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Show Traffic Violations Account for Half Of Highway Fatalities I "If all drivers strictly ob-, served 'Signs (if Life', the nation's na-tion's traffic accident rate might be cut in half." This prediction, made today by Ivan Orton of the Cedar City Safety Council, was based on the fact that more than half of the drivers involved in fatal accidents acci-dents in 1952 were violating one or more traffic laws. "Many of these accidents involved in-volved violations of traffic signs, signals and pavement markings, according to statistics from the National Safety Council," he said. "If these posted warnings had been observed, the accidents acci-dents might never have happened." hap-pened." For this reason the Cedar City Safety Council is cooperating with the National Safety Council in carrying out a traffic safety program in Cedar City during August, based on the "Signs of Life", theme. "The purpose of this program," Mr. Orton continued, "is to bring to public attention the need for heeding traffic signs, signals and pavement markings, the 'Signs of Life" designed to protect motorists mot-orists and pedestrians." Most frequent violations of traffic signs, signals and mark-lnps. mark-lnps. as listed bv the Cedar Citv Safety Council, are: 1. Exceeding speed limit. 2. Failure to keep right of center cen-ter line. 3. Improper passing. 4. Disregarding warning sign. 5. Disregarding stop sign. 6. Disregarding signal or officer. offi-cer. One of the best pieces of safety safe-ty advice a motorist can get is contained in the August slogan of the National Safety Council, "Signs of Life' Know them, Obey them." |