Show A Report From Your Governor Govern r By George D D. Clyde Tow hundred two twenty-two hu hui human human hu- hu i man lives were snuffed out in Utah traffic in 1957 This bloody record ecord was the worst to i inI in I all the States State's history It was wa s compiled despite strenuous of efI ef- ef I forts orts on the part of government t officials law enforcement agencies agencies agencies agen agen- cies and safety organizations s throughout the State Almost a week of tl the c new year ear had gone by before the thel e l first 1958 highway death mane marred d dc l the he record This was a welcome c respite respite- from the filled death d closing days of 1957 Before tv we e become complacent about our o new safe driving habits however I we should look back a yearl year year year- l the traffic record for the earl early y l days of 1957 was also good but bu bua t driver carelessness later in th the e l year still cost us irreplaceable able lives I If we are to reduce tragic tra gic toll we must have YOURI YOUR YOU 1 R I full ull cooperation and support suppo rt The Governor all the State officials officials of of- of the law enforcement of officers officers of- of and the courts the schools school s and the dedicated safety organizations organizations organ organ- all all these together b by Y themselves cannot do the job Without full public support their efforts are largely in vain as was proved in 1957 With Wit h I wholehearted public support th the e States State's traffic toll can be cu cuto cut cutto cutto t tt to a fraction of of its present t frightful size as has been bee n t proved by experiences in Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- and other states When you take the wheel o oa of ofa f a car you have a tremendous responsibility for your own lif life and for the lives of your fellow fello w citizens If you are driving 30 miles mile s an nn hour and you crash on head-on into a car coming the other wa waat way d at the he same speed you ain and your passengers and the people e in the other car will be flung flan S forward towards the windshields windshield with a force of about 6 foot foot- tons more more than six times th the e impact force of a calibre 30 machine ma ma- chine c gun bullet You can figure figure figure fig fig- ure your own chances for sur sus survIval survival vival under those conditions I. I If you are arc travelling 60 miles a an n hour in your 0 own car and have haw e any kind of collision your chances chances chan than ces cos for survival are one in 7 Over 70 miles an hour your you chances of staying alive are 1 1 50 Over 80 miles an hour hou r even the statistics dont don't give yo you youa a chance to live When a travelling fast-travelling automobile automobile auto auto- mobile hits a hidden patch o of f ice on the highway a tremendous tremendous dous Baas force farce is suddenly turned turne d loose without direction or con con- trot An engineer can understand understand under under- stand what happens in terms of mass inertia and coefficients of friction To the layman the thenet thenet net result shows up more bluntly blunt blunt- ly in terms of mangled human bodies We have long worked on the proven theory that eternal vIgilance vigilance vig vIg- ilance stance is the price of liberty Our traffic conditions have be become become be- be come such that eternal vigilance has become the price of life itself it itself it- it self when you are on the high high- way You have to be more than careful you you have to drive defensively watch out for the theother theother other fellows fellow's errors as well as avoiding your own These are some of your obvious ob obvious ob- ob responsibilities as a driver You have further responsibilities as a citizen It is your support that will make or break any program of safety education safety engineering or safety en en- forcemeat I hope you will give that support support sup sup- port and and that well we'll both live through 1958 o n |