THE SEATTLE TIMES caption for the above reads, “Grim reminder of what might happen to reckless and drunken drivers in heavy traffic tonight, the above wrecked automobile, involved in a recent collision, was parked today at the base of the death termometer which has beenused by the seattle Traffic and Safety Council to record the city’s traffic toll. The thermometer is at Fourth an dWetlake Avenues. Perched atop the car is “Safety Pete,” official mascot of the Safety Council.”
