Show T tc I The Boys Boy s Column CO inane I tf 1 II I 2 Ad H hi Z r d 4 T ll f IR SUCCESS DOING DOINO your work the best you can con conAnd u And being J JIt's Just to your fellowmen Its It's looking forward and thinking high And keeping always alway In crosser closest touch With what Is I tine line In word and deed Its It's going onward despite deleat defeat Its n fighting staunchly yet keeping sweet Its It's living clean and playing fair talc fairAnd fairAnd And laughing lightly at Dame Despair Its It's looking up at the state stars above And drinking deeply of life lite and loven love n Its Ifs struggling on with will to win And taking loss lose with a cheerful grin Anon I ono y y y THAI HO r I I THE UTAH Safety Council today called sailed upon Judges and Justices of I the Peace to keep In mind the objectives objectives tives tires of the Traffic Court Conferences held last winter This request was prompted by a survey of ot traffic conviction conviction con con- reports received by the Drivers License Division of the Utah Department I of Public Safety during June Analysis of these reports reveal that while many of the convictions are fairly consistent with the schedule agreed upon at the conferences others are not In some cases the variance of ot traffic fines tines la I extremely wide and thereby tall fall completely completely com com- comI I I to carry out the Intent of the I I minimum schedule developed at the court conferences I I The Safety Council emphasized that the court conference schedule and ob objectives ob-I ob I represents the mutual agreement agreement agree agree- agree 1 ment of the Judges and enforcement officers themselves and not sot the arbitrary I recommendations of the Safety Council I One Important purpose of the schedule schedule sched sched- ule ale is la to discourage trait traffic law violators I and sad their repetition by convicted of- of I fenders However the Safety Council study Indicated that the minimum penalty Is not being Invoked In many Instances Such Bach practices the Safety Council declared are defeating the purpose purpose pur- pur I pose of the court conference plan This approach Is le hardly consistent with the expressions heard at the Traffic fic no Court Conference that we dont don't want the offenders offender's money money we we want him to drive safely and end obey the laws I declared J. J W W. Robinson Safety Council president I Until the time tune comes when greatly Improved driving habits are demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated rated by many drivers through s stion education tion our enforcement program must be heavily utilized Much can be done at atall atall atall all levels In la this field The responsibility Is a Joint one between the Judge and I I Ithe the arresting officer Our survey reveals weakness on both ends For example I records show that the two most moat common I violations involved in accidents last year were 1 following too closely and anti 2 failure allure to yield the right of way But less than 2 per cent of the citations and reports of convictions Included these offenses The Safety Council fully appreciates and indeed Insists upon the need for ford I speed control but on the other hand far tar too little attention is being directed towards these other offenses which the rho records show are also causing many of the accidents We believe belleve that this characteristic strikes right to the core of selective enforcement principles Mr Robinson added I The Safety Council at the same some time recognizes Improvements In several phases of enforcement on the state level leveland leveland and sad In some of our key clues cities and counties To obtain the needed ultimate I goal of real traffic safety the arrests and i citations must be balanced with adequate 1 I ate support of the courts the Safety Safety Council pointed out as aa the deterrent value of ot law enforcement is not realized I unless proper court conviction follows In fact the council spokesman Indicated I arrests which do not result In n such I convictions may be worse than no arrest at all In concluding his comments comments on the I Council study Mr Robinson drew at attention attention at- at tendon to the offense of drunken drivIng driving ing and the fact that convictions on this tiffs violation amounted to only 3 per percent percent cent teat of the reports received He Fie pointed out that 8 per cent of al all accidents and 17 per cent of all fatal accidents Involved In Involved Involved In- In these violations Fifty eight percent per percent percent cent of Utah's fatal accidents In 1952 1962 Involved the combination of speeding and end drunken driving The Traffic Court Conference delegates were unmistakably clear in their recommendation for lor strict action by police Judges and Jurors on this ilia vicious offense he added but our study shows that neither the number nor the severity of convictions are what should be expected in the light of our accident records The council president reported that copies of ot a detailed sta statement statement state state- ment meet regarding drunken driving prepared pre pro pored pared by the National Committee for tot Traffic Safety and endorsed by the PresIdents PresIdent's Presidente Presidents President's Pres Pres- ident's Highway Safety Conference were distributed to all enforcement agencies Judges sad and prosecutors several months ago by the Safety Council This st statement statement state state- te- te ment set sat forth a clear outline o of policy which if followed would be reflected In Ina a much more significant record of arrests ar arrests arrests ar- ar rests and convictions for this offense than we now have he ho concluded ft A ft liEU KEEP UTAH UT GREEN GHEEN EXTREME CAUTION with fire of any I kind while In the outdoors this season Is again being urged by spokesmen forthe for forthe I Ithe the Utah Fish and Game dame Department The present prolonged dry period has I created an sn early rite fire hazard With the season now reaching a peak for participation participation pation potion In outdoor sports the department departments Is s Joining all federal and state elate agencies and civic organizations In an effort to prevent further losses of vital range rangelands lands from this annual menace During the past two weeks several man man caused caused fires have already taken thousands of acres of useable forage and watershed cover from the sportsmens sportsmen's productive payrolls Such Buch losses losers mean less outdoor opportunity wherever they occur w I Anyone going afield Is la asked to know that camp fires matches smoking materials materials ma ma- and all other forms forme of fire are era out before they are era left untended v v v DOC lIoe ANKLAM l I USED TO S. 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