Show Age Go r lasure r 1 For Fr oy Lw nn Drivers Salt Lake Lake- Traffic Officer Wants Efficiency ncy Test Law Passed A law compelling aJI all I a automobile I I drivers to pass pass a a a. sta state etes test as as to efficiency ef efficiency ef- ef may be bg passed by liy oythe the next legislature I Sergeant L Lester Wire of the traffic traffics squad Is heartily in m favor of such a I measure and is is' collecting data dat upon its action in other states Several states have a law requiring all who wish to drive an automobile of their own or as a chauffeur to pass passa pass passa a state test test says Sergeant Wire Age Is not a go good l measure measure- of ef ef- ef For Instance it is 18 against the law for a youth under 16 years ears of age to to drive a a acar car Now I ha have hae e a list of several boys of that age age who are undersized and wholly incompetent ent to I drive a tar ear car They can hardly be seen seen In the big seatOn seatOn seatOn seat On the other hand some are men grown and are never mistaken as being heing be he- he ing under age while several youths over 16 are undersized d and have been placed under arrest until we could de determine determine determine de- de termine their exact age It It Is positive a state test test of ef efficiency efficiency e- e ef- ef would reduce the number of ot people now driving cars Amateur drivers would have to prove their ability abilIty ability abil abil- ity before being allowed on crowded streets ts Women who wh are nervous and hysterical would show some fault in their driving In In California Galifornia an engineers engineer s license Is required to drive a certain make mak of high powered car An automobile Isa is isa a a. a powerful engine and an unskilled nervous driver should no more be allowed allowed al al- al lowed to drive it than to drive an en engine engine en en- gine on a limited train There th the danger would be to the passengers alone With an automobile the danger is to both passengers ers an and pedestrians |