Show Another Run Hit Run Accident r SALT ALT CALT LAKE CITY has another hit run hit run accident acci- acci dent this dent this one resulting in the death of the pedestrian victim It vas ivas was the second serious run hit-run accident within seven days r Again Ag in we must make the statement we J. J have made so many times in the past Salt Lake City has entirely too many run hit-run ac ac- 1 The reason why we have so many is simple experience in Salt Lake City proves that drivers who hit and run have far too good a chance of getting away with it Either they i escape detection entirely or if caught they escape the sort of drastic punishment which is the only deterrent to such offenses In this latest run hit-run case it is true that police have arrested a suspect who may prove to be the culprit However we are not 7 yet sure he is the run hit hit run driver and we are by no means sure that if he is he hj will be properly punished There is only one way to put a stop to hit- hit run driving and that is to put the fear of God into the heart of every driver who is involved involved involved in in- in an accident and tempted to run i f away He must know that the chances are against his escaping arrest and that if he is caught it will go far harder with him than if he stayed to admit his responsibility and take whatever punishment was due him r That calls for greater effort and greater R efficiency on the part of police police but but more 1 than that it calls for greater cooperation bythe bythe by bythe the courts in punishing convicted run hit-run drivers rs The courts must realize that it is I their primary responsibility to make the crime of run hit-run driving appear to the motoring public public pub pub- lic lie as an offense which always brings severe punishment so that they will be convinced BEFORE they are involved in an accident that run hit-run driving does not pay in Salt Lake City |