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Show Pedestrian Safety Seen Dependent On Common Sense Pedestrians must stay alert In order to stay alive! This warning was Issued today to-day by Howard L. Blood, chairman chair-man of the Public Traffic Education Educa-tion Committee of the Utah Safety Safe-ty Council. During November the committee commit-tee will concentrate on trying to reduce pedestrian accidents, which comprise one of the most serious traffic problems In UUh. Mr. Blood recently pointed out that motor vehicle drivers must assume extra responsibility to compensate for the heedlessness of the very young and the diminished dimin-ished faculties of the elderly. The sickening impact of steel against flesh occurs much more frequently among these two groups than any other. Today he urged pedestrians to use care ar.d intelligence, especially espec-ially in crossing streets. His warning was underlined by the fact that last year more than half of the 39 dead pedestrians were fatally injured while crossing cross-ing city streets. Never cross the street except at an intersection or pedestrian lane, and always obey signals and signs. But don't blythely assume that a motorist will do the same. Many a pedestrian has been killed kill-ed or injured in a protected crosswalk because an absent-minded absent-minded driver came through, Mr. Blood pointed out. The intelligent pedestrian who wants to survive the auto age will use his head and pause a second if a car is coming up fast, to make sure that it actually intends in-tends to stop. Another foolhardy act is to walk along the edge of the highway high-way at night, especially during bad weather. If you must do this, wear light clothing and walk against the traffic, so a car won't catch you unawares from behind. "Proraoting pedestrian safety calls for constant effort on everyone's every-one's part, but it can pay the greatest possible dividend fewer few-er broken bodies lying on streets and highways," Mr. Blood added. |