Show V 9 ii 1 Dangerous Mixtures I G ASOLINE and booze will not mix on the V- V public highways high Drunken drivers of mo mo- are death dealing agents and should not f be tolerated by any well ordered community An accident south of Salt Lake is attributed to the attempt of some young men to mix ga gasoline oline hind tand and bo booze z in a joyride A woman and a child were ere slightly injured and the men who are said to have been drinking were released without depositing bail I That the two victims of the accident were not seriously injured cannot be attributed to the good management of the rs It was their second crash within a short time which would seem to indicate little control over the machine they were driving In spite of pf prohibition we will have drunken men and in spite pite of traffic laws taws we will vill have reckless drivers but under existing laws Jaws there is no good reason why we I should have the dangerous combination of both Whether th the prohibition laws can an be enforced enforced enforced en en- forced or not remains to be seen Nevertheless we should be able to keep drunken men with motorcars off the public highways It cannot bedone be bedone done with the tolerance displayed in the Utah county dounty case Jail would seem to be the only safe place for men under the i influence of liquor wh when n they have access to automobiles In all of the t of police officials there should be no countenancing the unlawful acts of the drunken drivers of automobiles It is an unnecessary risk and the practice should be discouraged Nothing is gained by waiting until a fatal accident occurs before acting There is another danger dangerous us mixture which endangers life on the public highways Gasoline courtships such as are to be found on any open n road at night wink at t the safety regulations Men at the wheel of powerful motorcars develop one armed agility which is likely to fail in an emergency We Ve like Cupid and his ways buwe but bu we can ill afford to have him constantly increasing increasing increasing ing the accident hazard The man at the wheel whee of of an automobile needs need bo both h arms for business and nd when when he permits one arm to goin go In search r r I I p. p of bf fh the th g 10 Jfe pf love lie he t g with the undertaker Further thin than that lie ex en en- d dang the of other her hav travelers lers Nor does he improve co conditions much when hen he stops on the side side of tile the road and n extinguishes J the the lg lights p of his car |