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My brakes let me down on the hill

1 Jan 1945

350 "Well, it was a sad business," says Policeman 101. "Van driver lost control coming down a hill and crashed into a school girl. Of course, she ought to have been keeping a better look-out. But if those brakes had only been checked before the van started, the accident might never have happened." ¶ A little extra trouble may "My brakes let me down on the hill" mean the difference between life and death. This is especi- ally true just now. Surfaces are war-worn. Traffic is heavier, and many pedestrians and children are unused to it.
children infrastructure crime safety advertising publicity death rate industry motor vehicles transportation police roads transport travel traffic policing publicity campaigns
Collection ID
HATOM
Document Reference
HATOM/4/345
Document Types
Ephemera
File Reference
HATOM/4
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.hatom.000004.345
Keywords
Advertising Children Death Rate Infrastructure Motor Vehicles Police Publicity Publicity Campaigns Roads Safety Traffic Transportation
Language
English
Note
Advert located on top half of page.
Pages
1
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
History of Advertising Trust: O&M wartime book no 4
Themes
Industry Infrastructure Transport Travel Crime Policing

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