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Show Are You A Speeder? Most people, considering themselves them-selves good drivers, resent the suggestion sug-gestion that they speed, and when asked the question reply promptly in the negative. But stop and think. The term Is relative. "Driving too fast for conditions" Is the tag-line to many a police accident report. There are times when 25 or 30 miles per hour is excessive speed. When driving In heavy traffic, on slippery roadj, or around sharp curves, even comparatively low speed can lead to a bad crack-up. i In 1947, 199 persons were killed on the streets and highways of Utah, many of them because of excessive ex-cessive speeding. Automobiles and roads, engineered for safety are still subject to the human frailties of the driver. It Is a matter of record that 9 out of 10 accident: are due to the faulty judgment jud-gment of the driver. And, too frequently, fre-quently, the driver's judgment Is based on a misinterpretation of what is a safe speed for a particular situation. sit-uation. Most fatal accidents, according to the National Conservation Bureau, occur on straight stretches of highway high-way and many Involve high rates of speed. About 15 per cent of the drivers in all states in fatal auto accidents are exceeding the speed limit, v.tille 5 per cent are exceeding exceed-ing safe speeds although within statutory limits; 3 per cent are driving dri-ving too fast for conditions. While many accidents at lower speeds cause only bruises and bent fenders the high-speed ones count their toll in human lives and broken bodies. A good driver keeps his car under such control that he can stop safely safe-ly anytime. He anticipates his own course and those of other drivers and pedestrians. For greater driving safety and fewer traffic accidents In Utah, make it your personal responsibility to be a safe driver at all times. |