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Show PROPOSES SAFETY FIRSHUTO CLUB B F Redman Hits Upon Plan to Stop Violations j of Traffic Laws Safety f rst seems to be the proper slogan these days and why should not Salt Lake automob le owners take ad vantage of the trend of the t mes and get in on a good th ng asks B F Redman Air Eedman s a man who is noted for hie deas and many of l s ft ends bel e e he has h t upon one w Inch w 11 meet with the appro al of e cry dr ver n the c ty who bel eves in phold ng the state law and c ty ord nan es It is the organ zat on of a Safety r rst club The mcmbersh p w 11 be open to e ery dr ver of an automobile the c tj There w 11 be no dues or n t at on fee and this feature of the new organ izat on should be popular at the start The objects will be to do away with reckless dnv ng and the ndiscr ruinate olat on of the law go ern ng the operat on of veh cle The plan of the o gamzat on in gen eral is as follows Every driver of a car n the city who So des res will jo n the organ zat on and pledge h mself to uphold the state auto-moble auto-moble law and c ty ord nances He will also pledge h mself to report to the poll department e erv olator of the law when he himself together with a competent witness sees the sa d viola t on For th s purpose cards will be Ennted and distributed among the mem ers with pr nted spaces thereon show ing the number of the car where the said v olat on took place the t me of day and the nature "of such violat on This card will be s gned by the mem ber and witnesses and turned over to the police department the s gner agree ing to appear before the court if called upon to do so This plan Mr Hedman bel eves will do more toward making automobile nd ing safe and sane than anything that can be done Mr Bedman said Yon know and I know that the average driver of a motor car wants to be fair and drive fullv within the bounds of afety We see more violations than do the po 1 ce because we are out m our cars all the time and I th nk we . should help the police prosecute vie 1 lators. - It would be a simple matter to , report a car when one comes wh z g: F zing past at a recklcs rate of speed or when a car rushes past a loaded K street car which s stopping to take Ji on or unload passengers driving . without lights dnv ng on the p wrong s de of the street or one of the many things that tend toward automob le acc dents If we anto mobile drivers would take th s mat x ter in hand and report these vio lators thev would soon disappear from the streets I for one th nk it s up to the law abiding motor ists of the city to help the police m th s matter and I would I ke to hear from others on the same sub ject. |