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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD, DUCHESNE, UTAH past year - - t Friday, February 2, 1940 HINK! Thousands of men, women and children slaughtered on the highways of the United States the ousands of others crippled for life! Lets do our part to cut down this terrible toll - - lets make Duchesne County s safety record one to be proud of during the coming year! THE UINTAH BASIN RECORD is proud to present this page, the first of a series of pages to be devoted to Traffic Safety - - in an effort ose to assis organizations now striving to make our highways safer for public use ! This series is made possible through the cooperation men rPresenteH this n rinoTfUfneSS page. Patronize them, they are your friends and neighbors. Stop and read their message. SAFETY FIRS I! A courteous dnver is a safe driver. Which one are you? -- Are You A Safe Driver? 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And speed over 50 miles an hour means that death will strike in one accident out of every eleven. Being a woman, you may be exempt from some of SAVE WITH SAFETY the speed impulses that come over men. Figures do AT YOUR show that the average speed of women drivers is sevRexall Drug Store eral miles slower than that of men; but modern cars PRESCRIPTION being what they are, slick and insidious in pickup, the FOUNTAIN SERVICE woman driver is often equally guilty of the most carCONFECTIONS dinal of all speed sins speeding in excess of driving SUNDRIES roadside on marked such as signs. conditions, With excellent is an precaution. Speed zoning Duchesne Drug bemaps, charts, photographs and mileage records Phone 261 fore them traffic engineers survey the whole main Duchesne highway system of a state, mark off all dangerous stretches, and figure out the top safe speed for each. JAMES II. HATCH That speed is then regulated for a skiddy road, night etc. old an around curves, car, driving, poor visibility AND SON -- PIERSON MOTOR CO. Ford Sales and Service Duchesne, Utah UTAH TOPS U. S. IN CUTTING 39 AUTO TOLL Utah led all other states in reducing traffic fatalities during 1939, thus gaining national distincfrom the tion directly opposite 1938 record which placed Utah in the worst possible light. Compared with the 1938 toll, Utahns succeeded In reducing traffic deaths 24 per cent during 1939, according to an associated Press dispatch from Chicago quoting from national safety council re- ELRAY LARSEN General Store Dry Goods, Meats & Groceries Conoco Gas and Oil J. I. CASE Farm MacMnery Parts Talmage, Utah ports. The national council listed 26 states as having less fatalities last year, with Utah at the top. But Utah cannot stand on its Already during the first month of 1940 the rate is Increasing, with 15 deaths in the state in January, 1940, as compared to 13 in January, 1939. The imperative need for positive, action on all uncompromising fronts is apparent. That action must come from public officials, and otherwise, law enforcement with controlin way any charged ling motor vehicles and pedestrians or stimulating safety) on educational fronts. Must Intensify Work It means that the Utah Traffic Safety council and similar public groups must expand and intensify every conceivable approach to the traffic problem. it And, without reservation, means that every citizen in Utah must grasp the horrible meaning of 13 deaths in 22 days. On the 1939 record. basis of population, and of miles covered by motor vehicles, the record this year to date is a shameful one. Senseless drivers and careless pedestrians can nullify every positive step in education, engineering and enforcement taken by responsible officials toward highway ness and Professonal Institutions here represented in the cause of greater public safety. We urge every driver and every pedestrian to consider seriously the importance of this present day problem. Duchesne Lions Club means BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY Courteous Drhing UOR S VIETY USE safety. Cities Cannot ISrag Metropolitan centers of Utah cannot biag about what has been done so far this year. In every large county except Weber, the 1910 toll is above last peyears for the cot responding two riod. Salt Lake City has deaths, twhe the number for the same 22 dujs in 1939. Outside the eity, in Salt Lake County, deaths this year have kept pace with a year ago -- one for each period. - We appreciate the fine cooperation of the Busi- SAFE DRIVING It Always Pays Roy A. 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