Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-04-20 | Page 6 | Painting up for Safety

Painting Up for Safety SALT ALT LAKE CITY is cooperating officially LI In the annual spring cleanup clean and paint up campaign by launching an ambitious program of painting center stripes and crosswalk markings mark ings throughout the city city city-a a program which should help in cleaning up the city's smudged traffic safety record for lor 1940 Rapid progress has been made recently by city painting crews working on downtown and important residential crosswalk lanes At the same time state road commission crews are busy painting new stripes stripes' on city streets which are a part of the state highway system In addition the city has made arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments to hire the state road commissions commission's striping machine for lor from Irom five to seven days In order to paint center stripes and lanes on ona ona ona a number of important city arterial routes routes which are not on the state highway system With the striping machine a great deal of 01 new striping which could not be done under slower hand painting methods will be accomplished Theres There's something about this matter of ot marked well traffic and pedestrian lanes that thatis is purely psychological but an Important f factor fac fc c tor In promoting traffic safety Its It's something something some some- thing like seeing a motorcycle officer when y youre you're ure going 35 miles mlles an hour in a mile 25 zone Without thinking about bout it you slow low slowdown down and drive more carefully Well ed streets have much the same effect Unconsciously Unconsciously it Impresses the m motorist with the fact that the city's traffic Is being carefully controlled and supervised It serves as a silent warning to motorists Watch your S driving