End of the Road
Suspense · January 31, 1960 · 24 min · 3,154 words
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And now, another tale well calculated to keep you in. In a moment, end of the road, written for radio by Alan Sloan, from a story by Eliezer Lipsky. Back in pioneer days, they used to talk about the quick and the dead.
The idea used to be the quick survived and the slow folks stopped an arrow. For today things have changed. On America's highways, it's often the quick who are the dead. makes considerably worse than waste, as highway fatalities statistics grimly prove. Most highway deaths come from excessive speed and cutting out of line. It's possible to be killed by
making a target of your car as well. It's possible to get into trouble by having a mechanically imperfect car. There are all sorts of dangers involved in piloting one of today's high-speed automobiles, but hundreds of thousands of drivers of all ages are proving that it's also possible to have an accident clean record alertness politeness yes
common courtesy on the road and the flexibility of changing highway conditions these are true driving skills these are the keys to accident free driving your only guarantees of survival on the rugged roads of today this is her husband who who is calling? Well just a minute. It's for you. Sounds like a job.
Thanks, Willy. Hello? What's the matter? They will pay you off. And he may be good enough for a cover girl, man. What's the matter? You mean Mary Lutin? 2 p.m. Elite. You're gonna do it.
You hear me? You're... And as long as I have you, Edgar. Just a moment, please. Willy, please, please. I said I am going with you. Willy, can you wait till I finish this call? I got all the time in the world but I am going with you.
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