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Show Tote Gotes Becoming Menace To Safety Says Police Chief Police Chief Glen Newman has reported that men and boys on Tote Goats and children on motor scooters and home made power vehicles are currently developing into a serious traffic hazard in the Pleasant Grove area. "Parents and other adults just don't seem to realize the danger involved in these unusual vehicles or the legal aspects of their operation," oper-ation," he said. According to Utah traffic laws "no power vehicle may be operated oper-ated on the streets or highways, unless the vehicle is legally registered reg-istered and also, unless the driv er is the holder of a driver's license." li-cense." Chief Newman reported that parents have permitted children from 8 to 10 years of age to drive scooters or homemade gasoline propelled contraptions on the city sidewalks and streets. At times "Express Wagons" with other children riding have been attached to these getups. This is not only in violation of the law, but is courting the serious ser-ious injuiy or even death of the drivers and passengers in these unsafe and illegal vehicles. The Police Department pleads for caution and sanity in this respect. "No amount of sorrow can bring back the life of a child," Chief Newman warned. Also, he added, Tote Gotes were not designed for highway travel. They are too slow and too unsafe. |