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Show Juvenile Judges Have Conference On Safer Driving Max V. Eliason, juvenile judge of the Sixth District, attended the juvenile judges' conference in Salt Lake City Sept. 24 where the major ma-jor subjects for discussion were adoption ad-option procedure in the juvenile courts, and traffic violations by juveniles. More than 1200 traffic citations were issued juveniles in Utah this year, an increase over last year. At a joint meeting of the judges and enforcement officers the juvenile ju-venile traffic situation was discussed. dis-cussed. The Pheonix, Arizona, Driver's Attitude School was cosidered. In Phoenix traffic offenders are deprived de-prived of their driver's licenses un til they complete school. Offenders are given eight hours of instruction in traffic laws, signs and driving. They are also given psycho-physical examinations to .test the students' vision and reaction. re-action. The students are taken on tours with the enforcement officers so that they can better appreciate the duties of said officers. The school changes the attitude of the driver. Judge Bernstein, of Phoenix, reported that less than three percent of those that attend the school are second offenders, while in Utah sixteen percent are second offenders. The juvenile judges and enforcement enforce-ment officers went on record as favoring the adoption of drivers' attitude schools in Utah and extending ex-tending driving instruction to the students in high schools. Some of those in attendance expressed ex-pressed the opinion that & class in driving instruction for students was more important than some of the required highschool courses, as a student will spend considerable time during his lifetime driving an automobile. |