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Show Vacation Traveling Requires Care, Motorists Reminded Utah motorists were caution ed today always to "expect the unexpected" when behind the wheel, particularly on vaca tion trips when traveling in un familiar country. With the time at hand when millions of Americans will take to their cars for their onee-a-year long distance trip, G. Em est Bourne, manager, Utah Safety Safe-ty Council, urged drivers to keep constantly alert, ready for changing chang-ing traffic, weather and road conditions. "Every traffic accident Is avoidable," Bourne said. "It Is not just a question of keeping from being killed, but also keeping keep-ing from being Injured, possibly permanently, in an auto accident. acci-dent. More than a million and a quarter Americans were Injured Injur-ed In traffic accidents last year," he added. The Council spokesman reminded re-minded motorists that this is the time to "Slow Down and Live." Motorists who for 49 or 50 weeks of the year drive mainly short distances in familiar surroundings sur-roundings need to adjust themselves them-selves to the requirements of vacation va-cation driving, Bourne stated. As tips for them, he recommended: 1. Keep your mind on your driving, don't try to read a map when moving; 2. Stop for a coffee-break every couple of hours, It will help keep you alert; 3. Adjust quickly to heavy traffic, traf-fic, wet roads, hills, curves, and other hazards, obey posted speed limits and watch for unusual traffic regulations; 4. Keep your distance; look out for pedestrians, children, cyclists, ar.lmals, slow moving farm vehicle ve-hicle and slow poke motorists. |