Show i iMore Safety Council Predicts More Highway j Deaths Ahead IMPROVED LICENSING AND CONTROLS SEEN AS PRIMARY NEED The traffic deaths recorded recorded ded ed in Utah during 1957 while tragically high will probably be repeated in 1958 and go even higher in successive years Until unil until un- un til il th the people of the State of Utah Utah take basically needed re remedial remedial remedial re- re medial preventive action the Utah Safety Council declared oday In reviewing the past years year's record wise traffic-wise the Council pointed out that the human and economic waste resulting from traffic accidents is preventable but depends upon many important important important tant factors working together With rising population increasing increasing ing ng vehicle registrations a and n d travel the added exposure to and incidence of accidents is in in- in evitable The prevention programs programs pro- pro grams rams of the cities and the State require ext extensive improvement to keep pace with these factors Failure to do so will vill result in increasing ever-increasing traffic deaths injuries and nd property damage accidents they said Any hopes that the traffic toll will be re reduced simply through continued appeals for safe driving through the press radio and other means would I only be like the ostrich hiding its head in the said said Ashby Ashby Ashby Ash- Ash by J. J Badger vice president for traffic of the Utah Safety Coun Coun- cil He stressed the recent recommendations recommendations recommendations of the Public Officials Officials Officials Traffic Conference at Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington D. D C. C and how closely they parallel the basic needs in Utah Improved Licensing I Program Needed A vastly improved driver li licensing licensing li- li censing and control program program increased manpower and train train- 1 ing lag for for- our patrol and police agencies an accident records bureau that will provide prompt factual data to guide the en enforcement enforcement enforcement en- en engineering and educational ed- ed educational educational ed ed- efforts and most important of all genuine public public pub pub- lic lie support and insistence f for for- rall r- r all these needs is required d Mr Badger continued When we achieve all this then we can expect a real reduction reduction re- re I in traffic accidents Until Until Until Un Un- til then the present efforts of our agencies and edu educational groups can only be of a holding- holding action type The people of Utah are only orly going to get as much traffic safety as they want he I Icon con concluded The Councils Council's 1957 tabulations listed an economic loss resulting from traffic accidents in Utah of over 0 |