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Show Chairman Asks Safety Cooperation W. D. Hammond, chairman of the Utah State Road Commission, has urged all Utah motorists to cooperate with law enforcement officers in an attempt to cut traffic traf-fic accidents at least in half during dur-ing the present . year. Last year, in Utah, 171 people lost their lives in traffic accidents involving automobiles. This is a tremendous economic loss to say nothing of the grief and sorrow that comes to the relatives and friends of those involved. A careful study of the accidents acci-dents reveal, that a majority . of them could have been prevented with the exercises of reasonable care on the part of the drivers involved. "There is so little reason rea-son for excessive speed," said Mr. Hammond. "A person may save five minutes or even ten minutes by speeding, but -what does that profit anyone if it costs the life or the limb of the driver or of some one else? And there are not many appointments that can't wait a few minutes if it saves a life." Mr. Hammond pointed out that most motorists feel that they are immune from accident without stopping to think that it might mean their own death or the death of a loved one in case of ,ccident and so they take chances that are all out of reason. After the accident, realization comes too late to be of any use. If motorists would stop to visualize in advance what would happen in case of accident there would be more careful drivers and far fewer accidents. ac-cidents. Let's make 1941 the "Drive Carefully'' year. |