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Show I WITH MUFFLERS WIDE OPEN Complaints are being received by the eitj authorities that iat at nighl Thirtieth street and Grant avenue, lately paved, arc made Speedways h motor drivers who, with mufflers wide open, keep the neighborhood awake and endanger the lives of those who ar on the high?! aj o The speed fiend should be caught and made to realize thai he must conform in sonic small degree t the rights of others Nothing is more annoying t the nervous or sick who are m bed than to have a roaring machine go by their homes in the late of hours of night when rest is so desirable and essential. Indifferent, reckless auto drivers jire g nuisance at any hour ot the day, but they are a pest and an affliction when to their speeding speed-ing they add nise v. hied is nerve-destroying. m Down in Davis oouuty, where the cement highway has been completed, this same complaint against disregard of the traffic law-, is heard The offending has grown so serious that, the officers alone the roadway daily arc making arrests. Speaking of the announcement that 100 arrests for alleged speeding along the boulevard in Davis count have been made, one of the officials of the Utah state Automobile association said "There are always some motorists who have no regard for oth-ers, oth-ers, who are absolutely lejfieh; and, fur one, i would 1 i k o to see jail sentences imposed until tins class comes to realize that highways are built for everybody and thai thej must respect the rights of others The completion of s fyard-surfice highway between 'Ins city and Dgden seems to have lured a great many speed demons to the disre gard of safety, and Sheriff Nalder is taking a proper stand when he attempts to choke this spirit before it has gained headway. Sheriff Sher-iff Nalder has instructed his deputies to use discretion and to give the motorist the benefit of any doubt. This seems fair. Hut those -ho wantonly disregard safety should be .puled. I believe Everyone who realizes thai the excessive speeding on the high way is endangering the lives of nil who travel h automobile between Ogden and Salt Lake, will endorse the sentiment that the "road hog" should be jailed Before too late, motor travel in this city and this part of I tali should be brought to a sane basis. |