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Show Driver Education Program Believed Responsible for Accident Decrease Utah County registers 16 traffic fatalities during 1959, one less than recorded in 1958. There has been a ' tremendous decrease in fatalities during the last 5 years: 1957 totaled 20; 1956, 25; 1955, 22; 1954, 29. The success of . this decrease is largely due to teen-age drivers dri-vers ,the county safety committee com-mittee believes. The traffic fatalities fa-talities in Utah County included includ-ed 4 teen-agers, 8 adults, and 3 children. Another interesting-fact interesting-fact is that the first five months of 1959 were entirely free from traffic fatalities in the county. The Utah County Safety Committee feels that much of the success is due to an extensive exten-sive program involving teenage teen-age drivers in Utah' County, . said Bruce Ashton, Safety Co- Bravados, offered their services ' at the ten-age safety economy : run held last October. . The Economy run was an- '. other interesting activity for the teen-agers of the county. Approximately 70 students participated par-ticipated and drove their cars over the 118-mile course. Those who obeyed traffic rules and came out with the best mileage mile-age were awarded trophies. This activity helped to make our young people more safely conscious. During 1959 a teen safety conference was held in Provo which was attended by many teen-age drivers throughout Utah county. Walter Lunsford of the Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee of California was the guest speaker. All these activities have increased in-creased the safety conscious- ness of our teen-age drivers, and the County Safety Committee Com-mittee feel that the decrease in fatalities during the past several sev-eral years can largely be attributed at-tributed to these young drivers driv-ers and those interested enough to help organize programs of safety and activities for them. ordinator for the county. First the driver , education program has helped teen-agers become very able drivers. An outline of the program followed at the Central Utah Vocational School includes 30 hours of classroom instruction; 15 hours drive-trainer instruction, three hours behind the wheel, and 6 hours observation time. Car clubs throughout the county are also concerned about safety. The Cavaliers of American Fork have put up a billboard on highway safety, and they, along with the El |