Show I Against Speed Change In Honorable Calvin L L. L Hampton Rampton Governor of the state ot of utah Capitol Building Salt Lake City utah Honorable Sir Representatives fro m our State Highway Department met with some ot of the townspeople of North Salt Lake last night to dIscuss changIng the speed It through our town from 40 mph to 50 mph We presented a petition peti- peti lion tion to them with some names of local people that are opposed to thIs action acHon but they still take the stand that this Is goIng to be done and there is nothing the residents in thIs area can do about it H. H THE GREATEST majority of the people in our town live west I of Highway 91 and our children are compelled to cross thIs highway for every activity they engage in school church PrImary etc yet these educated engIneers come out and tell us that It Is safe for cars to travel 50 mlles miles an hour through the town What towns In the state have cars speeding through the main part of town at 50 miles mUes an hour unless unless un- un less it H Is on a freeway or a road bunt built for this kind of speed They may have theIr percentiles percentiles tiles and statistics but this doesn't alter the memory of havIng four children killed In four years prior to lowering the speed to 40 miles an hour In comparison to not one killed In 15 years since They remember the town having the reputation of being a speed trap but they seem to forget when called the death strip before we enforced a 40 mph speed li limit mIt WE NOW have a lovely new Interstate 15 just two blocks west of the town and if people dont don't want to abide by a safe I speed limit there is a freeway they can go 70 miles an hour on Why must we be expected to go goback goback back to havIng this hazardous condition for our c children h 11 d r e n Their statistics and s studies t u die s cannot erase the experIence of pIcking broken little bodies of off that highway We feel that wIth all or of the money that is being spent In our state on safety programs which we support anal an realize are very good that a condition of this type should not be overlooked We expect and appreciate the support we know you will gIve us Thank you Sincerely Mrs George J J. J North Highway 91 North Salt Lake Utah |