| Show DAMAGE The safety of motorists and residents is being threatened by an upsurge in sign Concentrated efforts lo curtail sign vandalism on the part of the Utah Highway local law enforcement agencies and justices of the peace have failed and the toll continues to A RECENT investigation noted instances where farmhouses and pastures were the only backstop behind bullet-riddled Signs on curves were shot from angles indicating that motorists could easily be struck by deflected Many useless by blasts of buckshot and larger caliber Impact removed far beyond the perimeter of the actual bullet SOME SIGNS had as many as 35 leaving only the coloring and shape of the sign to warn unfamiliar The lives of entire families depend on sign Damage and vandalism to Utah highway signs costs taxpayers many dollars each particularly on strange stretches of rural Last fiscal year the Highway Department alone spent over thousand to maintain road By June estimates indicate over a quarter of a million will be USING an average of per sign we find that last July signs fell tim to the marksman and periodic highway there have been no deaths or serious injuries directly attributed to individual Highway officials still wonder about the numerous one-car accidents each and how many of these may have been caused by sharpshooters having a good |
