Show safety message for the week till DRINKING DRIVER by robert kobert W gardner dubli editor national conservation bureau drinking played placed a part pait in one out of six fatal traffic accidents in tile the united states last year utah police records tor for 1946 show that persons involved in a traffic accidents and 21 ot or those killed were under the influence of 0 liquor throughout the country under the influx ence of liquor is a reported lon foil dialon for between betwee ii 17 and 18 per cent of drivers in fatal acal dents on oil the basis of long experience safety leaders recommend that tile the following principles be adopt adopted d to curtail operation of motor vehicles by persons under the influence of intoxicants 1 use of scientific tests with adequate training of police in tile the application of these tests 2 efficient law enforcement program 3 public education of dan gers involved in the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated with the same education applied to pedestrians 4 recognition by the courts of the seriousness of this crime through the imposition of 0 appropriate prop penalties upon those convicted |