Show Safe Safety Committee Urges S Safe afe Driving EIGHT BASIC RULES GIVEN FOR MOTORING SAFELY February is the shortest month in the year Dont Don't make it the shortest in your life because of n a traffic accident That advice was offered today by byM byM M n a n t t Safety a f e t Y Committee in launching a special traffic safety p pro program r o g r l' a m in Manti this month designed to emphasize the importance importance importance tance of knowing and obeying all aU traffic laws The TIle old adage A IIA little knowledge knowledge know know- ledge can be a dangerous thing is s especially true in the case of drivers drivers dri- dri vers veis who have only an incomplete perhaps inaccurate knowledge of traffic regulations Our goal said the safety chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man is lIis to have every driver know and obey all traffic regulations all the time The February program sponsored sponsor sponsor- ed by the Safety Committe locally locally local local- ly with the cooperation of the National National Na Na- Safety Council and coordinated coordinated by the National Committee has as its theme Know and Obey Traffic Laws Nearly GO 60 per cent of the drivers involved in fatal accidents in 1949 had violated one or more traffic laws at the time of the accident National Safety Council figures al also also also al- al so show that violations reported per one-hundred one drivers in in rural accidents accidents accidents acci acci- dents were 12 per cent higher than thanin thanin in city accidents No one feels safe with a person who handles a shotgun carelessly yet ignorance and disregard for the law in m the hands of a motorist can be an equally dangerous double- double weapon C Card Cardinal a r d i in n a l 1 rules which drivers I should obey to prevent their joining joining joining join join- ing the ranks of accidental killers were outlines by the Safety Com Com- as follow 1 The only proper place for al alcohol alcohol alcohol al- al cohol is in the radiator of a car carnot not in the driver 2 Light and sound can safely ignore speed limits the driver cannot Obey both speed limits and those safe limits im imposed imposed imposed im- im posed by weather or other condi condi- 3 3 Set an example for the driver behind you to follow Avoid weaving weaving weaving ing from lane to lane passing on the wrong side or at intersections 4 4 Avoid way right ments Its It's better belter to yield the way right-of-way than to give up your life to prove youre you're right 5 5 Look for and heed signs signals signals signals sig sig- sig- sig nals and traffic officers' officers directions 6 When you leave your car to become e a pedestrian carry with you the same respect you have for traffic laws as a motorist 7 Taking chances on the road is 3 needless Dont Don't take any dont don't be a show 8 A shiny hood doesn't mean you have a safe car Extend your care to include all mechanical and electrical equipment The b best e est s t breaks in driving come to the motorists mo- mo mo motorists motorists mo- mo who have the best brakes in their cars |