| Show DEATH AROUND TIRE TilE CLOCK Salt Lake City Utah Jan 13 U U. P. P to come under J legislative scrutiny as well as M strict surveillance of law enforcement officials are ate Utah Utah's motorists who In 1936 hung up an record of killings i I IThe The mark was earned by Salt Lake city which taW saw 43 per per- sons IOns killed on its streets during the year netting a ft new record by topping topping topping top top- I ping 1935 of 32 persons persona The city and its ILa namesake county accounting for more than one third of the state Mate toll wll started off ort the new year ar by killing another New Years Year's eve rYe Puzzled by the fact tact that traffic signals widened streets stricter speed laws law and other safeguards have done nothing to halt the a accidents ac accidents ac- ac and that safe driving camp cam- cam p a 1 In a conducted by various agencies have not decreased deaths state enforcement officers at a re recent recent recent re- re cent convention blamed rank and criminal carelessness as well ell a as stupidity for most accidents accident Civic Chic clubs dUM Red Cross Cray and other safety organizations have ha released a flood of suggestions through the press citizens notably Utah's No 1 I driver speed king I Ab Jenkins also Jenkins have been heard suggesting variously deputizing ell aU drivers driven and requiring them to j arrest or report all aU accident par par- parI I newer tr and more stringent stringent string string- ent driving laws lower s speed d limits limits lim lim- its Ita state sponsored safety campaigns campaigns campaigns cam cam- membership In the National Nation Nation- a al Safety Council and other theoretical cuT curative Facing officers also is frequent Indifference of trial purses purles when offenders are brought to court and extreme of magistrates particularly in drunken driving cases rue One such uch case cue in Salt Lake Lako I I City where a superior court Justic Jus- Jus tic tire flee reduced a s City court drunk- drunk driving sentence to a 1 15 15 fine TO- TO re recently prompted City Judge Ellett to hold bargain day in traffic court In hi protest Confronting the problem of re- re the death toll death tell as IU well as the number of accidents police of officials officials of- of backed by civic organizations Ions tlona are demanding and ma maya i force through the legislature a bill re requiring re- re quiring rigid drivers' drivers testa tests before issuance of ot licenses Although tUl atUl In nebulous form fonn the bill bin if proposed ed will require rigid tests teats of sight hearing other physical qualifications as well as aa mere men driving ability Immediate reporting re reporting re- re porting of all accidents periodical surveys to show allow up dangerous highway and street locations with an eye towards toAI or correction cor cor- mUon of hazards an increase in size alu equipment and powers of ot the state highway patrol coding and simplification of exL existing traffic- traffic control laws designed to permit easier and more understandable presentation of cases to Juries |
