“This month’s cover painting is an illustrated statistic. Driving 30 miles per hour is as dangerous as driving on the roof of a tall building! If you hit another car head on going at the same ‘safe’ speed it would be like driving off a nine-story building.” [Read more here.]
I think the message is that if you’re driving along a secluded roadway with your older brother’s girlfriend and you find yourself surrounded by magical red bricks hovering around your vintage 1948 Eelmobile with a flying dog and an alligator in the back seat, PULL OVER.
Common sense runs amok on this edition of The Overnight Open Thread.
Tags: 1948, hallucinations, Overnight Open Thread, Popular Science, Retro, Safety, Speed Kills, warning
