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Show WALLACE PLANS TRAFFICSURVEY Mayor Seeks Expert to Conduct Study Mayor John M. Wallace disclosed Saturday he waa In queat of a "recognised and capable" traffic expert ex-pert to make an engineering traffic survey In Salt Lake City. At the same time, Mayor Wallace Wal-lace pointed out that, if such a study is to be made. It should be done without delay and that the entire continuoua program of the citv traffic commiasion should be pushed as rapidly as possible. The mayor aald he had detailed Chief of Police William C. Webb to contact aeveral traffic experts while he waa on tha west coast last month and aeek to learn if one could be retained here. "If one la retained, ha must be recognised in hia field and capable of making a thorough and compe- (CeatlnuM nn Pase Seven (Column Sill WALLACE PLANS TRAFFICSURVEY (CeeUeued Its Paae Oae tent study of tha entire trafflo altu- ' atlon bar." Mayor .Wallace asserted. as-serted. "Ha abould be an expert who uses a standard practice. W would want him to follow a racog-' racog-' niaed technique of procedure, a f tried and tested system." Mayor Wallace was of tha opinion ' tha city could find such a reoog-: reoog-: nlaed and experienced person who , could do a Job as good as that of ' high priced "big name." Tha mayor added that Chief I Webb, who has been confined to his homa by illness, had not yet r reported his findings. 1 Several Contacted ) Tha chief told Tha Telegram that he had contacted several traffic experts on the coast and that "no doubt we can find a man for us." "Howsver, I can't yet name any 1 one man aa a' possibility and I want 1 to confer with tha mayor first," ba ' added. ' Meanwhile, Mayor Wallace urged " that no time ba wasted on a continuous con-tinuous effort against tra(flo accident acci-dent death curtailment. "We have started tha year well, he aald, -but we can't wait. Now la tha tlma ta work." Mayor Wanes Driven Ha urged that motorists pay particular par-ticular attention to apeed. "We have a o-mll-an-hour apaad . limit now that la recognised aa r safe," ba said. "A motorist can strike a person without killing him . if he la driving at a low apeed. t Strike a pedestrian at a high apeed , and you are certain to kill him." , Tha mayor aaked also that driven , drive In lan as, without turning unnecessarily un-necessarily from one to another, , and that arm signal be used with-, with-, out fall. "Tha window on tha driver's aide , should ba down ao a signal can be made properly," ha aald. "A little I freeb air in tha car won't hurt" |