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Show Motorists Fail To Slow Down; Death Record Up The apparent failure of motorists motor-ists in Utah to heed the advice to "Slow Down and Live" during the past month has created the distinct possibility that a new all-time all-time high fatality figure may be set this year, according to Utah Safety Council spokesmen today. The June record of 22 deaths represents a 100 per cent increase for the same month last year,l and the total of 93 killed since January Janu-ary 1st represents a 15 increase over the first six months of 1954. According to the safety council, if this trend continues to the end of the year, a total of 250 deaths from traffic accidents may be expected. ex-pected. This would exceed the all-time all-time record high of 248, set in 1952. "Multiple-fatal accidents are again the cause of the rising toll, and this tragically points to the complete failure of some motorists motor-ists to assnmp thp kind nf rpcjnnn. sibility with which all motorists are charged, according to G. Ernest Ern-est Bourne, Utah coordinator for the "Slow Down and Live" summer sum-mer safety campaign. The council's tabulation of fatal traffic accidents for the first six months reveals that collisions are by far the most common types of fatal accidents, but that since the advent of summer weather, running off the road types are increasing. in-creasing. With but very few exceptions, ex-ceptions, all of the 73 accidents, in which the 93 persons have been killed to date have involved the driver failures and violations sing led out in the "Slow Down and Live" campaign. These are: Excessive speed Speed too fast for conditions Following too closely Failure to yield right-of-way Improper passing. |