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Show Souvenir Edition The Kanab Area Vacation Guide By Shane Nordfelt Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Welcome to southern Utah The Best Earth on Show! The law enforcement community would like to help make your stay in our area a safe one. Here are a few tips to follow that will greatly increase your chances of enjoying a safe vacation. Unfortunately every year we have tourists involved in traffic -- accidents that cause serious injury or even death to those involved. As we investigate these accidents, especially those in the summer months, we find that two factors play a part in the majority of the accidents: speed - driving too fast, and falling asleep at the wheel. If you happen to be traveling on an Interstate Highway 5 in rural Utah, the maxior mum speed limit is 65 miles per hour. When traveling via a U.S. Highway (U.S. 89), the maximum speed is 55 miles per hour. The majority of roads are in good condition, and are long and straight, but the speed limit still (1-1- 0) A applies. An easy way to remember the speed limit, if you are on a two-lan- e road-on- e lane for both directions of traffic, without a median to divide the two lanes-th- e maximum speed limit will always be 55 miles per hour. As you approach small towns pay attention to the Reduced Speed Limit signs that precede them. Generally you will see two of these signs, and they will be followed by one or two signs that will tell you what the speed limit is through the town. We often stop people who are speeding who are trying to get to see just one more landmark, or one more National Park, before sundown. Please allow yourself plenty of time so that you can be patient when you drive. With many tourists suffering from jet lag, and getting early starts in the morning, we inevitably have accidents caused by drivers who fall asleep. Sleepy drivers are especially vulnerable after a hearty lunch when they climb into a comfortable, hot car. If you feel tired, stop and take a nap or get a more alert driver to drive. Another major cause of highway accidents are the animals-wil- d someand domestic-tha- t times cross the road. In the morning and evening hours deer, and occasionally elk, can be seen on or near the road. Watch for these animals, especially around dusk when they are very difficult to see. A good tip at night is to watch for their eyes. Your headlights will illuminate their eyes and enable you to see them in time to avoid them. Sometimes a cow or horse will wander onto the highway. While this doesnt happen often, its a hazard to watch for. If an animal suddenly appears in front of you, the best action to take is to slow down as quickly and as safely as you can. The accidents get worse and injuries are more prevalent when a driver swerves to avoid the animal. For the most part, it is better to hit the animal than to swerve off the road and take the risk of rolling the vehicle. 15 Finally, we would like to advise you of our laws concerning alcohol. PLEASE DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. The point at which a person is considered intoxicated in Utah is when their content (BAC) is .08 or greater. However, a person may be impaired to the point of intoxication and have a BAC below .08 percent. It is best to just not drive if you have been drinking. Also, you are not allowed to have an open container of alcohol inside the vehicle. This holds true for both the driver and any passengers. If you have any containers of alcohol on which the seal has been broken, then keep these in the trunk. Finally, persons under 21 years of age are not allowed to consume alcohol. blood-alcoh- ol We hope that you enjoy your vacation in southern Utah, and that your trip is a safe one. Follow these hints that we have mentioned, and you will greatly increase your chances for a safe journey. little tourism history By Dixie Brunner Tourism is crucial to Kane Countys economic survival. But interestingly enough, early settlers made little mention in their diaries and journals of the incredible splendor of the natural scenery surrounding them. Its not that they didnt notice, its just that the dramatic geography was a challenge to make a living off. Mormon rancher Ebenezer Bryce, who Bryce Canyon National Park was later named, said the parks eternal maze of poking red spires would be a hell of a place to lose a cow. Edwin Dilworth Woolley was one of the first to appreciate the grandeurs of southern Utah. He was awestruck when he first espied the Grand Canyon while working as a cattle foreman. This is one of the Wonders of the World, said Woolley. People will come from all quarters of the globe and will pay great sums of money to gaze on what we now be- hold... During the late 1880s, John W. Young (son of a Mormon leader) was representing the LDS Church in England, when he came up with a marketing scheme for this area. He thought that the Kaibab could be a private recreation area for English aristocracy. He acquired major holdings and stocked it with horses and cattle. The plan fell through, but he continued to promote the Kaibab as a great hunting ground and potential tourism center with hotels and lodges for English nobility. He induced Buffalo Bill Cody to act as a guide for a group of Englishmen who were exploring the area for marketing potential. Unfortunately, the British agents decided the Kaibab was a little too far away, and a little too hard to reach. The 1900s and the establishment of the Utah State Road Commission, helped good roads be developed throughout the state. 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