Show j Drunken Driver Menace i I Demands Jail Terms I c- c HP killing and maIming of citizens on our I highways by drunken drivers has reached proportions that the courts of Salt Lake should be startled into the need for adopting jail sentences as the sure sur punishment for this With one sweeping order that every drunken driver who is arrested and convicted shall receive a term in jail judges could do more to stop the slaughter than many times more of police effort would accomplish Why the criminal court judges should be beso so so easy on potential murder rs is a mystery to the public One judge prides himself on the me stiff fines he gives ives intoxicated drivers yet et the fines are rank ra leniency when the graY graY- ltv ity of the drunken drivers driver's violation is considered con con- Jai terms are the only effective answer answer to the menace of drunken drunk n drivers Charles S. S Kinnison has expressed the attitude atti- atti tude of the whole citizenship in these biting lines Jines Had I the right to frame the laws Theres There's ONE Id I'd tike like to make And Id I'd equip it too with claws claws- With barbs that scratch and rake Id I'd make a law that left a scarA scar scar- t A law to fit the skunk The crazy cruy fool who'll drive a car IT Or try when to-when hes he's DRUNK f I would not let him drive at all For one full year at least least- Id I'd tie the to a wall waIl 0 And gorge him full of j No little fine would I impose d 1 Id I'd clap him in the jail jail- Tho prison doors Id I'd gladly close close- k Id I'd feed him biscuits stale staId I z I think the laws are all too mild 1 That deal with birds like this this- r These drunken fools who'll kill a child S. S And then drive on in bliss It seems to me that they deserve n A jolt they ther wont won't forget forget- S In gloomy jails Id I'd let them serve r And sigh with sore regret S f To me they're worse than are the thugs i Who spare the kids at least I While drunken fools with leering mugs Spare neither child nor beast 8 a. a a fl And so I say it seems to mo me A man who'll drive when drunk t Behind the bars for months should be- be And shunned ns as is the skunk But people here dont don't need to wait wail there to be a law The city ordinances teeth in In them Courts may imprison drunken drivers six months in jail or fine them exceeding The law plainly says that it shall be unlawful for a person convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicants intoxicants cants or anyone convicted twice of reckless driving to operate any motor vehicle for six months How often is this enforced The police chief is ordered to keep the car of ofa a person accused of driving while drunk until his guilt or innocence is established in court Then if lie he is convicted the police chief shall the offenders offender's auto at least ninety days What more rigid punishment could be asked Ve must put the problem squarely UP ip to the judges i it is within their present power to punish properly and help curb the Ia lawlessness wl of the streets last Sunday Otto OUo Jensen 49 of Sandy while driving in this city was run down and killed A coroners coroner's jury has found that Mr Jensen died as result of the reckless driving hy by drunkenness on the part of J. J Sandberg of Taylorsville Sandberg Sandberg Sand Sand- berg now faces a charge of involuntary man man- slaughter He is charged with striking a car III the uptown streets driving on without stopping crashing into Mr Jensen and then driving on from the scene of the fatal accident acci- acci dent Mike Bennion of Murray who was riding riding rid rid- ing with is charged with drunkenness drunken drunken- ness ness If the findings of the inquest are fully substantiated in fact all that has been said above about intoxicated drivers may apply shameful force to The year In jail that is provided on conviction of drivers for involuntary manslaughter does not begin to meet the depravity arid and culpability of the ther crime r The needless lamentable sacrifice of Mr Je Jensens Jensen's sens sen's life added to the lon long toll of other t inexcusable crashes is enough to bring some rigid penalties from the local courts |