European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Autobahn Ore photographed for court to fico Dock speeders along lethal of danger of fron suide w also another occlude of occurs Marks noted roce Drivers favorite haunt of Grin is one More Well known danger Tingle Accident killed eight ipod Hurt has Moss t v germans tackle problem Ofsa by Ernie staff writer Tilk game of russian Roulette along the suicide Alley stretch of one of Germany autobahn is slowing Down sell holy since the j00kiorneter 62 Mph de a lated on the sup High y in Frankfurt and jul too Sjon to give a True picture but re hav been fewer afoul its since the have police chief been it die Hesse state police unit which is responsible for patrolling of the 50mile suicide from his in he is in constant radio Contact with his squad cars on the although this is a straight stretch of mostly Well paved four Lane the Accident rate is the highest in last year 58 people were killed in the so far this have died with fall fog and Winter ice still one 7kilometer Darm Stadt and the pm Marker has claimed let lives since since the Day Back in 1935 when Hitler Cut the tape opening this Section of the superhighway life a persons made their last trip on the Somile what causes these which have killed and maimed hundreds not so much Speed As poor Burger because it is a straight Section of the Road Drivers tend to become most of our accidents Are caused by cars following too then theres blinding headlights and falling asleep at the according to the we think blinding headlights have been solved by a new Fence we Are trying out in one Section of the Center of the he it will not Only keep cars from bounding into the opposite Lane when they have been hit but it also stops the Glare of lights from oncoming if the experimental Fence works out after a year it will be installed along the entire stretch of suicide guard rails on the shoulder of the designed to keep cars from going off the autobahn when their Drivers lose control or fall have turned out to be More a menace than a life a hitting the rail would then Bounce Back on the colliding with another Borger pointed out it is better to let sleeping Driver go off the Road where he can Only Hurt himself probably the biggest contributing cause to the accidents is the fact that this stretch of the autobahn has reached its the transport ministry at Bonn made Survey to see of suicide Alley could be turned into a six Lane because several Hundred entrances and exits and other obstacles must be rebuilt or it was found cheaper to build a secondary autobahn Between Frankfurt or Mainz to Mannheim to Siphon off some of the traffic from the main our repairs this summer have caused some of the worst traffic congestion we have Ever Borger but it was absolutely necessary rebuilt the old it is More than 20 years had been repaired Many times and had begun to break up under the heavy the Hesse police tried out a helicopter outfitted with giant loud speakers to warn Drivers who had parked on the Edge of the this helicopter was loaned to us by the Frankfurter a weekly Magazine which is interested in reducing accidents on the Borger but it would Cost the police quite a lot to operate it All the traffic experts fear that Over enthusiastic use of the helicopter would cause More wrecks than it would prevent because of the Surprise element in the sudden Over head screeching of patrol experts also fear that the new Speed limit on the autobahn will not help too Borgers civilian dressed officers sit in unmarked cars along the checking and photographing when american service personnel Are found to be speeding we Forward the License number to the Provost the police chief i have discovered they Are punished such More than the German Drivers who violate the Borger explained that anyone who tired of living on this planet has a Good Chance of leaving it by making a turn on the 1 y death 12 sign of cart of u on traffic the stars and stripes