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Show - -- 'wjlKJAOAJtO j CAR INSPECTION DEADLINE, AUG. 15 With August 15 established as; the dead-line for vehicle safety ;n-j speition, less than one half of all, Utah owned motor vehicles have1 received mechanical attention, p. L. Dew, Highway Patrol Superintendent, Superin-tendent, announced today. The Safety Inspection Program ; was designed primarily to elimin-i elimin-i ate where and when possible the expensive and murderous automo-; automo-; bile collision caused by defective ' equipment. During the war year? the Drogram became an essential J measure of motor vehicle conservation. conserva-tion. Our automobiles have attain . ed an average age of nine years J and the excessive use imposed upon ' their is now reflected in the head-Hr.es head-Hr.es and in the vital statistics sections sec-tions of the daily press. Many of the gruesome stories written 107 times to date this vear on the surface of our Utah high-ways high-ways can be charged directly to defective motor vehicles, Superin-tenaent Superin-tenaent Dow stated. National figures fig-ures reveal one out of every three cars is defective, while in Utah the figure is much higher. Authorized, and equipped inspection inspec-tion agencies are provided all sections sec-tions of the State. It is essential to highway safety that our motor vehicles are repaired and adjusted to satisfy the demands of safe operation. oper-ation. The Highway Patrol will exert every effort to enforce the inspection regulations against those who refuse or neglect voluntary volun-tary compliance therewith. (Paid advertisement) |
