Show b HOAD commission CHAIRMAN URGES CAREFUL DRIVING V r hammond Aai imari of the alil poad commission has issued an appeal to all drivers 0 antoin i biles to join in a stale wide movement to end tremendous he fatality toll with 87 killed and scores seriously injured by automo biles during the first seven months of the year utah stands as one of the worst accident states in the nation part of the accidents arc due to defective automobiles poor t poor brakes or poor lights for the sake of the driver himself and of his family every automobile should be kept in first class mechanical many accidents are du to carelessness such as driving at high speeds passing on hills or curves and passing where there Is not sufficient clearance to get around tie car ahead hitting the loose gravel on road shoulders at high speed ha a number of victims in utah this year all of which resolves into just two words drive carefully there is no justification for delv ing at excessive speed said mr hammond if you are in a hurry to get somewhere start a little earlier and drive reasonably another important safety factor emphasized by mr hammond was courtesy if every driver would extend to every other anver and to every pedestrian des trian the same courtesy that he would like for himself then there would be but few accidents he stated pedestrian rights are too often ignored and many motorists are inclined to think diat the pedestrian des trian has no privilege that interferes with the wishes of the motorist courtesy and decency will help a lot to solve our traffic problems drive carefully courteously and cautiously and live drive carelessly contemptuously and callously and die |