Show Accident T Toll ToIl oll t Faced at M MeetA Meet tt h A hitting hard factual appraisal ap of Utah's strength and weakness In the steady Increases In accidental deaths in Utah by Earl F. F Campbell director of field or organizations organization's or or- National Safety Council Chicago o featured the wide state safety conference held at Salt Lake City July 28 The conference was vas called by Gov Governor J. J Bracken Lee for the primary purpose of finding out why so many accidents are happening on our streets treet and highways on our farms and In our homes and public places generally and what the citizens citizens citi citi- zens of Utah In cooperation with each other can do to prevent pre vent such accidents Over persons from 23 counties rep up- representing representing resenting local enforcement agencies traffic courts school I and church groups farm bureaus bur bun and other county and municipal mu mu- officials were in atten dance I Emphasizing Ute the extreme parlance of proper enforcement all along the line Une In traffic safety Mr Campbell bluntly stated that Utah's Ut-alt's performance In this phase ranked low in comparison with other states He declared that much of Utah's enforcement policies and practices practices tices are arc followed on a hit and miss haphazard basis Inmany in inmany many Instances and nd that much of ot this is due to public apathy and indifference In tolerating It Responding to criticisms and reports reports' 90 n traffic court handling of certain ca cases es Mr 1 Campbell said If you want sloppy pro Judges e cut the cloth to meet your rOut patterns t The conference was opened with wit ar ai an a address by DY y Gov Governor mor Lee Who Vho tio c called Hed upon the Ute p po ople o- o pIe of Utah to carry through h to the end ed all ot of tile the valid ug r recommendations nd ind nd resolutions of the conference He lIe said too too often be we become om me disturbed bt d hold meeting c up with programs arid and tl the el f simply let nature talce tak Its course We Wa must not noti permit ich uch thing thine to a occur As a n result of the sectional m held heid l e tol specific and anti r re Q fan action pro program m V routed to ami endor enor e ea b 1 thi e c s j s fo s rz rl Traffic I a 4 State high highway way p pj A d di i local enforcement p r e brought up to the rv e standards r recommended tn tb tbt Automotive Safety Safe Foundation n. n the National N Safety arid and the International Ai lIon Uon ot of Polie Chiefs I 1 T T f 1 t tin l Continued on page 5 Accident Toll TOIl Faced C Continued from from- first Pi b A driver program in every verv Utah hl high h school e cJ radar radl speed ed detecting de dl devices deVice on Utah high high- ways d 1 Thorough follow up and surveillance ance oV over r drivers Vho whose licenses have been suspended or ut revoked fe C el Significant Improvement In Utah's Utah accident records system tern tem s so as to provide current c and anti useful Information to en en- agencies and others In accident prevention activities U en f Compulsory use of f chemical them chem teal ical tests for Intoxication h In arrests ar nr rests Involving drunken drivers driver g More complete reporting lof traffic court convictions by bYI Justices of ot the peace and ami city traffic courts and a uniform system of penalties Ch hi Improved coordination amon among state county and community com traffic departments In Inthe Inthe the enforcement of traffic laws and ordinances 1 m Close examination and study of ot specific traffic law penalties leading towards greater great great- er Cr effectiveness as a means of discouraging wide spread violations viol 12 2 Farm Safety Ca a An Intensive program of safety education be established and followed with the particular lar cooperation of county agents H 4 Clubs Future Farmers and Farm Bureaus 13 3 3 Recreational Home a Respecting Irrigation ditch t and anti canal parental watchfulness over children was I especially called for br In addi tion public responsibility Imposes im im- poses a duty upon Governmental II tal agencies to cover or fence streams and canals wherever I feasible from a legal and und financial fin i ancial standpoint I b An Immediate study of advisability of state legislation I regulating the use and coulD I I i m ment nt of boats and canoes canoe on n lakes and streams under state supervision IC c Intensified and com comprehensive compre pre safety educational programs pro pro- grams be followed among groups and organizations such as church PTA Women's Clubs and the schools 4 General a That an organized cooperative cooperative cooperative cooper cooper- safety promotion program be reconstituted among legal community educational church and other agencies and groups groups' regarding all nil types of activity ty l I b That all public I tion Instruments be fully utilized util to bring to the attention of the public full information respecting Ung the number type causes and ways to prevent ac ac- ac I In a pre pre conference conference statement to the press G. G Ernest Bourne executive secretary Utah Safety Safe ty Council presented compiled accIdent data lata showing the stag staggering toll toil in inI inhuman j I human lives property and ec ec- losses in Utah from fromi i 1934 to 1951 He declared that should a an all atom bomb be dr dropped drop p. p ped on Ogden the disaster could hardly equal what we haY have suffered suf stif f fared r d In traffic accidents in inI Utah during these years They I have taken lives Injured over others and tand caused economic losses of over oyer That is ithe the price we ve have paid for law law breaking breakIng carelessness discourtesy and indifference We will continue to suffer this needless waste iu t t as long Ions as we tolerate promiscuous pro law breaking Inadequate quate enforcement and the feeling feel feel- ing that accidents happen only to the other fellow In a post conference statement state ment Mr Campbell declared that this was one of the finest state safety conferences he has attended in many years years years' and that the over overflow over flow attendance was clear evidence of the deep concern of over oyer this problem of accidents |