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Show UTAH'S UTAHS ' HIGHWAY PATROLNo PATROL PATROLNo ! No one knows knev.s knevs knetss . better when why where and how accIdents accIdentshappen accidentshappen accidentshappen happen than the66 the -66 66 G6 - 6 members of the Utah Highway Patrol 'Who Who 'Whocover whocover ' whocover cover the state s network of 5439 miles of paved roads Their in intImate intimate inInnate tImate daily dally experience with recklessness and sudden death on onthe onthe onthe the highways lends weight to their observations on the cause and andpreventIon andprevention andprevention preventIon of traffic accidents You as a Utah driver can expect expectto to live or inmaimed unmauned unmaimed b3 b : } applying applymg the he dvice adVIce of these safety officers to your own driving drIvmg drIvmgHere drivingJlere drivingHere Here Jlere are some of the warnings warnmgs they pass . , along Don t let letyourself letyourself letyourself yourself go through a red light or stop street Be courteous dIm dImyour dimyour dimyour your lights . . Don t pass on a hill curve or when another vehicleis velucleIS velucle vehicle IS approaching approachmg Keep on s 3 : } our side of the center line Ime Be iBe sure you youare youare youare are m in the proper lane before making makmg a turn and always give the theproper theproper theproper proper hand signal Many accidents ac.cldents accldents . happen when these common commonsense commonsense commonsense sense r rules les are VIolatedHxghay violatedHighru violated violatedHighw Hxgh\\ay Hxgh ay Highw Highru ' \ ay patrolmen say that many accidents are caused by not notproperly notproperly notproperly properly interpreting mterpretmg the intentions mtentIons of other dr1\ dr1 drip drners dr1ers \ ers and by cut cuttmg cuttang cutting tmg tang in too quickly after passing passmg a carDning car carDrrung I IDr1mg Drrung Dr1\mg Dr1 mg Dning \ % while intoxicated mtoxlcated is a " crimmal "Crlmmal Crlmmal criminal act Reckless drlvmg driving drlvmgand drivingand drivingand and speeding speedmg is dangerous under any circumstances Even on a astretch astretch astretch stretch of open road where a high rate of speed is a temptatIon temptationa a mechanical mechalllcal failure or blowout usually spells-DEATH spells DEATH spellsDEATHrrhe spellsDEATHThe spells - DEATH DEATHThe The rrhe ( Utah Highway Hlghway Patrol always on the alert for traffIc traffIcvIolators trafficviolators trafficviolators vIolators is radio equipped It is never safe to assume that your yourvlO'latIon yourviolation yourviolation vlO'latIon vlOlatIon violation ' has not been observed for the long arm of radio often oftencalls oftencalls oftencalls calls in another patrol car to intercept and apprehend It is the thenemes thenemes thenemes nemes s of hit and run drivers This Tl11s same radio becomes an agent agentof agentof agentof of mercy in case of accident Arriving ArrIvmg promptly at the scene the thepatrolmen thepatrolmen thepatrolmen patrolmen render first aid and by getting quick transportatIon transportationto to the hospital have saved many lIvesDnve livesDrive lives livesDrive Drive Dnve carefull carefully : } m In Utah and you receive courtesy and aSSIS asses aSSIStance assestance assistance tance Drive recklessly and you meet death-or death or death - - or the law |