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Show Safety Sam Says: (Cooperating with State Road ; Commission,! Utah Highway i erintendent, for "Safety On ! Our Highways.") j i When you are -driving a.n auto-j mobile it is no time to hold an aib-sorbing aib-sorbing conversation with a passenger. pas-senger. The business of driving is a full-time job. j The accident records tell tragic stories of motorists who have ' made fatal mistakes in backing. All too often they have failed to( look and make absolutely certain that the way was clear before starting in reverse. It may take a second longer to insure safety, (but it is time well spent. Look on ! both sides of the car, sound your horn and then, when you are sure the way is clear, back very slowly. When you first step' into your car, before traffic hazards have made you alert to possible danger watch out! Don't back, even a few inches, until you are sure there is no one behind you. I once heard a sickening smash when a train hit an automobile, j stop and look both ways, especially especial-ly on country roads, where the vision is obstructed. |