Show WILL HL IDAHO MAKE A DENT idaho is meeting an emergency with emergency treatment during the first six months of the year traffic increased alarmingly idaho officials did not attempt to correct the situation with talk and vague suggestions suc cs instead the governor ordered the departments of public works and law enforcement to ut alize rz their joint man power f finances in a and nd equipment for the purpose of properly pio perly policing and supervising er roads vacations of all patrolmen pati olmen were cancelled and seven new officers offic cis ceis were added additional patrol cars equipped with radios loud speakers cers and special lighting devices were purchased it is too early carly to know the result rc of this emergency action but idaho is doing something traffic deaths and accidents have increased lately in most states sporadic safety campaigns are arc started in bursts of enthusiasm that soon die brief law enforcement drives are instigated and then forgotten anu the accident toll soars I 1 dismissing all considerations side rations and looking at the accident problem from the economic standpoint alone accident reduction I 1 is a buining binning necessity last year the direct cost of highway i accidents was more than a billion and a half dollars and the indirect I 1 I costs were several times as great today we actually spend half as much money directly to pay for accidents as we pay for gasoline the avera average geco cost is 00 pr pr faill family ily per year will idaho in make ake a dent in ill high I 1 h way vay aslaug slaughter liter other states should watch the c experiment |