Show Lessons From a Tragedy S SALT CALT ALT LAKE CITY has experienced its first death in traffic of a child on his way to school ir it a number of years The boy Robert Emil Ballard 8 was killed when he ran in front of a stopped utility bus into the path of a passenger automobile There is a lesson in this tragedy for motorists motorists motorists motor motor- parents and public M should recognize that there is always danger when they pass a halted vehicle vehicle vehicle ve ve- hicle at an intersection especially so when that vehicle is a truck or bus which hides f their view of the pedestrian crossing When you drive past such a halted vehicle drive slowly and with extra caution Then if some youngster runs out from in front of the other vehicle you may be able to avoid a tragic accident which will surely otherwise haunt I you for lor the rest of your life r Parents should recognize the need for instilling instilling instilling in in- in- in stilling in their children certain principles of pedestrian safety Children should be warned and and again and again never again never to cross a street without having a clear view of the street both ways never to dash across t to beat some vehicle and thus save a few sec sec- The public should recognize again the value of school school crossing patrols They prevent just such accidents by assuring that children do donot dor r r not crow when the way is not clear and that r motorists are halted by warning flags That 1 L I accident could not have happened at a well- well guarded school crossing And theres there's another thought for parents see parents see to it that your children children children chil chil- dren go to school by a route a-route which will permit permit permit per per- mit them to cross busy streets under the protection protection pro- pro of schoolboy patrolmen A few extra steps might save their lives |