Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-05 | Page 4 | Dangerous Highways

DA DANGEROUS HIGHWAYS WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY Y mornings morning's tragic automobile TI accident in Parleys Parley's in which canyon a aca acar acar ca car containing Mr and Mrs 1 Nephi V. W. H Holt lt plunged over the he rim of the mountain road at Suicide rock bringing death to the young couple suggests th the need for a thoroughgoing survey lurvey of danger points on our highways There can be little fault found either with the location or construction of these principal travel arteries Practicable routes have been chosen full advantage has bee been taken of scenic features and perils have been eliminated perhaps per per- haps to the greatest possible extent on grades and and curves Nevertheless there is constant necessity necessity necessity ne ne- ne- ne for caution o on the part of f drivers driver in negotiating the roads through the canyons of the state tate It is recognized that this caution is not ot always present lIa Have e we not overlooked at least a portion of off f our responsibility to protect the driver against himself and to take into full tull mechanical f failures in cars driven by the ordinarily careful motorist I f True caution signs are encountered wherever wherever ever eve extreme hazards exist and guard rails a at t especially specially dangerous points have been installed A thoughtful driver concentrating on road conditions and traffic takes slight risk except wh when n the highway is slippery brakes fail a tire explodes or some other unexpected factor enters into the situation It cannot be conclusively sivey determined just what was the prime c cause use of pf f the death plunge of the Holt bIt car The wreck was as so complete that inspection of mechanisms can ean only bo ho unsatisfactory and both poth victims of the accident are arc dead En Engineers eer Ja per perfected some E p peculiarly cui ly effective devices to prevent just such mishaps and this sad occurrence suggests the thc desirability I ity of determining if added safeguards should not be installed where danger is great It would be difficult to go too far in iii a program to reduce road rond hazards