Show examiner advises on drivers tests for auto operators one of 0 f the real problems lor for state st te d drivers r ivers license cense examiners I 1 Is what hat Is to be done about young and flaex eberl ened applicant who believes lie he knows how to operate an automobile safely it was pointed out by grant M broadhead drivers license ex lai niner who was in junction this week the next visit ot of an examiner from rom the drivers license division dIv Islon of the state tax commission I 1 Is scheduled tor for march 12 right now la in wartime mr broadhead said the applicant for a drivers license gets the benefit of the doubt it will save W ainan aall hours tires and gasoline it 1 the young man or woman who has come from the lar far corner of 0 the i county tor for examination Is able ablao to pass the eye written and driving tests of course it he falls in any of these the examiner can do nothing but issue instruction st permit and tell him to come balk again for further examination 11 A boy or girl may be able to handle a tractor or 01 a truck on tile farm like a veteran and a real huard in traffic next to the drunken driver and the reckless lee klosa driver one of the great perils of the road is the driver whose car does the unexpected thing and without warning tile the driver who la Is unskilled or who Is confused cont used by traffic is a serious cenate menate to himself and others in order that lie he may acquire the necessary skill under road conditions after having obtained an instruction permit he shall for a time be permitted to operate a motor vehicle 11 on the highway when accompanied compa nied by a licensed driver only under the law strictly interpreted it Is impossible for a boy or girl to quality qualify for an operators license on hla his or her birthday anniversary it he can pass it usually means mean that the boy and his parent or guardian have broken the safety laws of the state and the ole state does not want law breakers operating motor vehicles on the highways however the purpose of the law la Is to induce automobile operators to acquire safe driving habits and it if a hoy boy or girl passes the eye tests demonstrates et a working acquaintance with tile the law and proves on actual test the ability to handle a vehicle under actual road conditions he be will usually receive his operators license without further examination anit nation road blockades in which duly authorized officers stop all vehicles on the highway and examine them and ibe be operators tor compliance ot of the law reveal that a rather high percentage ot of drivers are taking chances some are operating without any license at all others long since residents ot of utah are still carrying the operators license of some other state still others are possessors of utah licenses which were sued isred soon after the drivers dryers license law went into effect or prior to 1936 their certificates have become delapl dated and entirely unreadable law law violators detected by blockades are liable for several secial tines fines or worse how much more sens sells r ible it would be for them to compy comply with the alie law and take the examinations ami nations or in some cases simply to apply tor for a duplicate license which would cost 25 cents lits for bior licenses should study the driving handbook printed by the state for tree free distribution trib ution and readily obtainable either from the tax commission or from almost any peace officer on the road test the common causes tor for failure to pass are improper backing cutting left corners too sharply driving on the wrong side of the street disregarding stop failure to give correct signals in advance of changing direction or stopping a car anabil alty to turn a car around in a narrow street failure to be alert continued on last pagel pae examiner advises on drivers tests continued from page one at intersections or failure to yield right of way to other car or to pede pedestrians st rians operators guilty of such faults are a real danger clanger to themselves v Os and to the general bublic jub lic some of these errors are made by experienced drivers who have formed faulty driving habits the operators license act is a good law the fruit or of long experience peri ence and designed for the public safety lets all enforce it and obey it |