| Show 0 Traffic Council Extends Grim Reminder As People Die on Utah Highways i I The traffic deaths recorded record record- ed In Utah Ulah during 1951 1957 as of December 27 21 while tragically high will probably be repeated In 1958 and go even higher In h successive years yeara until the people of the State of Utah take basically bas bu- Leahy needed remedial preventive action the Utah Safety C Council declared Monday In reviewing the past years year's record wise traffic the Council ported pointed out that the human and economic waste resulting from traffic accidents Is preventable but depends upon many Important Import Import- ant factors working together With rising population Increasing vehicle registrations registration and travel the added exposure to and Incidence Incidence Inci Inci- dence dente of 01 accidents Is inevitable ble The prevention programs of the cities clUes and the State require extensive extensive extensive ex ex- Improvement to keep pace with these factors Failure to do doso doso doso so will result In ever Increasing ever increasing traffic deaths Injuries and property prop prop- erty damage accidents they said Any hopes that the traffic toll toil will he e reduced simply through for tor safe driving I through the press radio and other means would only be like the ostrich hiding Its head In the sand said Ashby J J. J Badger Vice President for Traffic of the Utah Safety Safely Council lie He stressed the recent recommendations recommendations of the Public Officials Officials Offic Offic- lal Traffic Conference at WashIngton Wash WashIngton WashIngton Ington DC D.C. and how closely they parallel the basic needs in Utah A vastly Improved driver licensing lie lic ensing and control program Increased Increased increased In In- creased manpower and training for our patrol and police pollee agencies an accident records bureau that will provide prompt factual tactual data to guide the enforcement engineering engineering engin engin- cering and educational efforts and most Important of all genuine genuine genuine gen gen- public support and In insistence for all these needs Is required Mr Badger continued and when we achieve all this then we can expect a real reduction In traffic traffic fic tic accidents Until then the pres pres- ent efforts s of our out agencies and educational groups can only be beof beof beof of a holding-action holding type The people of Utah are only going to get as much traffic safety as they want he concluded The Councils Council's 1957 tabulations listed an economic loss res resulting lUng from traffic accidents In Utah of I over I |
