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Show HIGHWAY PATROL SHOWS EDUCATIONAL WORK Utah's highway potral continued its efforts to educate the public in better driving methods according accord-ing to the July report submitted to the Utah State Road commission commis-sion by Patrol Superintendent R. W. Groo. A total of 4 69 warning tickets were issued to motorists during the month with full explanation of the purpose of the warnings and with requests that the motorists mo-torists take steps to drive within the safety limits required by law. The patrol made a total of 8 41 arrests as against 1252 made during dur-ing June, the greater number In June being due largely to inspection inspec-tion failures. Arrests for speeding speed-ing headed the list, with 32 3 such offenses, and running stop signs came next with 144 arrests. Only 14 arrests were made during July for drunken driving, which was ten less than during June. In commenting on the report, W. D. Hammond, chairman of the road commission, said that it is expected the educational campaign being carried on by the patrol will result in much better driving on the part of motorists. He pointed out that patrolmen do not like to make arrests, but are forced to do so when motorists show a disregard disre-gard for the safety of others on the highway and really become a menace to traffic. He also emphasized empha-sized the importance of cooperation coopera-tion of motorists with the highway high-way patrol in reducing accidents on the highway. "Complete cooperation co-operation on the part of the mo- toring public with law enlorce. ment officers will reduce hiehij-accidents hiehij-accidents to a minimum," ) Mr. Hammond. |