Show Night Drivers Show Penchant for Smashing Salt Lake Safety Zones I What Salt Lake needs it appears are a af re safety zones that can be taken in Inor aa f for Cor or safekeeping when the street cars are a re not running Nine cement safety zones were completed completed com corn p seven months ago and since t then hen all but one have been damaged b bh by y automobiles and twenty persons h have ave been injured in twelve acci ds d dents involving automobiles and the s safety Isles All AU of these accidents have occurred oc oc- oc c cu ed at night when traffic was vas l light ight and the zones were empty of n pedestrians according tn to Sor PJ r. r y g geant Walter r E. E Jilk- Jilk Jukes s- s Not a person has bce been Injured while s st standing in the safety zones traffic records r reveal a n fact which Sergeant J Jf Jukes says is 3 complete justification for Cor f or the existence of the safety isles In previous years several persons were killed and a large number of pedestrians seriously injured as ZIS they s stood tood in the streets awaiting street c cars ars The cement abutment on one of the busiest corners in the downtown dEs dis- t the south side of First South and Main streets is the thc only safety zone zone that has not required repair work The force with which they were s struck truck by automobiles n necessitated the complete reconstruction of the zones on the east side of Main and First So South th streets and the northsIde north northside northside side of B Broadway and Main street i The cement abutment on the south southside southside southside side of Broadway and Main street was demolished Wednesday and awaits rebuilding In each case where the damage damace to the concrete structure has amounted to any appreciable sum efforts have been made to have the driver of the car that caused the damage to pay for the cost of repairs Although no complete record has been kept of the number of times the safety zones have been struck k the records of ot the twelve l nc In which persons have bce been i injured f d indicate that Main and First South streets and Main and Broadway are the most Dangerous corners Eight persons have been en injured In automobile collisions with the zones on on the north and east sides of ol Main Alain and First South streets and six have ve suffered hurts in collisions with the zones on the north and south sides of Broadway and Main street Three youths vere were injured when their car struck the concrete abutment abutment abutment abut abut- ment on the north side of Broadway and State street two persons were injured when their car struck a zone at Second South and Main streets and one was injured at First South and State streets Reckless or or drunken driving charges were filed tiled against the ers era involved in five of these twelve accidents police report |