Show traffic 11 r a f f i c E n fore em e n t Branded Branded F r c z i HAlf DOZEN UN 01 HIGHWAY POlitE POLiCE Traffic Statutes h c garde in Outlying t d dun Co Counties un t. t lei CI Claim aim J ay By O ORVIN VIN MALM t t 4 f So far I nar is i. eon cony earned t Utah Utah's auto headlight r rg o- o are ar t farcin fare in the th h opinion opinio of W. W D D. D Isel nl secretary of i i Utah Automobile i Disregard rd ot of light reg as well a as other traffic Ia laws law Is is J especially notice noticeable i bl In ui Ing counties he claims and alid scores s of t cars c canS can ln be counted nightly trav trav- cling the highways s 's with o only ly one one headlight ht with no tall taU light or without with out lights tights at all Officials of the state dc- dc pa are full fully aware of ot the situation but ar are n next t to powerless v vIn In co tile the men ce The de department de- de I Ip p has only six elx state highway highway highway high high- way officers and these men are are charged with the keeping overloaded trucks off the highways and preventing pu passenger enger and In 1 freight bootlegging addition they are under instructions Instructions' to wat watch h for tor speeders ders and d light r regulation violators vl- vl but It Is obviously Impossible s- s sible for half a dozen men to to er ef f.- f. I p patrol the state highway system em S 1 i MAJOR CAUSES J. J I Highway I department o hs attribute at i at-i tribute the pread violation cof of h the traffic laws to three major majo r causes S 1 The reluctance of local t eleu- eleu U five e officers tr tp to lose f friends frienda I and d v votes tes by strict and impartial c- c V c r 11 t. t 2 Insufficiency of traffic c ot i- i 11 cers V 1 3 A tendency on the part of the e public to regard traffic laws aj ai a a. Joke Mr Mi Mr Rishel places the blame blame- squarely on the shoulders of OfA the theIO S. S IO local l cai aI offIcers officer Utah he h d 4 sa said d has as the qUes que distinction of ot p paying ln less Ics 5 attention n to to traffic laws I other st state tata ite In n the union That In ln I my opinion applies not only to the the country districts but t tas to th the cHI los io r r r. r as Welt well Including Salt Lake take taker f. f LAM B BLAMES S OFFICERS 1 The Fie he blame must be placed on on the of enforcement officers off 1 cers who are either cither Incompetent ix politically controlled o or downright ht dishonest and aid Judges who fair hl t to tomake make violators understand that f tic fIe Ic violations are not to be winked at The serl seriousness of what apPear appear to b be minor law awI Infractions tr he added apparently his has nev never r penetrated the public or of r r Ucla consciousness Murder and id manslaughter are properly considered considered consid consid- ered serious crimes and andare are treated t a. a as such Y t a a. study of the acci- acci C accident ident i- i dent reports will wilt show that the so- so called minor traffic infractions such as Improper lights ta faulty brakes sand more mora deaths death i and speeding cause than all the crimes com corn biped bleed S The auto association n or official lc 1 Is hopeful that the Ia law enforcement finding fact commission to be appointed ap ap appointed pointed by Gov Governor George H. H Dern Derri will result In hi In some Improvement regarding the traffic violations Such a s commission n he the said would focus public attention on oa the problem provided ded It ft Is Ic composed com com- corn 5 posed of ot competent and Impartial men rather than enforcement 0 of officers of- of who are responsible for regard of ot law and chiefly Interested Interest Interest- ed ed In devising alibis N Nonresident t Mot Motorists l Apply for Permits S' S ic Tourists and other drivers of ot out out c state of-state automobiles flocked to th police pollee station by the doz dozen ri Continued on rage page B 8 5 S s t |