehicle defects, but evidence shows vehicles are typically fine, attributing causes to drivers' mental or temperamental failures.