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Show PEDESTRIAN LANES N0WPR0VIDED Last year three of every five persons killed in traffic accidents acci-dents in American cities were pedestrians. The National Safety council calls the pedestrian the "forgotten man and the problem prob-lem child of traffic." In Bingham Canyon a common sense solution to the problem of crossing a long, winding Main street is to be given trial. In the future pedestrians will have as much responsibility in obodience to the traffic rules as motorists. But at the same time, if the new plan succeeds, the pedestrian will receive more attention and better bet-ter protection than he has formerly. for-merly. Thirteen newly-designated and freshly-marked pedestrian lanes have been painted at different points on Main street. Lanes have been marked at Main street and Carr Fork, two at Main street near the Carr Fork corner, No. 1 Fire hall, Bingham hospital, Bingham post office, two at Main and Markham, L. D. S. church, Main and Freeman, two at playground, play-ground, one at end of sidewalk on lower Main. Traffic officers hope to have public cooperation in establishing use of these lanes. Motorists are expected to give pedestrians using us-ing lanes the right-of-way, and it is hoped parents will instruct children to cross Main street at the lanes designated. Jaywalkers cannot be persecuted perse-cuted as they are in cities divided regularly into blocks, but common com-mon sense should educate pedestrians pedes-trians to use protection wherever it is provided. |