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Show 6EV Tbe Salt Lake Tribune State Highway Patrol Praises Utah Drivers Here It another article In a series on automobile safety written bv Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Gary Whitney. Traffic police officers talk a lot about what drivers are doing wrong. So what are drivers doing right? Practically everything, as it turns out. Utahns drive more than 29 million miles each day in Utah, and yet they average only 104 accidents in a period. That is only one accident for every 278,000 miles behind the wheel. The fact is, people drive practically every day of thdir lives and only have one or two accidents in a lifetime. year. Many states more than doubled that number. Unfortunately, we are inclined to pay little attention to the courteous and safe drivers when were on the highway. But let a guy cut us off after speeding by the lane of slow traffic weve been waiting in, and suddenly all Utah drivers are bad. Ironically, one drivers perception of safe driving may be another driv- ers idea of inconsiderate driving. What about all of the letters to the editor and the telephone calls I get &! Utah drivers. about those Most of those complaints are really about inconsiderate drivers, not dangerous drivers. Inconsiderate drivers detract from a smooth traffic flow, but they dont usually cause accidents. Utah drivers compare favorably when fatal accident numbers are put up against national statistics. State population differences are accounted for when we compute the number of fatal accidents per 100 million vehicle miles driven. During 1982, only 2.7 Utahns died per 100 MVM traveled, which was the lowest death rate in the nation that I remember a woman who had immigrated to the United States from a country where few people drove cars. She had only recently acquired her drivers license and was driving scared in four heavy lanes of Salt Lake County freeway traffic. She wasnt quite sure how she ended up in the fast lane and she didnt have the courage to move right. So she just stepped it up to 55 mph and ol. hung But They Had To Witnesses Fabricate Wednesday, May 2, 1984 Another driver, apparently discontented with this slow driver in the fast lane, tailgated her for awhile, then swerved out around her. As the impatient driver suddenly cut back into the fast lane, our novice driver thought there was going to be an accident. As she steered to avoid a collision, she lost control of her car and rolled over in the center divider. She was doing what she thought was safe and what society says is safe (55 mph maximum speed limit), but it ended up causing an accident. I would like to be able to say you cant drive too safely, but the moral to the above story might be interpreted otherwise. Based on the record, perhaps the best advise I can offer Utah drivers is to keep on doing what theyre already doing while maybe throwing in a dose of consideration for their fellow drivers. At any rate, the Utah Highway Patrol wishes to break stride for a moment and congratulate Utah drivers for everything they are doing right to make Utah a safe place to drive. The Salt Lake County Attorneys office admitted calling several witnesses in a burglary trial in 5th Circuit Court who completely fabricated their testimony. In fact, defense counsel acknowledged they did the same thing. Inside sources indicate that 5th Circuit Judge Eleanor S. Lewis is not even concerned about the perjury in her courtroom. She was in on the entire scheme. It was a mock trial, staged for about 90 Lowell Elementary fourth, fifth and sixth graders who are studying law this month. The students are enrolled in a Salt Lake School District program called Education Quality Through Understanding Individual Potential. This year the theme for their studies is real people, program director Lin Hooper said. Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney Leslie Lewis and a private attorney who specializes in criminal defense, Joseph C. Fratto Jr., are two of the real people who paid visits to the classroom. They prepared the students for their day in court. Although the case was fictitious, the children were not taking the pro ceedings lightly. Truly Free, the fictitious defendant, had been charged with burglarizing Jefferson City High School and her fate rested in the hands of a Jury comprised of the elementary school students. Judge Lewis, although tolerant of the inexperience of the new legal counsel, let it be known, that in her courtroom, proceedings would be dignified and formal. Once she reprimanded two jurors who may not have understood that it is not proper to talk to each other until deliberations and another time a warning from the bench was directed at an observer. Never Wear a Hat Young man with the hat on, she said to a startled observer during a pause in the proceedings, you never wear a hat in the courtroom. It was not long after the trial began that "deputy Salt rt Lake County attorney Debbie found that the defense counsel was not going to let her get away with anything. Defense counsel, Amy Murphy, prompted by Mr. Fratto, objected several times to the prosecution asking irrelevant questions Rap-papo- even the defendant had to leave school wou'd soon be over, she was told. Judge Lewis, not wanting to witness injustice in her courtroom, pointed out that the jury had not yet had a chance to deliberate. She called a week-lon- g recess and asked that all 90 return to finish the trial. I think it is rather fun, she said. They returned, the defense presented its case, and the young jurors began deliberations. Free was found guilty as charged. or asking for hearsay testimony from witnesses. Miss Rappaport weathered the attacks like a pro, relying on Ms. Lewis in emergency situations as she questioned a cast of grade-schowitnesses. Unusual Situation The defense had not yet begun when Judge Lewis was presented with a dilemma she may have never before faced. With the exception of Ms. Lewis and Mr. Fratto, the witnesses, observers, attorneys and ol Dutch Oven Class Scheduled The Salt Lake County Recreation Department is offering a dutch oven cooking class May 19 at Wheeler Historic Farm to prepare people for summer camp cooking. chicken, steamed vegetables, potatoes and onions, pot roast, scones, peach cobbler and breakfast foods. Class size is limited to the first 25 paid registrants for each class. The fee is $16 a person or $30 a couple. It will be taught by Charles Baugh and A. Glen Humpherys of the county recreation staff. Class time is from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Participants may bring their own dutch ovens. 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