Forming the Safety Habit.

Habit formation commences very early in life and goes on more or less continuously throughout its duration. It is this fact upon which the safety idea rests—in its educational aspect. If one stops to think before one acts—say in crossing a street or in jumping from a moving vehicle —a cautious habit is formed and it becomes stronger (to the point of giving the individual a hundred per cent, protection against accident) in proportion to the use made of it in circumstances of possible danger. Accidents are painful to the victim, and disturbing generally. The formation and constant cultivation of the safety habit will diminish their number considerably.

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