Show a r L Lets Let's e ts t's 7 s Prevent revers Future u are Tragedies ra a ies Some lessons are very costly Y Salt Lake had one last ni night g ht It lt would b be criminal ne negligence gg li ence for the sit city Y to fail to take heed of it There is mourning in iii several homes homed today tod y beca because se of an automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile accident An Au aged mothers mother's heart has an anchor of of sadness to it because be be- cause her son soil o of whom she was dee deeply 1 proud rou d da has been taken froma from froma a life of usefulness and activity Y A little girl is bowed down with grief because her hand was guiding the car that brought on the tragedy teased Y There is public sympathy T not only for the family and friends of the victim but also for her Regardless of the circumstances surrounding ng the accident there is pit pity Y for fox one who in her youth must feel the de depressing n g sadness of her p part art in it and Carr carry Y through life the haunting memory of f that terrible affair All the blaming in in the world could not now Haw restore to Utah the life she could so poorly spare BUT SOMETHING SOl PRACTICAL CAL CAlI SHOULD BE DONE TO PREVENT SIMILAR TRAGEDIES IN THE FUTURE Yh people he people expect th the city commissioners to draft a traffic Ordinance notice that will win work Nork and see that it is strict strictly Y enforced There has been no enforcement whatever of an any speed d rules that would make life safe on this city's streets Huge machines with their throbbing bing engines driving them on as agencies o of death can be g guided g. by incompetent and inexperienced hands at will They can be rushed over the peoples people's streets at most Host any rate of speed their drivers desire IT GENERALLY TAKES A TERRIFIC SHOCK TO BRING ABOUT ANY REFORM I. THERE MUST BE A SACRIFICE TO AWAKEN COMMUNITIES TO THE NEED OF REFORM I. Salt Lake has leas had the shock it must now have the reform i Examination for Auto Dri Drivers V ees No one expects youth to look ahead and consider consequences conse conse- q Youth is ha happy and carefree and the scheme of natu nature re redid did not intend that youth should be be beautious cautious and capable of meeting meeting meet meet- ing emergencies Experience ce is required for such things Therefore Therefore Therefore There There- fore Y youth oath should not be g given iven a free hand when human life ife t tto is s isto isto to be risked Bishop Spalding was yas an active man He had been a good f football player and made a creditable record on the baseball mond d d' He had haq been a lover of outdoor exercise was fond of walking and kept ept his physical condition splendid II He was one of the few men who ever accomplished p the difficult difficult difficult dif dif- physical task of climbing the rugged Teton peak peals Such a aman aman aman man man could b be expected to take good care of himself under any ordinary circumstances He was dragged under the car probably fifty r feet Whether he wo would ld have been killed by being struck by an automobile traveling traveling traveling travel travel- ing at only a moderate rate of s speed and nd with the emergency brakes well weIl set is for the doctors to determine We Ve believe that no one should be allowed ed to handle the steering steer steer- in ing ng wh wheel el of a motor motel car ar without passing a ri rigid d. d examination and d dis dismaying a Yg in a complete knowledge of all the workings of the levers and and brakes that control the machine No person should be al ale allowed sl- sl automobile who tyke hasn't secured drivers driver's license low lowed e n nAnd tD run an a And no license should be granted until the applicant h has s proved Po a a thorough knowledge of running a car and has demonstrated to the proper ro er examining ng officer officers a reasonable treasonable coolness in emergencies old and sufficient physical and nerve nelVe strength to insure safety in a crisis i We have urged such action before we did not eat have much hope of seeing anything done It takes a long time to get any reforms ref Q tins m in some communities ties Need IVee d Law Lav Enforcement r to st settle q t l th the question should 1 kethe ed I Those c co competent to s e e qu n ma sp speed lim limit it on sit city Y streets very ery definite a and nd hen Jhen m make ke some quick cx exam examples n lee of those who ignore the rules THE BEST BES 1 LAW IN r THE rHE WORLD IS WASTING THE TI-IE PAPER IT IS WRITTEN T ON WHEN PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVEN'T THE BACKBONE TO 10 ENFORCE IT RIGIDLY ON THE INFLUENTIAL AND POWERFUL AS WELL AS ON THE OBSCURE CITIZENS I I In Massachusetts 1 and other states there are regulations govIn governing governing gov gov- e rein g the of motoring Drivers are taken out on country to roads ads first with an examiner and tes tested ed in their ability to handle a a car Then they are guided over heavily traveled city streets to further p pare put ut their their ability to a test If they have hav an n accident they are tak taken be before the commission commISSIOn and examined M Maybe y e t tJ their 1 air ir license is lS taken up for tW two o or three thre months m maybe it is I canceled sated It all dep depends on oil the seriousness of the accident and question of fault th the q r i If a d dees driver river handles the wheel while drinking and arid is IS caught he la loses loses loses- ees his right light to ever drive another car r. r lie Ile al also o takes a very serious chance of s serving a. a prison on t term rm y- y What happ happens ens lJ in Utah Ulah A no notoriously 3 reckless driver dri was tas coming oming up S State te street et one ni night ht He and nd his companions were dru drunk He turned the carI car I 1 r over over ver One lean mans man's r s leg was broken c Did Dl d h he C lose his Ilis right to drive B is here i f 1 The same ch chauffeur a li short time later was at the steering wheel whee during another drinking bout and a woman who was riding with him was killed Not all aU the res responsibility n for her tier death rested with the file fear Men l of better judgment and more lifers r responsibility should h have vc mi mode made de it im impossible I for him to have driven another er car cor after his first criminal affair Unfair r t to o Careful 1 Motorists Ri Mere Iere ere boys are allowed to rush us It h high i gli p powered o vered motor cais cai's cars call about the streets of Salt Lake They haven't the nY physical h sisal strength g th nor northe northe the moral I. I stamina to grit their teeth and keep cool heads heags at a critical moment Girls wile who go into hysterics at the thought g ga ht of ofa a mouse or faint at the thc sight sight of of a bleeding finger can take chances of facing of-facing facing a situation that would try the nerve of a stout hearts hearted d man They are not to blame if they take those chan chances es They donot do donot donot not think of such things They love the sport and they wouldn't purposely hurt an anyone rone for their lives They simply should not be allowed to assume such risks There are more safe and careful automobile drivers than in incompetent incompetent incompetent in- in competent ones We Ve never hear of them Like the preacher Who ho performs s his duties dutie and goes about doing good they keep out of the spotlight Like the preacher who strays out of the straight and narrow path the re reckless kless driver immediately attracts atten atten- tion But when a n preacher like the Boston n pastor actor who murdered a s girl gets his name in the big headlines w we do not condemn all ministers of the gospel Yet many of us are quick to bring all i motorists into our list of the condemned when there is an automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile ac accident ident It matters not lot whether the victim was to blame I or whether the driver was at fa fault lt I Of course there is a a reason for this attitude on the P part art of the general public The reason is the general generall lack ck of law el enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- orce- orce ment and the sense consequently q Y lar large g e number of careless dr drivers It is is' unfair to the careful drivers as well as to the public to allow such a condition con n to g go on |