| Show HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM Spon S b by bUtah Utah State Press Association TRAFFIC SAFETY IN UTAH by h it II MAU 1 Governor of Itah Traffic safety is a challenging problem That can be sol soled soled ed bv by an alert Iud and energetic citi it I The difficulty difficult of the problem is I more imaginary than Ihan real It arises II from a point of or oriE view iE which accepts I with a shrug of indifference stalls tics that thai should stimulate us to III ron con action thE action the point of vie Il that it cannot happen to mo moIn In facing this problem 1 I asked the citizens of Utah to tn take an ar a I Iti ti part in the solution of or these problems beginning ng with till as assembling of citizens r from all sections of the state to study the facts and propose busi businesslike solutions TIll The conference held in Salt Sail Lake City attracted hundreds ol interested spirited public citizens c separated into committees to I give detailed and specific study to tn I the phases of the total problem 1 am hopeful that the studies will result in concrete plans of action and that the interest manifested will fan out into every county and community in Utah so that a united citizenship wll support the proposals and put them into effect Much is Hi It stake Unless traffic accidents are arc checked almost every Utah family will be he affected within a brief space of time by tho death or injury of a member or a n close friend Our problems is to find the means to save lives avoid injuries an property That objective tive is surely worth some of our time and thought The cost to us m. in life and limb Jimb of tolerating poorly designed in in- intersections intersections and crossings careless and drunken driving the opera opera- operation operation tion of unsafe vehicles is dous We cannot afford it The cost coslin costin in property damage alone does docs not noi justify a continued policy of ne ne- neg g ct There is little difficulty d about abou the design and construction of safer highway and street facilities The problem of drafting and tInd en enforcing forcing forein sound and uniform traffic laws and ordinances is simple and easy of solution The only real dif difficult task in the whole program is to arouse the people to action and to sustained support of wise policies In the solution of this problem we depend upon educators and those who direct the dissemination of information to the public H BA 11 H is I encouraging education has such a prominent part to play in the Utah highway safety plan Traffic safety safely must begin early and must be taught in inthe inthe the schools It is also encouraging ing that the press and radio have volunteered so much support to the Utah highway safety plan Our engineers lawmakers and I law enforcement agencies have im im- important important tasks They know how and they can dp do the job provided they have public support Without it they can do little or nothing The program is therefore moving moving ing off steadily and surely on a safe course We have organized to get the facts to place them before the people and to stimulate the citizenship to united support of sound and reasonable measures to promote the public safety The job remains to be done but it has been tackled in a common commonsense commonsense sense realistic fashion I am con confident that the people of Utah will finish this task |
