Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-02-14 | Page 8 | Traffic Safety Plan Outlined

TRAFFIC SAFETY PLANJHJTLINED An outline of a balanced plan of community traffic aaiety work I that ha been applied In other major cities had Ont been presented v'ne Wednesdays nf a Salt Lake City - . by the National deneS Safety council. Ralph W. Rob-Inson. Rob-Inson. council field representative organTzaUoni toVc' of"lc ".'of the problem of traffic safety on that atlll 1 paramount here despite de-spite the city' outatandlng record of a 49 per cent reduction m motor vehicle fatalities in 1939. The message was given by Mr. Robinson at the same time he delivered de-livered a "no punches barred" address ad-dress to traffic safety leader here Monday. His suggestions for a community traffic safety program ram at a time when Salt Lake City's own concerted effort was struck with open dissension for the first time line It got under way nearly a year and a hall ago. Mr. Robinson praised the effort of The Salt Lake Telegram for It part In traffic aafety and expressed ex-pressed hope the program eon-ducted eon-ducted dally by the newspaper "never will let down for a single day." Noting the decrease In traffic fatalities In Salt Lake City from 43 In 1938 to 23 In 1939 Mr. Robin-on Robin-on warned that It la not a year-to-year uk that confront the city. Rather, he aaid. It 1 a continuous, con-tinuous, long-time affair. The council' advice, given by Mr. Robinson, waa. In part: "In every community there are certain persons, public officials and community leaders, who can do the things needed to be done for protection of life and property on street and highway. The community com-munity safety organisation ahould be the vehicle In which these groups can promote a community program which wlH have the re-apect re-apect and support of the ettlsenry. "The complete community aafety organisation Include responsible public official, ctvta leader and representatives of all principal group within tha city. These lead-era lead-era must represent a eras section of the people. The safety organization organiza-tion atudies the problem and work constantly toward the application ap-plication of proven scientific practice prac-tice In the field of enforcement, traffic engineering, public aafety education and child safety education.",