A trafficdeath rate that makes Alabama the fifth worst State in the Union in that respect is enough to shock the State into prompt new determination and action to -reduce the accident toll through steppedup law enforcement activity and other safety promotion. Meanwhile. an Interstate Commerce Commission report on a twotruck collision in North Carolina early in June that killed 21 persons and injured 16 others serves as the strongest sort of argument for the practice of safety in traffic. This disastrous accident occurred at a highway intersection and involved a truck loaded with migrant farmworkers and a tractortrailer truck loaded with potatoes. The ICC investigation resulted in the blame being placed on the truck carrying the farm workers. "It -has not been possible to determine whether the failure of this vehicle to stop was due to reckless operation and disregard for traffic laws. or failure of the brakes to control the heavily loaded vehicle. or by a combination of reckless driving and poorly maintained vehicle." said the ICC report. "It is known that the 11)fton truck was loaded with people whose weight probably totaled approximately 5.500 pounds. This vehicle was in obviously deteriorated condition. the body of makeshift construction. and maintenance had been neglected. "Survivors have stated to the effect that it was operated at a high rate of speed and that this speed was not reduced much. if at all. at the intersection * * * "The accident was the direct result of the manner of operation of the vehicle transporting these workers." All over the United States too many unsafe motor vehiclestrucks and automobiles alikeare operated qmthe highways. endangering not only the lives of their occupants but the lives of other users of the roads.