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Show Iji4 1 o VOL. V ETJ3 SElTEMBEK 12. ETJ3 195,'! NO. 15 - r - . A t v.o.z'zr: U7 s.lt la:: cn.vjiAii CJ j News and Features of Interest to Residents of Davis County. LAYTON, DAVIS COUNTY, UTAH 0 iVWDitow VERY HIGHWAY fl Such a warning is not alone for a road under construction cr repair. Its any road its every road. The open road is engineered for safety. Its curves, grades, over and under passes, and road markings are all designed for you to drive and live. But every road can be as safe or as dangerous as you and millions of other drivers make it. Its how you drive, how you respect road controls, speed limits, stop signs; how you think when you drive and how you use or misuse the courtesy of the road that determines the degree of safety or danger. Since the end of the war, rural highway deaths have climbed until they s of the toll in dead and injured. In 1952, 28,200 account for deaths out of a total of 38,0001 Three of every four accidents occurred in clear weather on dry roads. Eighty percent of vehicles involved in fatal accidents were traveling straight ahead. These are stark facts which put the terrific highway carnage straight up to the driver behind the wheel. A reckless, lawless attitude makes safe highways dangerous. Ask yourself, honestly, Am I a safe, or dangerous driver? three-quarter- |