Show A d v 6 a as w wr wf r J f a ka k t pr i 1 lt l INSPECTING material that was presented at Utah Safety Council meeting Monday evening In In the county building are left to right Orson Brown first vice president of the Council and coord Robert Council president Ed Pitcher Utah Highway Patrol sergeant and dir ector of training and David Dehlin Council field representative Staff photo State Council Urges Safety Way of Life Back the Attack on Acci Safety dents Pays This is the theme of a series of traffic safety meetings being held around the state under the direction of Utah Safety Coun cil One of the series was held on Monday night in the county building with representatives from Uintah Duchesne and Daggett counties attendance attendance In were Robert president of Utah Safe ty Council Orson Brown first I firstI vice president andt and coordinator Ed Pitcher director of training and David Dehlin field MR BROWN who acted as that safety should be a way of life He em the need for strict law enforcement by officers and judges Mr 11 Brown averred that lack of concentration was the chief cause of accidents He rapped ticket fixing and said that warning tickets are not much good lIe Ile stressed the need for driver er training and accident train train- training ing in schools and also for Continued on page 8 Safety 1 I j Continued from from page 1 adults I I MR BROWN reported that tha I persons have been killed on of Utah roads in 1965 compared compare with in Ile He commenter commented that although this was a saving savin of only nine lives that it was sig- sig significant sig significant if you happened to be b bone one of the nine Traffic accidents for the three counties show that collectively during 1964 these counties sus sus- sustained tamed more than two million dollars in economic losses as a s direct result of traffic accidents accidents This amounts to a loss of per day HE SAID that Uintah County J had nine traffic deaths in 1964 compared with one so far In 1965 Duchesne has had two tic Hc deaths so far In 1965 and Daggett none the ob I Mr explained I of Utah Safety Council and said that accidents can be prevented A person person who has had an ac is twice as likely to have havea a second one as a person who never has had an accident he said IN EXAMINATIONS of drivers ers In groups of one hundred who had suffered accidents it was found that nine had never had a previous accident 25 had had one previous accident 35 had bad had two 38 had had three and G 6 had had four This Indicated that the same drivers were Involved In acci acci- accidents dents repeatedly Mr Pitcher said that the state perhaps had never had a governor who had been so Inter Inter- Interested ested In traffic safety as Gov Governor Rampton lIe pointed out that when there are less violations there are less accidents as there Is a direct relationship between the two ACCIDENTS cost 15 cents for every gallon of gas used he said Half of the people In this room will be killed or Injured In Ina ina a traffic accident some time Mr Pitcher stated Three Important factors In driving are education engineer engineer- engineering ing and enforcement and he said he wished to add a fourth enthusiasm Mr Dehlin said his job was to organize Citizens Safe t y Councils In the three counties and each of the cities and the towns The councils should find out the causes of accidents and where they are taking place and what needs to be done to pre pre pre- prevent vent them he explained Mrs Robert Turner was nam nam- nam named ed chairman of Uintah County Citizens Committee with Mrs Boyd Hoyd Hatch Vernal and Maeser will con con- consolidate their safety committees Sheriff George Marrett was named chairman of Duchesne County Citizens Committee Gall Gail Carey was named chair chair- chairman man of Ft Duchesne Safety Council |