Iron County Record | 1954-02-18 | Page 7 | Police Chief Lambert Warns Errant Motorists That Law Ignorance Will Not Excuse Violators

Police Chief Lambert Warns Errant Motorists That Law Ionorance Will not Excuse Violators "But, Officer, I didn't know it was against the law!" Tony Lambert, Cedar City chief of police, says that's the familiar lament of many drivers whose disregard of traffic laws gets them in trouble with enforcement enforce-ment officers. But, he adds, it doesn't help their case. "The fact that a driver doesn't know he's breaking a traffic law doesn't excuse him from blame," Mr. Lambert said. "If he doesn't know the law, he has no business driving a car!" Mr. Lambert, who spoke in support of the Know and Obey Traffic Laws program of the High School P-TA and the National Safety Council, said there's too much at stake for any motorist to take a casual attitude toward traffic laws. He pointed out that other motorists expect a driver to know the law and they count on liim to obey it. If he disregards disre-gards it, he catches them off guard, and this often results in a tragic accident. For instance, ihe law requires that a right turn be made from the right hand side of the road. No motorist expects the driver in the lane to the left of him to cut across traffic to make a right turn. Consequently, whenever a driver commits this violation, an accident is almost certain to result. re-sult. Mr. Lambert said that it's the duty of every person who drives an automobile to know the laws governing its operation, and there's no excuse for ignorance.