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Show NO BACK SEAT DRIVERS . . . ''Drive: Tesfiog Laboratory" To Be In Delta Friday, April 2, on Safety Drive "Test your driving ability" is a challenge that may be met by all automobile drivers all day Friday, April 2, in Delta. For on that day the new 22 foot Aerovan Freuhauf semi-trailer, powered by the new Flagship of the Fleet, 3 ton Ford F8 truck, will be in Delta all day, and the public is invited for inspection all through. The Freuhauf Semi will house a complete set of latest laboratory ,river testing equipment, including brake reaction test. nMinh,i vision, distance judgement, nerve and steadiness test, visual acuity, colo, glare recovery and night vision vis-ion adaptability. The "Driver Testing Laboratory" has been rolling through Utah since March 15, sponsored by the Utah Motor Transport Association, Salt Lake City, as part of the national safety campaign. They will be in Delta April 2, in Fillmore April 5. The day in Delta is sponsored by Heber Curtis, local Ford dealer, and I chairman of the committee on ar-I ar-I rangements, Gordon Edwards. Firestone Fire-stone dealer, John Day Truck Insurance In-surance Exchange, and Max Robi-Json, Robi-Json, Utah Oil Refining Co. A public meeting will be held in the DHS auditorium at 2 p. m., when a 30 minute show on safety measures will be shown, followed by talks from national and local speakers. Among questions the public is asked to ponder are: Is training to drive a 100-horse power death dealing automobile less important im-portant than training to run a typewriter, a bookeeping machine or a lathe? Would you believe there were far more dancing teachers teach-ers and public speaking instructors than there are driving coaches. Ex-iperts Ex-iperts predict a driver training pro-I pro-I grani would save up to 20,000 lives ner vear. Direct cost of automobile accidents in the U. S. are over one billion dollars per year. Delta has a driver, training class at the Delta high school, under Joe Snow, instructor, one of the small percent of high schools in the nation giving such training. The committee, in cooperation with Mr. Snow, plan to have every member mem-ber of his class visit the driver testing test-ing laboratory. A public address system on the truck will keep the public advised of the whereabouts of the laboratory, labora-tory, which will be open for use all day. The sponsors urge everyone every-one to visit them and use the equipment, and attend the afternoon after-noon meeting. |
