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title: How does your driving mileage compare with these Navy drivers?
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/how-does-your-driving-mileage-compare-navy-1944/
description: 'Navy Department safety poster on teal paper: two head-and-shoulder photographs, one of a man in a suit and one in an open-collar shirt.'
section: Collection
---

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# How does your driving mileage compare with these Navy drivers?

Navy Department safety poster on teal paper: two head-and-shoulder photographs, one of a man in a suit and one in an open-collar shirt, each named with his Navy station and a record of miles driven without accident, around a 'No-Accident Driver Award' badge. The named individuals serve as testimonial examples set against the reader's own driving.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
How does YOUR driving mileage compare with these Navy drivers?
EDWARD PICKERALL
U. S. NAVAL PROVING GROUNDS
DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA
HAS DRIVEN 187,141 MILES
IN LAST TEN YEARS
WITHOUT ACCIDENT.
MALCOLM GRAHAM
U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION
PENSACOLA, FLA.
HAS DRIVEN 135,246 MILES
IN LAST NINE YEARS
WITHOUT ACCIDENT.
[badge: NO-ACCIDENT DRIVER AWARD]
NAVY DEPARTMENT SAFETY POSTER
N657- 440216
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—588747]
```

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