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Show DRIVERS ASKED TOBECnREFOL Speeding of Cars Past Local Schools to be Punished to Fullest Extent of the Law. That the local authorities mean business is manifest in the mandate issued from the city hall during the past week, declaring all offenders who persist in speeding past the school buildings of Bingham Canyon will be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Officials declared that no exceptions excep-tions will be made and all offenders will be treated with the same amount of courtesy, namely, a good stiff jail-sentence. jail-sentence. Local school authorities are doing all in their power to assist city officials, offi-cials, and during4noon hours and recess re-cess times a lad may be seen each day with a red flag, showing the autoist the danger zone. This method of informing in-forming the motorist of the impending impend-ing danger is worthy of comment, but a step further could be taken as a matter of safeguarding the lives of the school children. Pupils of the. high school could be stationed at intervals between the high school and grammar grade buildings, build-ings, and be vested with, the authority to stop and arrest every person who is caught speeding past the restricted zone. According to reports there IS a city ordinance declaring it unlawful for a person to drive a car past a school building in Bingham Canyon during the noon hour and during recess re-cess except in shifted gear. Very few, if any, observe this ordinance, and with older lads stationed on the sidewalk, side-walk, it wouldn't take but a few days to force the offender to realize that the ordinance should and must be adhered ad-hered to. This plan has been worked out in larger cities with great success, and there is no reason why. it wouldn't stop the speeder in this community. . With the city, and school authorities author-ities working hand in hand, the speed menace in Bingham Canyon could be brought to a minimum, and the reckless reck-less driver with little or no regard for human life would at last get his just dessert. |
