Show SAFETY r TEST IEST RACKET UN IN 01 UTAH AM BARED R Sale ale of Inspection Is Charged by State 7 Road Patrol I Asserted widespread Issuance ol ot of ety certificates for tor vehicles led Jed to the threat f punitive action against offending station operators by the theto itc to highway patrol Thursday tiR R. R W. W y Groo Croo superintendent of the f trot atrol said he would ask the state road oad commission to revoke the licenses of garage and service station station station sta sta- tion tion proprietors where evidence hows they certified vehicles as safe without making the tho inspection re required re- re q by law Racket Char Charged cd Numerous complaints have been received from all sections of the state Mr Groo explained indicating indicating ing that a large number of official inspection stations have turned the mandatory mandator motor vehicle inspection Jaws into a lucrative racket Complaints I have been received Mr Groo said that many inspection tion lion stations have been selling ind in- in ad d of issuing safety certificates L' L competing stations in ins in- in vehicles and issued s tes only for lor those meeting safety Acquirements of the law unscrupulous J lous us operators the patrol is ad- ad have sold the certificates without regard to the condition of tb the th brakes lights or other safet safety iq on vehicles If If tho the reports are true and the patrol has reason to believe they thy are arc ln In liia a number of cases these operators opera opera- tots tors have been making malting a racket out ut ut of the inspection law JA A quiet Investigation of the complaints com corn plaints has b been en under way for sc sew sev eral the patrol head head- revealed and when the evidence justifies the action the road commission will be wed asked to revoke licenses of stations involved The patr patrol l chief said a number of cf Utah motor vehicles carrying certificates have been found operating with faulty brakes headlights head head- lights broken or out of adjustment md Ind nd unsafe for highway trav travel l in other respects f f S Buses Approved cd I P questioned by state stat p patrolmen patrol patrol- r- r men sun Mr Groo Croo said the operators of ot the stations which certified the vehicles as safe safo said they had be been n ii satisfactory condition when in in- We e have reason to believe however how how- rier ever he said that in a number of or these cases the vehicle had not been inspected and the station operator operator op op- op- op merely sold the motorist a n nl l fety certificate tAU All U Utah Uh h school buses have been b by the patrol and found tobe conforming to safety regulations regulations regula regula- of the tho road commission Mr G. G Groo oo explained and the patrol Is issow DOW sow free to devote its full attention toan o an investigation of the activities the inspection stations in the lit |