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Show 1971 Traffic Toll Will Exceed Last Year's Deaths With Utah drivers facing a-bout a-bout six weeks of the most adverse ad-verse driving conditions between be-tween now and the end of the year, it is predicted that the States traffic death toll for 1971 will surpass that of last year. "A combination of bad weather, wea-ther, road conditions, and driving driv-ing errors," Karl Richards, Director, Di-rector, Safety Council for Utah County said, "lead to traffic mishaps which claim lives, produces pro-duces injuries and contribute to a staggering economic loss which affects all drivers." The accidents being reported on the State's streets and highways, high-ways, it was pointed out, are often of-ten the product of good drivers driv-ers who know better, but fail to exercise good judgment. The so-called bad drivers, those who have accidents repeatedly and or receive traffic citations, cannot can-not be held totally accountable for the accident picture. "Good drivers should want to become better drivers," said Richards, "by enrolling in a Defensive Driving Course being sponsored by the Safety Council for Utah County. This eight hour course," he continued, "teaches the good driver how to recognize danger on the streets and highways and what evasive actions should be taken tak-en in order to avoid being an accident victim." (Continued on page 12) 1971 Traffic Toll (Continued from page 1) on duty daily except Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to complete com-plete all wedding arrangements or to answer quesuons regarding regard-ing services offered. If desirable, desir-able, other times can be arranged ar-ranged for an appointment to schedule a wedding there. |