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Show lation's "Safe Driving Day" Goal j Of No Traffic Mishaps Needs Support Issuing an appeal to all residents of Iron County to prevent traffic accidents on S-D Day (Safe Driving Day), Dec. 15, Arthur Nelson, sheriff of Iron County maintains that the challenge of highway safety is one that must be met on rural roads as well as urban streets. Itoads outside incorporated limits of cities and villages vil-lages may be the proving ground where the success of S-D Iay is decided, Mr. Nelson said. lie reminded: "More than twice as many deaths in traffic occur in the country as in the city. That has been the national exporienee for several years. In I9!3, far example, there were 27,-200 27,-200 deaths on rural roads compared com-pared to 11,100 on urban streets, according to statistics compiled ty the National Safety Council. 'Traffic safety is particularly Important to persons who live on farms and in rural areas. That's because no other .segment of the population is more directly de-ipendent de-ipendent cn highway transportation. transporta-tion. Rural Support Needed "The support of farm people Is urgently needed to assure the ssunre.is of S-D Day and the j whole continuing program of I Wghway safety, Last year more farm people died in traffic accidents acci-dents than from any other cause. This fact points up the farmer's personal stake." City drivers venturing on the open road were urged by Mr. Nelson to be particularly attentive atten-tive because driving on the rural highway differs from driving on the urban street in many important im-portant respects. With more than 3,000 pedestrian pedes-trian deaths on rural roads last year it behooves drivers to remember re-member that there are walkers in the country as well as in town, Mr. Nelson stated. S I) Day, which is being sponsored spon-sored by President Eisenhower's i Action Committee for 'Traffic 'Traf-fic safety in cooperation with public officials and numerous national organizations, has as its objective the elimination of all traffic accidents for December Decem-ber 15. Its purpose is to demonstrate dem-onstrate that the solution to the traffic accident problem is within with-in the grasp of any community communi-ty when its citizens are willing to accept their responsibilities as drivers and pedestrians. Motorists and pedestrians in Iron County, can assui'e the success suc-cess of S-D day locally, Mr. Nelson Nel-son said, if they will do these three things: First, observe the letter and the spirit of all traffic regulations. regula-tions. Second, be courteous to every driver and pedestrian-practice sportsmanship. Third, give full attention to driving and walking. In other words drive and walk as you would have all others drive and walk. The record so far this year, Mr. Nelson pointed out, shows that people can cut clown accidents if they want to and will work at it. For the first nine months of this vear accidents are below the same months of last year. Such barometer periods as the Fourth of July and Labor Day week ends show that th-? trend is down and can be further reduced. |