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Show conclusions which may be of interest to the local motoring public in general. "Legislators." says Edmonds, "are now paying more attention to the importance of drafting and passing constructive measures, particularly in the construction construc-tion of better highw aj s, and even the pessimist cannot, but help see a gleam ot hope in Uxe progress made within the last year. "It would seem tha: legislators', who should make a study of the problems they are trying to solve, would pay a little lit-tle more attention to regulating the pedestrians and not so much to the automobile. auto-mobile. Opinions from men who have investigated in-vestigated many accidents throw the blame in many cases on the pedestrian. "For instance, the San Francisco automobile au-tomobile dealers appointed a committee recently to look into tho matter of accidents acci-dents with a view of seeing what could be done to reduce them. The traffic department de-partment of San Francisco reported that most of tho accidents occurring this year are due to the carelessness of pedestrians. pedes-trians. "This bit of information Is neither peculiar pe-culiar to San Francisco nor startling to the vast amount of men and women who drh-e automobiles. The same is true of Salt Lake, as members of our own police department will vouch. Although there is an ordinance against the pedestrians crossing the streets other than at regular crossings they wander about V.:c heavily traveled thoroughfares with extreme indifference, in-difference, seemingly unmindful of the fact that there is any necessity for watching traffic. If there is any com plaint against the number of accidents ir. which, motor cars and pedestrians figure, it should be directed against the pedestrians. pedes-trians. The driver has been schooled so long as to tho necessity for curbing and being watchful that, as a rule, it is second sec-ond nature for him to be cautious. More good will come from a law to make the pedestrians mindful and considerate ot vehicle traffic, if not for his own safety, for tho welfare of the motorist on whom the blame Is nearly always placed !n the case of an accident. "I am sure that if legislators as we!? as those who enforce the laws would pay more attention to the performance of the pedestrian and see that he is just as particular to avoid accidents as the motorist mo-torist is, there would bo a great reduction reduc-tion In tho number of automobile accidents acci-dents chronicled in the daily pres3." NEED OF NEW LAMCED Restricting Pedestrians Will Reduce Accidents, Says Local Auto Dealer. Tiia: the crop of antlnmEor laws is oiling o:'f and vrU go to seed entirely rlthln the next few years is the view :' Sales Manager Edmonds of the Brown -".g Automobile company, Salt Lalie T"il-.'S-Over'.and distributor. Mr. Edmonds has made a careful st'.idy f motor car regulations enforcod in the arioue states and has arrived at some |