Show Careless el s Cyclists Are a I. I Menace Mena e t VS With With school out this week thousands s of Salt Lake City youngsters are going to be free fre to play all day long during the summer months Much of their play will be along or even in the streets streets- streets and and jt it beho behooves ves motorists to exercise more Dore care than normally as they drive drive around around the city esp especially in residential areas It also behooves es parents to caution aution their children against playing in the streets and nd to warn them not to dart out into the street treet while playing on sidewalks vacant l lots ts or playgrounds Particular attention should be given by parents to the tile menace of of- careless bicycle riding The reckless disregard of traffic traffic fic by many young riders has been bad enough in recent weeks but it will be much worse now that school is out 5 The other evening small a boy was riding a bicycle down busy South Temple street treeL H He was riding down the wrong sid side of the street He had hada a little girl on the handlebars He had no light on his bicycle although it it was quite dark Three Thre bicycle safety violations violations violations viola viola- plus the fact that the boy was wa's unwisely riding on a very busy aI arterial Such bicycle carel carelessness can only lead to a tragic accident S In another case two boys were riding their bicycle down the slope adope of Third hir South at the East intersection They sped across Ea East t. t a bus route and a quite heavily traveled street without stopping and without regard for other traffic A A. car had to jam jamon on its its' brakes and just managed to avoid hitting one of the bike riders The next time that kind of bicycle riding might prove fatal S Not only should parents warn their children V about careless bicycling poli police e officers should make it ita a special project to warn young cyclists even perhaps taking some more positive action in flagrant cases If all radio patrol officers and motorcycle officers fers ers cers were we're advised by the department to keep an eye out for careless cyclists and to stop any reckless riders they see sef we we some bad accidents this summer We cannot p place ce the he whole burden for avoiding accidents upon motorists if these young bike bike- riders persist in riding in such erratic and reckless ss fashion No motorist no matter how cautious can can prevent acci acci- dents d when he hasn't the slightest ide idea what these s cycling youngsters young young- are going to do next or from what direction they are suddenly sud- sud Id denly to to ride into nto his path |