Show T Tempting Fate ate i I When one sees secs some some of f the reckless driving notor cars that is isa allowed without A protest in Salt Lake he wonders wonders vo rs why there areas are areas are areas as as few ace accidents though there have been more t than a city this size should have had l We Ve Ye have seen examples of the danger of al allowing ving a dru drunken ken man io 10 io handle the thc wheel of a high powered automobile Right Righta a t r public chau chauffeur eur had turned his car over break breaking ng a pas Pas- passengers passenger's leg he got drunk drink and drove his machine ag again in and killed a woman o l n. n If public officials had done th the s sensible thing they wp J I not have allowed him to drive a car r after proving his s unfit unfit- uess Tn ru the first place dill s ll THE CITY COMMISSIONERS COl HAD REQUIRED DRIVERS DRIVERS j ERS RS' RS O OF AUTOMOBILES AUTOl TO TO SHOW CERTAIN QUA QUALIFICATIONS AND GET A DRIVERS DRIVER'S S LIC LICENSE NSE THAT THAW WOMAN ULD NOT HAVE BEEN KILLED One O e of these fine days we are going to r read ad of a lot of children b killed being in g by some reckless boy bor driver 1 I i Then hen where here is the responsibility esp going to rest T J If your our child should be bethe the victim of a reckless young driver will you you hold the latter alone alone to blame or will you also blame e his hi pi parents and the city commissioners for making such a tragedy pos pos- pod pod- Bible jYE VE yE SAW SAV AN EXAMPLE OF YOUTHFUL RECKLESSNESS YESTERDAY THAT TIL MADE 1 US SHIVER AND THEN BURN WITH INDIGNATION WHILE SECOND AVENUE AT N STREET WAS VAS LITERALLY CROWDED WITH VERY SMALL BOYS AND GIRLS NEAR THE NORTH CURB WE VE HEARD THE SWISH OF A SPEEDING AUTOMOBILE WE SHUDDERED DERED DEREr AS WE TURNED SIDEWAYS HAVING JUST NOTICED NOTICED NO NO- THE LARGE NUMBER NUl OF CHILDREN IN THE I STREET TIlE THE CAR WAS VAS DRIVEN BY A YOUNG BOY AND HE lIE HAD AS COMPANIONS SEVERAL OTHER BOYS THE BIG MACHINE l WAS VAS BEING SENT FORWARD AT A RATE I OF 01 SPEED THAT MADE IT EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS THE CAR WASN'T GOING UNDER THIRTY MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THAT CROWDED STREET 1 The bo boy at the wheel was not nearly so much to blame as his parents and the city government that puts rio no no restrictions ns on drivers of automobiles I Nature never intended like that youngsters driver driver- to have any caution or fear The spirit of daring and recklessness sways them It was a bright October afternoon the car was going down grade rade I and audit jt it was great fun t to turn her loose Besides the driver r had hadan hadan an un admiring group in the car with him and knew he lie would be I praised for his bis daring I One would almost become a Fatalist after seeing that speeding speeding speeding speed speed- ing car rush nIsh down own Second avenue and not kill any children It t seemed impossible unless F Fate ate protected the little ones I If the car had killed we would not have blamed the boy driver half so much as his parents who placed the the car in in l his lis charge and the the men men responsible for for for our prote protection who who fail fall to place a minimum age hm limit t on drivers ve of automobiles j |