Show Where Will It End highway figures are released DISTURBING by the Utah state tax commission Despite all aU efforts in behalf of traffic safety the figures record a dead end in progressive results Twenty-six Twenty men women and children lost their lives in Utah traffic last month This equals the time all high in useless slaughter ter tar In only one other month did the state re record record record re- re cord a death rate to equal equa this In November 1934 1034 26 persons lost their lives in automobile accidents ts The fact th that t we averaged almost one o deatha death a day in July is is' or should be a source of serious concern Soon thousands upon thousands of school children will be thrown back into traffic The he accident hazard will be greatly increased and md if the present trend continues we we may expect to outdo the record established l last St month Fatal automobile accidents have become so common that we pay little attention to them until the results are brought home to us If tw twenty six six nty-six people should lose their lives in a afire afire fire or a series of fires in any anyone one month the I people would become aroused and nd public officials officials dais would do something about it The Thc same number killed in traffic is accepted more or orless orless less as a matter of course Too many of our people and public officials oUi- oUi ci dais Is regard the accident hazard as inescapable If there is a fatal accident it ft generally is dismissed dismissed dismissed dis dis- dis- dis missed from official concern concern as inevitable There perhaps is no single solution for the traffic traffic fic Lie accident problem Education engineering and enforcement are the keys which ultimately may lead to hopeful hopeful hope hope- ful ul progress None of these however can prove effective against public indifference Not until each and every individual comes to realize realize realize real real- ize that the next accident may bring the undertaker undertaker undertaker under under- taker to his own door tan can we make effective progress against the traffic menace In the seven months ending July 31 1936 1860 Utah traffic accidents were reported to the state tax commission As a result of these mishaps mishaps mishaps mis mis- haps there were 97 deaths and 1858 injuries For the same period last year there were 1391 accidents 1492 injuries and 89 deaths The figures figures fig fig- ures tires speak for themselves Eventually perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps the increasing trend will become so alarming alarming alarming alarm alarm- ing that the thc people will demand action action in the interest of self |