Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-19 | Page 4 | An Unwarranted Claim

AN UNWARRANTED CLAIM CLAIMAN CLAIMAN AN AN ATTORNEY representing two persons who drove an automobile into a safety zone wrecking it and the car and bruising themselves has filed flied a claim against the city for damages for destruction of the car carand carand carand and for injuries to one of the m mens men's ns n's hand Following the accident representatives of the city announced that if the persons Involved in involved involved in- in would cover the cost of restoring the safety zone there would be nothing more done about It It is understood the victims of the accident accident accident acci acci- dent claimed the concrete bumper at the ap approach approach approach ap- ap to the safety zone was an obstruction obstruction tion in their path and that they had not seen It before crashing into it It was equipped with prismatic reflectors to catch an automobiles automobile's automobiles automobile's automobiles automobile's auto auto- mobiles mobile's headlight beams and serve as a danger warning It was common knowledge and had been for a a. long time that the safety installations were in place The attorney announced to the city authorities authorities au au- au- au that the claim would not be pressed unless the cit city itself moved to collect damages damages damages dam dam- ages from his clients for the destruction of the safety zone The safety zones are arc so conspicuous that thata a claim that they are not visible at any time would seem to be difficult to support It Isa is isa isa a plain obligation of automobile drivers to tobe tobe tobe be watchful as they drive about the city streets In addition their own safety de depends depends depends de- de upon being alert and too competent at the moment to drive carefully Experience Experience Experience ence that includes many tragedies affords full lull warrant for placing these safety precautions precautions precautions in the travel lanes and it should be 00 the drivers driver's own responsibility to make certain that he does not come to grief through recklessly recklessly recklessly reck reck- lessly crashing into them There is no oc occasion occasion oc- oc casion caslon for the city to give consideration to this claim nor to others which may possibly follow in consequence of other mishaps