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Show STATE IMPROVES CAR INSPECTION Due to the united effort of the State Ilighwav Patrol and the Utah Traffic Safetv Council, an improved svstera of motor vehicle inspection will be inaugurated during the period peri-od June 1st to July 15:h when all motor vehicles registered in the State of Utah are required to be inspected in-spected in official safety inspection stations designated by the state for this purpose. Accident records show that 15 of all motor vehicle traffic accidents are blamed on defective de-fective vehicles. This means that defective vehicles are responsible in some measure for one out of every six or seven reported accidents. It was pointed out by George H. Lowe, President of the Safety Council, that this percentage means that last year over 6,000 of the people who died in automobile accidents throughout the United States are dead because someone's lights were too dim, or poorly aimed or focused, a tail light was burned out, brakes were out of adjustment, or some other safety feature of the vehicle was defective. According to P. L. Dow, Superintendent Superin-tendent of the Patrol, that department depart-ment will exercise great care in the selection of stations in the future. The new program requires that official of-ficial stations be equipped to properly inspect all safety items on motor vehicles, especially headlamps. head-lamps. As a result of properly equipped and carefully selected stations, sta-tions, a greatly improved system should result. Incorpo.ated in the sticker is the recommendation of Governor Maw that all motor vehicle operators conserve for Victory by driving under un-der 40 miles per hour. Now that new vehicles and tires are no longer available for civilian use, it is more and more important that all existing exist-ing vehicles be operated at all times in safe condition and at speeds that will enable the motorists motor-ists to get the longest possible life out of the vehicle he now owns. Motorists are urged to place their vehicles in safe operating condition immediately while parts and expert mechanics are still available. n |