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Show If security is not posted, suspension suspen-sion follows automatically. to meet the security requirements before suspension of his operator's license and registration plates must be enforced. If he had insurance in-surance at the time of the accident, acci-dent, of course, the law does not apply other than the requirement to report the accident. If he did not, he may deposit sufficient collateral col-lateral to cover damages for which he could be liable. "Within that same 60-day period per-iod he has an opportunity to prove his innocence. He can do this by persuading all other persons per-sons involved to sign a statement releasing him from liability. As a rule, of course, that is pretty difficult. He may also ask a court to decide whether he was responsible respon-sible for the accident, and if a final decree is issued in his favor within the 60 days the new law does not apply to him. "But he cannot and rnust not expect the Department of Public Safety to sit as a judicial body and decide his guilt or innocence. Only a court may do that and security must be posed, either in the form of collateral or a bond, if a final decision is not reached within 60 days after the accident. New Motqr Law to Show No Leniency l'Ulllif Snfnl.r c losoph W n u Y Comm'ssioner tlo bonon't nr r,Cn,phosized for t'ls lv ih fnf:i8cd Utah mo-Motor mo-Motor Veh lo r11;5 State's new liHty Law I fty RPonsi-for RPonsi-for own ,1 JCnmts no niency ynXTZr" clalm dirncul7t.nit0!'ists a 'finding it nU-ionert0srehvd';hthe "V if, for instance, thev were .de.swip d b anoth(t ey v.e,e or Phapa oven rammed en a,, hlrCar after they "ad giv-Tnten giv-Tnten nn ?SSa7 Signals of eir hat , t0, St0p' Nevertheless, win ,' n, ,law and a little st"dy will make its reasonableness clear ''In effect, this is what the law IZ Z Ule 0pei'ator every wMnl 18 'nvolved jn an accident which results in death or iniury or property damage exceeding rLm"st rePrt the acicdent ,i ? days- Certainly no one will find any fault with that pro-y'T"'- Is a common habit of motorists to feel quite sure they were not responsible for an accident acci-dent and it is only right to demand de-mand that the operator of every involved car file a report. "Thereafter, however, the law allows a motorist 60 days in which |