Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-04-30 | Page 10 | White Flag Day Mark Equaled

WHITE FLAG FLAO DA DAY Y I MARK EQUALED A mark of ot 85 consecutive days without a traffic death in Salt Salts s Lake county outside Salt Lake City was written into the records Tuesday indicating the effectiveness effective effective- ness of traffic safety efforts In the area t The day 85 white white flag flag period equals the county's best record of ot 1939 If Tuesday passes without a fatality a new r record cord of 86 white I slag flag days will have been reached For purposes of white flag days or consecutive days without highway highway high high- way fatalities The Telegram counts from the day of ot a death rather than from the day of the fatal accident The last death eath Inthe in inthe inthe the county occurred February 4 The victim was a pedestrian Injured In in- in injured injured January 25 a Three-Month Three Mark Near Counting from January 25 the county has gone 95 days with without ut S a fatal accident and if it Tuesday is kept clear will have gone through three entire months without a fatal accident The county has had two fatalities fatal fatal- ties to date In 1940 compared with three up to this time in 1939 J. J E. E Scheib chief traffic deputy sheriff said several factors have contributed to the deathless day mark He praised The Telegram r In particular for its traffic safety II program asserting that it certainly certainly is a factor in hi the county's r record cord K Keeps eps Deaths to Minimum Salt Lake county has kept traffic traffie trat- trat r lie fie death to a minimum by reason lY of several efforts Deputy Scheib said Enforcement is maintained at a high degree thanks to the cooperation of the state highway patrol This county is well patrolled patrolled pa- pa I troll trolled d and our enforcement index stands at nine j jAn I 1 An enforcement Index is the relation of court convictions for forI I moving vehicle violations to injury I and fatal accidents Thus if there were convictions in one month and 10 fatal and injury accidents the Index would be 10 Engineering work is being performed performed performed per per- formed in the county on a large scale Mr Scheib added because of cooperation of the state road commission Every fatal or serious serious' injury accident is followed up with witha a rt traffic engineering study