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Show Nighttime Driving Involves Added Perafs, Stifefy Council Warns Nighttime Uvffic accidents will be on the increase no-v that Utnh drivers are faced with mere hours of darknes; dur'ng (he late fail and winter win-ter months. Leo II. Barlev, Utah Safety Council's Vice Pres'd-nt Tor Traff.c Safety, r p : '. d today. - '"Darkness calls for a special spe-cial type cf driving," he-said, he-said, "and Ike mcst import im-port ant- requirements are ii-crersed ii-crersed purine's, better control cf iho car and reduction reduc-tion of smcd." Ccup'ed vvi'h th-S? s-.fery factors, it was poin'ed out that th? potential ace'dent can be fur her reduced by th proper use cf head and faillights. ' "State law." Mr. Barlo-.v svd, 'Tcqu're that every voir vo-ir el e upon the highways in the State must have its lights burning a half hour before sunset until a Ink" haur before be-fore sunrise. This is fine f litre li-tre most id'-al conditions." ha add-d, "but there are t:mes when 1h driver must use common sense and u-s lighting devices prior to and beyond the times specified in ib" law. When weather coa-d't'ons coa-d't'ons er? adverse, it is a co"erned driver that will hive h:s lights on so as o have a margin of safetv. Dr'vers who become involved in ae:dents during the early morning or evening hours quite frequently could hive avoided rueh a mishap if o her hirh.vay users f on! .1 have s:c:i ih -ir au.omobi! At no olirr time cf I tie year, it was emphasized, ar ; .he lights cn an automobile so impcrtant. Every car cv.-n r shou'd do frequent periodic checking of their auto's lighting system. "The one headlight vehieh or thes- without properly fm-Sicr.ing taulights are heedng fcr trcubK" Mr. Barlow s'atrd. It is unpre-d'etnbie unpre-d'etnbie to tell when the one gnrd hcd'.ifjht may ceas- to ftinetion leavirg th - driver in total darkners. and the individual in-dividual who driv-'s wi'hout properly function'ng taiU'gh s is S'mply inviting a rear end collis'on. "Wh'le vehicles are re quired by s'ate mv to bo inspected, it is also the n-cT-rs:b'l;:v. cf the . driv e andor car owner to see tlvu it is in proper mechanical e -rd'Hen b"iwrn inspect! rt periods," he stated. A fey-rn fey-rn nu cs spent- each week chfking the vehicle's liji-'.s could o.rtair.ly m.--an i'ue d ffercrce- be.wen accident-free accident-free dr:v:ng at:d a serious traffic mirhap." |