Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-10 | Page 1 | Says Highways Must Save Life

SAYS AYS HIGHWAYS i s Tia f f Ui gA SAVE VE LIFE Build Roads Wide Vide Enough to Protect Traffic Is Ad Advice vice WASHINGTON Aug 10 By ByThe ByThe ByThe The Associated Press Highways Press ot of the United States must be bo con con- constructed constructed con constructed In the tho future with a view to protecting lives lI and not merely to provide a temporary means ot of I transportation In the opinion of Secretary Hoover of ot the commerce department Uniform traffic reg- reg regulation reg regulations throughout the United States and Canada also are necessary necessary necessary sary he declared In a statement made public today by the American Road noad Builders association Property loss as the result of ot ar- ar ac accidents in the past 12 months was pl placed ced by the secretary at more than with a death toll toU In excess of ot When we had only three people In a township he concluded they did not require traffic rules to 10 keep their elbows out of ot each others other's ribs but when we get a million In Ina ina Ina a community somebody has to 10 tell them how to move or they will run Into each other Roads must be constructed wide enough and no- no nu numerous enough to handle then thell 00