Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-23 | Page 6 | Utah County Has a Job to Do

i Utah Ufah County Has Hasa a Job to Do UTAH county is county is at l last t aroused over its status as the worst county in the state in traffic safety so far this year There Is talk of doing something about it and it-and and it is time 4 4 Compared with last years year's record of l ia 1 fa fatali- fatali tali- tali lUes Utah county already has 14 deaths this ear car At the same date in 1933 1938 it had 11 V This greater reater traffic toll toU for the current year contrasts very ery unfavorably with the record feeing established in the two other most heavily populated count andin in thc the state as a i To date the states state's decline in traffic fab fal ties has been per cent Weber county's decline has been 54 per cent Salt Lake coun coun- ys tys decline including Salt Lake City has cen 55 per cent cent- Yet in the face of this Utah c has a 22 per cent increase I It is difficult to escape the thc implication that h county's bad traffic record has some deft def- def t nite connection with lack of a properly organ organ- zed and directed safety program i Weber county with population is about he same size as Utah county with its population Their 1938 1933 traffic toll was also bo i comparable 21 in n Weber 18 in En Utah Granted at Utah is larger in area and has more miles of main highway still that difference should t account for m me re e than double the number of fatalities to date dale t 1933 14 1933 14 compared to 6 The Thc logical explanation it would seem is the I fact act that Weber carried on an Intensive safety program as ha hav have Salt alt Lake City and c county ry Utah county has a Job lob to do for its own y I-y sake ake as well as for the sake of ot the states state's drive t. t for traffic safety It is not too late to make a of showing even en In 1939 1930 l If 11 there Is determination l and cooperation The rest of the state will be watching to see just what is accomplished