Show j w. w t t 3 Pedestrians Urged to Walk Safely I I POLICE DOLICE traffic officers have launched a camA camI cam cam- POLICE I A r to encourage safe walking In Salt Lake r to City with particular emphasis on persuading I pedestrians to walk a little faster laster going across t j Intersections Patrolmen report that some pedestrians 1 saunter across streets In the downtown area 1 as 1 If ii they had all day to cross and seem to dare motorists to interfere in any way with t their leisurely passage Traffic investigators timed pedestrians j L with a watch stop-watch and discovered that it t takes tal es s Jc r the average person 24 seconds to cross the ther e foot 90 streets ts In the business section Inasmuch Inasmuch Inas Inas- r much as the green traffic lights stay on on only 22 seconds the average pedestrian starting with the green light still Isn't quite across the street when the light flashes yellow and I if hei he i starts a little littie behind the green light he is caught In the middle of oL the street by the light change f That Is a rather surprising finding and warrants warrants warrants war- war rants the warning of traffic officers to pedestrians to step out briskly so as to avoid the possibility of accident and so as not to interfere inter inter- fere ere cre with the movement of o traffic Salt Lake City's wide streets present an unusual uni un un- i usual pedestrian n problem In most other cities the pedestrian is not given anywhere near the ther r i consideration by police pollee or motorists that he is accorded here In the east particularly as this writer observed recently pedestrians are forced to keep on the alert at all times Cars making turns for lor Instance pay scant attention to peI pe- pe pedestrians I In their path Likewise jaywalkers or laggards have to get out of the way of cars proceeding on the green light However there Js Is one big difference Most streets In eastern cities arc are very narrow and its it's just a hop skip and a jump from one curbstone to the other other- and that's just about how most pedestrians seem I to get across We cannot and would not want to adopt that eastern system here On the other hand for forthe forthe the sake of pedestrian safety and smooth lie fIe flow we do not want t to td go go t to ta the other r r extreme There Is a happy medium of by both pedestrian and motorist of the i rights of the other anU an of the obligation of It each to observe traffic regulations A police campaign to establish such a fairI fair I i. i balance In the Interests of traffic safety and andt t f regulation Is commendable t r I rt t t a |