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Show WHAT PRICE ACCIDENTS? It has been stated that accidents acci-dents are not accidents at all. They have very definite causes, and these causes can be determined. deter-mined. The greatest is human failure. And what is the price of this human failure and irresponsibility? irresponsi-bility? The greatest irreparable price is paid in human lives and those maimed for life. An annual an-nual toll greater than the casualties cas-ualties of war. In Utah alone, 191! people were killed and thousands injured in 1946. The actual cash cost of an accident, ac-cident, estimated from surveys by the Traffic Engineering Division Divi-sion of the National Conservation Conserva-tion Bureau is as follows: (l)Average injured pedestrian, $4C8; (2) Average injured driver, S408; (3) Average injured passenger, pas-senger, $206; (4) Average uninsured unin-sured driver, $73. These figures indicate that the average accident victim pays $170 in salary, another $92 in doctor and hospital bills, $26 for miscellany such as attorney fees, fines, claim settlements, etc. And if he owned a car, the average repair job takes another $200. While this survey was made in another state it is probable that the average would hold true for the citizens of Utah also. The cash cost of an accident, in most cases, can eventually be replaced, but lives and limbs cannot. Utah is out to reduce highway traffic accidents. With an increase in registration of 23,000 cars, and an unusually large out-of-state highway population popu-lation expected during the Centennial Cen-tennial months,' this is no easy task. The greatest results can be obtained only if you, Mr. and Mrs. Utah Citizen, will cooperate fully with state and local authorities author-ities to make our highways safe. |