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Show I ' CLIFF MEMMOTT. Ediior n j' jVEN 0LD traffic RECORDS FALL f UTAH WILL KILL 300 IN 1952 .... M ' A bulletin circulated by the Utah Highway Patrol, " ,iiich was compiled by the Utah Safety Council, reveals ' some very startling facts and figures .... facts and figures fig-ures that will make history and break all previous rec- i , ads in Utah unless you and I who operate motor-driven vehicles on the highways slow down during the remaining 'i six months. J Because the bulletin contains a message that every ( citizen should read or hear, I am devoting my column to I reprinting poT.tions of the bulletin in the hopes it might , ! be the means of avoiding an accident, or maybe saving a . Seven Utah traffic records have been broken during the first six months of 1952. Highest six-month total of deaths, 99 in 1951, was surpassed by 113 killed at the end of June, 1952. Highest property damage accident in the state's history his-tory was recorded in February, when a mail train was destroyed de-stroyed as flames spread from a burning truck to an adjacent ad-jacent railroad track. Previous monthly , death totals were exceeded as follows fol-lows (with previous highs in parenthesis): March, 20 (19 in 1951); May, 23 (19 in 1948); June, 26 (21 in 1951). June is also the highest month of record in the first half of any 1 year since 1934, when .traffic records were first kept by the state. Highest number killed in any Utah automobile f accident is now seven, killed at Kaysville, February 15. (Previous high of six, set in 1951, was tied on March 24.) wljk G. Ernest Bourne, executive secretary of the Utah kiw Safety Council, made the following statement with ref-t:ence ref-t:ence to the 1952 traffic toll, during' a recent public an-' jJP loaneement: ' "Utah will kill between 229 and 305. persons In traf-AU traf-AU 5c by the end of 1952, according to a statistical analysis r.mpleted this week by the Utah Safety Council. . "Even an 'average' second six months will bring a final Euv of 260 deaths for the year. Any of these final totals for 1352 would surpass the former record of 220, killed in 1948. ; "f , "Statistics may be a boring, repetitious word to many oi you. To safety workers, -statistics means human lives, w A fathers, mothers and children . . . ,. perhaps your I lite (hiring the next six months, est "L'ah has already broken the previous record for, higkny slaughter in the first six months of any year, with ( t 113 killed to date. I, "In one respect, these 113 dead are the fortunate ones, fie really unfortunate ones are the permanently injured jeople, whom we seldom mention. 12 , "What is needed? First, a rigid and unabating enforce-I enforce-I sent program on all levels. Second, the considerate and I lioughtful driving of every motorist on Utah highways. I "Speed is a killer, and often a cause. But , remember, I there are other important causes as well. For example, many accidents are caused by an auto simply being on the rong side of the road, even though not speeding exces-ieT(l! exces-ieT(l! This could result from improper passing close to turns or on hills, dozing at the wheel, or just carelessly r- tfossing lanes. "P?n't pass on a hill or curve, or when there is any ubt if you can make it. Be dead right, or you may be "Be courteous, and drive defensively. There is little consolation if you insist on the right-of-way .... and don't "e to enjoy it." By way of comparison, Duchesne County has had one jjahty during the first six months of this year and Uintah. jty has reported two. For the same period last year', GmT316 had one and uintan three .... According to the' f I . Safety Council's calculations, at least one more will V in Duchesne County and three more in Uintah County M wween now and December 31. . I jJlGHWAY PATROL, PEACE OFFICERS 10 ENFORCE RULES LOCALLY .... i.,,, , report comes from the Utah Highway patrol, and vs't 9 by Duchesne County and city officials of Roose-)U Roose-)U ' j"d Duchesne, that a stricter enforcement of the ex-oa ex-oa -uS as they a60 the safety of the people, in this will be imposed immediately. "V ..!funk drivers - Speeders - Reckless Operators of a -. .'e' are the three main law breakers that will be ..'ecl "And when one is cited into court, we'll en-,,;-se the judge to 'throw the book at 'em,' " one peace 1 : ;;6ssaid in emphasizing the need of safer operation of C ' iiiu Every Dav a Safe Day on the Highways of i;h of Basin'" could well be a sensible slogan for , t to accept and enforce upon ourselves. , v E v :ii'no an!i JTargin of a single vote, Washington, Oregon, :'.eVnt Callfornia were admitted to statehood .... Your j V0le is important! J doinHH?Waid wiseacre says he knows what everybody :?e it tw" Howard- but reads his Pioneer each week to I y ve been caught at it. Howard (S. D.)' Pioneer. y MtyeesHk1 manufacturer now has more -than 1200 1 with 25 or more years of service. ' . HubbV-.,111:. baby can waIk!" - l5ht by himseli " S n'W he an W3lk UP 3nd down at . in |