Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-20 | Page 8 | Reducing the Hazard

I Reducing the Hazard I 4 MANY ANY ANY dangers of accident would be eliminated I VI if f drivers of vehicles would observe the rules rutes of safety at all hours of the day and night During certain hours there are no traffic officers on duty at the downtown intersections At these times the accident hazard is increased notwithstanding notwithstanding standing standing the fact that there is ordinarily less traffic traffic at these hours l In the hour when no ro traffic officers are on h d duty y it is a common sight to see streetcars driving I L. L into the intersections from all directions The Ther r r. result s lt is a traffic jam which might cause a fatal accident to motorists who have every reason fa to believe that traffic rules will be observed at all times There is no reason why cars pound bound north X a nd d south and those bound and west should attempt to cross the intersection at the same same time a. a Both city ordinances and company rules as asand and nd south and those bound east and west should frown upon the practice Some motorists are f C inclined to believe that the lid of traffic rules is of off the minute the officer leaves his post r- r Jh Th 4 intersections should be free for one ine way Traffic at all times and this would not be difficult if every motorist would inform himself of the thel l' l laws of the road A little sound consideration id r for the rules of safety would eliminate the danier danof dan- dan rr ier gers of accident which come when drivers take 1 ll unnecessary risks simply because there is no no traffic fj er watching them