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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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At a highway safety conference in Washington, D.C., President Truman urged states to tighten traffic regulations, preventing unfit drivers from obtaining licenses. He highlighted that traffic accidents have caused more deaths than all U.S. wars and more injuries than both World Wars, with annual property damage over $1 billion.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA).
In addressing the opening session of his highway safety conference, Wednesday President Truman appealed for a tightening of traffic regulations by state and local authorities so every "nut or moron" can not get a driver's license simply because he can pay the fee.
During the speech Mr. Truman recalled that while he was in the Senate that he made studies of the traffic situation and discovered that more people had been killed in traffic accidents than in all of the wars in the nation's history. He said that he discovered that more people were permanently injured from traffic accidents than from both World Wars. The damage to property in traffic is "never less than $1,000,000,000," he said.
The President stated that the Federal Government did not plan to encroach upon states' rights but, on the other hand he said that the government could not be expected to sit idly by if the traffic toll continues unchecked.
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President Truman addresses highway safety conference, appeals for stricter driver's license regulations to prevent unfit individuals from driving, cites studies showing traffic accidents deadlier than all wars combined and causing massive injuries and property damage, affirms federal non-interference with states' rights but urges action on traffic toll.