| Show State Utah County Officials Drafting Program to Slash Rising Rising Death De-ath T Toll PROVO Aug 23 23 Stricter Stricter enforcement enforcement en en- for ement of traffic laws was planned at a meeting here today of the state and county officials in inan inan inan an effort to stem Utah county's f mounting fast toll of traffic deaths now standing at 14 for this year The session called by Preston G. G Peterson of Provo Prove member of the state road commission was the first in what Mr Peterson said would be a program of the commis commission sion to reduce accidents and deaths in mall all 29 counties of Utah Meetings w will 11 follow in other counties he said The The situation situation here came cameto cameto cameto to a head with disclosures that Utah county is a black spot on the states state's safety map with 14 deaths already ady this year compared with a total o of 18 in n 1938 The session here also also apparently apparent apparent- ly was in tan Ian effort to iron out some differences between the office office of of- fice flee of Sheriff John S S. S Evans and ald the state highway patrol She Sheriff ns old The Salt I Lake t hrs office investigates investigates in j in 10 accidents to every everyone everyone everyone one investigated by the state pa pa- He qualified this today by asserting asserting asserting as as- that his office gets more calls at night on accidents Attending today's session were Mr Peterson Sheriff Evans Cap Cap- t tam tain n L. L L. L Fryer of f the state patrol patrol pa pa- John rohn O. O Beesley of Provo member of the executive committee commit commit- tee of the Utah s state ate safety council council coun coun- cil members of the sheriffs sheriff's office and state patrolmen stationed in Utah county Mr Peterson pledged ged cooperation cooperation cooperation tion o of oZ the road commission which administers the highway patrol in reducing accidents in this c county then suggested increased enforce e- e ment He asked that the sheriffs sheriff's department de dc- be active in traffic work and the sheriff replied his office is active as far as possible He re reported reported reported re- re ported only one man is available for traffic work during the day but that eight men patrol the highways highways highways high high- ways during heavy traffic a at night We hope to get one or two ad additional additional ad- ad men for a a traffic detail next year ear he said explaining laining the budget will not permit increasing his department this this' year Mr Peterson suggested at l least ast astone one sheriffs sheriff's car carbe be used for traffic work voik alone identified by painting and red lights Sheriff Evans said this may be done The road commission assured the sheriff that all accidents investigated investigated investigated gated by th the state patrol would be reported to the sheriff It was suggested at atthe the meeting that towns in the county crack crackdown crackdown crackdown down on traffic violators with their own municipal o officers Mr Peterson recommending that town marshals and other local officers be be uniformed for such work Suggesting stricter enforcement Mr Peterson said that of the so- so called three E's Es Es E's engineering enforcement enforcement en en- and education education enforce enforce enforcement ment is th the paramount problem As a means of checking on acci de dents and run hit r n drivers Mr Peterson Peterson Pe Pe- terson suggested that garage and on 01 Pase Ten i Column Two UTAH COUNTY PLANS SAFETY Continued from PK Pate One service station operators report to the sheriff all automobiles with broken headlights or fenders or 01 other evidences of accidents Mr Peterson invited sheriffs sheriff's officers officers of of- to attend a traffic school for highway patrolmen In Salt Lake City September 11 Captain Fryer reported that the miles mUes of the state highway system system system tem In Utah county give it the largest state stale system of any county i and that compared with other counties Utah county is is undermanned undermanned undermanned under under- manned by the state patrol This county has five e state patrolmen patrolmen patrolmen patrol patrol- men on regular duty while Salt Lake county has 12 Before the session Mr Peterson Ed Shriver chairman of the Par Par- P r- r Teacher ent-Teacher association s sa safety a f e t Y committee and Dr Amos N. N Merrill Merrill Mer Mer- rill of Brigham Young university met with the city commission and arranged for the the- city and road commission to cooperate In in in- in installing stalling a semaphore at Fifth North street and University avenue for protection of university students stu stu- dents |
