Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-09-23 | Page 6 | Vigilance for Safety

Vigilance for Safety VERY year save on one p since 1925 the American American Amer Arner- E EVERY ican public has been shocked by constantly increasing traffic slaughter In spite of education education education edu edu- cation and preachment the death toll toIl continued to mount year after alter year We shudder to think what That the record might have been if no precautions tion's had been taken to combat highway haz haz- ards erds In the last decade much has been done to eliminate unnecessary unnecessary accidents R Railroad grades and ond crossings gs have been changed to remove existing existing existing ex ex- ex- ex hazards Automobile engineering has done much to increase the dependability of automobile automobile automobile automo automo- bile equipment Laws have been enacted to protect protect protect pro pro- the motorist and the pedestrian Nevertheless Nevertheless less the death march keeps on So it t is that the Western Safety conference now in session in Salt SaIt Lake City Gity pursues a logical keynote as it determines that eternal vigilance is the price of safety The keynote of oftIe tIe the conference is ren reflective of a truth which is becoming more and more obvious and that thatis is that there i is no single cure cur for the traffic safety problem Engineering education and enforcement enforcement en en- are all factors in the program for safety and no one of them can do the work of the other It nevertheless is encouraging to note that so 0 long as conferences su such h as as' as this one are being being being be be- ing held the b battle is not lost These meetings are typical of the vigilance that is necessary to toan tom an m in improved safety record on the highways They ma may never reach a single solution n of the he traffic problem but so long as this interest is active progressive improvements are possible Without this interest traffic confusion would increase and the battle for safety would be lost The keynote of the safety conference is one that might be pondered by the individual motorist and the pedestrian Vigilance on their part might contribute something to th the general cause of safety Without it no end of safety conferences conferences conferences confer confer- can make material headway against the existing menace There is no engineering no education and no enforcement that will win completely com corn dissipate human care carelessness These things are helpful only in the measure that the i traveling public avails its itself lIf of their benefits