Show Want to CashIn Life Insurance or Just Cash In Join Journeyman POlice lice Suggest The surest way to be killed in Salt Lake City is to jaywalk Jaywalkers Jaywalkers Jaywalkers Jay Jay- walkers are the heaviest contributors contributors contributors contrib contrib- to the city's annual traffic fatality toll So said Chief of Police William C. C Webb Tuesday as he and Sergeant Sergeant Ser Sera geant E E. J. J new secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the mayors mayor's special traffic traffic traffic fic safety committee continued to educate jaywalkers They saw pedestrians crowding into streets directly into the way of oncoming traffic while waiting waiting waiting wait wait- ing for traffic lights to change They saw pedestrians squeezing from between parked automobiles into the street and crossing where there were no marked lanes They saw more pedestrians meeting pals in the street center cen- cen cen center entee en- en ter tee and stopping to chat They saw men and women hurrying hurrying hur hue eying across intersections reaching reaching reaching reach reach- ing the way half-way point just as traffic lights changed then scuttling scuttling scuttling the r rest st of the way at risk of life and limb They saw other people wander across inter intersections then apparently apparently apparently change their minds and wander back where they started from And the whole thing made Chief Webb and Sergeant rather sad It seems that despite all the publicity given jaywalking jaywalk jaywalk- ing and all the police warnings pedestrians still jaywalk According police records nearly half of the traffic fatalities fatalities fatal fatal- fatalI fatalities I in Salt Lake City thus far farin farin farin in 1938 were pedestrian deaths More than 50 per cent of the pedestrian deaths were were c caused used by carelessness of the victims themselves them them- selves selves most most of them them were jay jay- walkers Mayor John M. M Wallace and police pointed out a tragic example example example ex ex- ex- ex ample of what they said aid was jaywalking jaywalking jaywalking jay- jay walking in the serious injury of an elderly woman Sunday night The woman was crossing a street outside the reg regular lar pedestrian pedestrian pedestrian trian lane She was was was' struck by byan byan byn an an n automobile proceeding at a moderate rate of speed Elderly or infirm persons should no not be allowed on the streets alone at night said Mayor May May- I or Wallace Vallace Friends or relatives relatives rela rela- tives should do their best to protect protect protect pro pro- such persons in that regard Sergeant went a step further He urged that motorists should sto their automobiles get out and help elderly or confused confused confused con con- fused pedestrians across streets Such action might save a life said Sergeant Other pedestrians also should help el elderly elderly el- el derly deny or 01 infirm persons or children children children chil chil- dren across streets Sergeant warned that police and the mayors mayor's traffic safety committee are arc doing allin all allin allin in their power now to educate pedestrians But added the sergeant education education education edu edu- cation apparently isn't doing the whole job Police will have to start arresting jaywalkers pretty soon |