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Show ROAD SIGNS PREVENT SERIOUS ACCIDENT Automobile Club of Utah Placing Warning Guide Posts on Roads of the State. A circular just Issued by tho Auto-ni Auto-ni ddte Club of Utah shows that the principal danger spots, such as bad railroad crossings, dangerous descents and gateways and sudden turns In public highways, have been rendered less dangerous to Ihe motorist Initio In-itio placing of international signs of warning. The rflgns adopted by tho club are th.-so of tho American Automobile as-poclatlon as-poclatlon as well as those of the leading lead-ing motor associations of Europe, hence It follows that the stranger is bs well protected a the local motorist, motor-ist, and the local driver, having become be-come familiar with the signs in uro In his own state, will find ample road protection anywhere In tho world. Inasmuch as the road protection for the motorist must be In a unliersal language to bo satisfactory In its results, a sort of motor Esperanto has 'been resorted to, and tho meaning of a simple sign haviDg onoo been learned. learn-ed. It never varies, whether soon In j America or any part of Europe. The signs so far placed on tho roads of Utah by the dub are five in number, and it Is astonishing what a valuable lot of Information they convey to th motorist. For Instance, a section of picket fence painted on a signboard conveys to the motorist the Information that a short distance ahead of blm the road, either for a railroad crossing or for some other purpose. Is barred by a closed gate. The Information Js given so the motorist mo-torist may have ample notice to slow down, eliminating the danger of colliding col-liding with tho gate. Two bars crossed on a sign announce an-nounce tn the traveler that ho Is approaching ap-proaching a crossroads, while a f.gn resembling the letter 7. having a gentle gen-tle slope downward frotn tho loft to the right, apprises him of tho fact that Just ahead is a dangerous descent, de-scent, and so prevents the nosslbll-Ity nosslbll-Ity of accident. A sign bearing an elbow, not unlike un-like a stovepipe elbow turned to tho right. Indicates that ahead there Is a sharp turn la the rond l the right, and the same sign reversed gives warning of a turn U the left. r,n |