| Show OPINIONS Safety Isles Serve Purpose Purposes Users sers Think in Question Are Me Salt Lake City's so-called so safety salty Islands blands defeating their own wn purpose by becoming a town down traffic hazard huard or Is h Jt It merely the urell carelessness of 01 the drivers drivers ers involved Submitted by Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert W. W Green 30 South First West street Place Main street A A. A H. H OLSEN West First North street shipping clerk Safe clerk Safe Safety ty islands arc not traffic hazards They are good things and protect r SY pedestrians When an automobile crashes into a safety zone it is the motorists motorist's own fig i fault I think most y of the safety island a accidents c c f are arc due to liquor being mixed With f gasoline People waiting wafting for street Mr Olsen cars have to be protected from slaughter by drunken motorists The safety islands ac accomplish accomplish ac- ac the purpose GEORGE B. B WHITE 50 Gordon place merchandising merchandising-I I think safety safety safe sate ty Islands are good things I If they weren't there its it's a cinch motorists wouldn't obey a painted line such as designates passenger zones outside the business district A person takes his lifo in his hands when he attempts attempts at at- tempts to board a street car or bus busIn busin busin in places where there are no safety islands I use the safety islands all the time and I appreciate them E. E P P. P SIMPSON North Eighth West street miner miner miner-If If safety zones killed most of the automobile drivers who crash into them humanity would be better off off there'd there'd be a alot alot lot fewer careless motorists to enany endanger en en- danger pedestrians pedestrians' any ans' ans lives hues Safety Y islands are of ab absolute solute benefit to pedestrians kr Be-kr Be Beyond yond the shadow ca of a doubt they 4 the save lives Its It's drivers driver's own fault fault if f his automobile Mr Simpson crashes into them The zones should be kept as they are and Id I'd certainly be he in favor of more being added R. R S. S MATHEWS 1119 Harrison Pedestrians man avenue business man must be protected from careless mo mo- The safety islands do that very thing Im I'm for safety islands and think there should be more of them If a motorist crashes one with his automobile its it's his own fault They are certainly easy enough to see If a man cant can't see seea a safety zone he certainly couldn't see a child in front of his car TAMES JAMES n K It FORD First avenue avenue avenue ave ave- nue unemployed unemployed-I I think safety islands are traffic traC traffie fie fic hazards as r they are at pres pres- 4 ent They are too big and not properly prop prop- n. n at atm e erly ly lighted a m k f nag night ht Sa Safety t e ty f. f needed zones arc are l for tor pr protection o of pedestrians but bu s they should b be th the p- p smaller on 5 J order of the pos post and chain affairs affair I Salt Lake City 1 had d several years year s ago The present Mr l Ford safety Is Islands island 1 and s block traffic and slow it up consid consid- I know from experience that if It you are arc following a car ahead and it suddenly swerves for tor the Ule island and you cant can't see the island islam for Cor the car ahead it sure looms up suddenly Readers are ue Invited to submit pertinent pertinent per per- questions of local Interest to this column One dollar will be paid for each question used Address Opinions Column Salt Lake Trie- Trie gram cram Readers are reminded the dollar dollar dol dol- lar Jar Is paid for the question question not not the I answer |
