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Show AUTO CLUB AIDS ENFORCE THE LAW Salt Lake, Oct. 26. Chief of Police Po-lice B. F. Grant declared himself much pleased at the proffered assistance of the Automobile Club of Utah in a campaign against abuse of the traffic ordinance "We wish kindly but firmly to call the attention of all owners and drivers driv-ers of vehicles of any and all kind-) to the fact that we propose to enforce the law and it would be advisable for alf citizens to acquaint themselves with the ordinance governing tho traffic traf-fic of Uie city," said the chief A letter from the Automobile club follows B. F. Grant, Chief of Police, City: Dear Sir: At n recent meeting of the board of directors of the Automobile Auto-mobile club the question of the violation vio-lation of the city vehicle ordinance was brought up and discussed. The Automobile club is an organization organi-zation which stands ready at all timos to help your jdepartment In the enforcement en-forcement of this ordinance. The directors di-rectors believe that many of the provisions pro-visions are violated through lgnor: ance on the part of automobile drivers driv-ers and the drivers of other vehicles; and from time to time will take the liberty of calling your attention to those clauses "whlchthe club believes should be brought to public notice. Cauae of Accidents v The most frequently violated clause of the city ordinance. Is section 28, relating re-lating to' passing a 'street car whe-n It stops to load or unload passengers r think you will agree with the club that more accidents have been caused in Salt Lake through tho violation of this section by automobiles, motorcycles motor-cycles and other vehicles than from any other causo. The club would also like to call your attention to section 36 This section Is violated continually continu-ally bv pedestrians in the crowded places" of our clt. Another section which the club believes should lie strictly enforced is section 24, relating relat-ing to two or more ehlcles traveling aide br side on our city streets These three sections of bur vehicle and automobile au-tomobile ordinance are important and the ones most frequently violated and we would be pleased to act with you In any way you may suggest to help In the enforcement of the same. Very truly, AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF UTAH. By W. D. Rishel. Secretary. Three Sections Abused The sections referred to read: Section 2S. Keep ten feet from street cars. Every person riding, driving, propelling or in charge of any vehicle upon :ty street shall keep said vehicle at least ten feet from the running lioarVl or lowest step of any street car which has stopped for the purpose of taking on or discharging dis-charging pnssengers, and If by reason rea-son of the presenco of such vehicle at the place where such car has stopped, stop-ped, or by reason of the narrowness of the street or for any other reason ft Is not possible to preserve such distance dis-tance of ten feet from such running board or lowest ltop (as heroic prescribed), pre-scribed), then such person shall stop such" vehicle until such car shall have taken on or discharged its passenger and again started. Section 24. Two or more vehicles side by side. It shall be unlawful for two or more vehicles to travel side bv side on anv of the streets of the cfty. Section 36. Unlawful to unnecessarily unneces-sarily obstruct passage of other vehicles. ve-hicles. Tt shall be unlawful for any pedestrian or vehicle to wilfully or unnecessarily obstruct the passage of any other vehicle or pedestrian. |