354 "I can't have killed him!" "But that's just what he had done," said the Policeman. "And it will take him a long time to forget it, poor chap. Think how you'd feel if you'd taken a fellow-creature's life away—all for want of a little extra care!" ¶ Don't be foolhardy and imagine you couldn't possibly have an accident. Some 6,000 people were killed on the roads last year, and many of these fatalities involved drivers who thought just that! You see, safety depends on such small things. Good brakes, for instance.