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Show Utah Financial Responsibility Law Combats Suffering Utah, in adopting the new Utah Drivers Financial Responsibility Law is the 43rd state to adopt Drivers License regulation and the 30th to adopt Financial Re-ponsibility Re-ponsibility Laws specifically in the interests of combating auto accidents and resultant personal and economic loss. Contrary t o public opinion mileage rationing and wartime driving restriction have not solved solv-ed the problem of motoring accidents ac-cidents according to Mr. J. R-x Hamilton, local representative for the Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Inter-Insurance Exchanee. During 1942, Mr. Hamilton stated, over 27,300 lives were lost in traffic accidents and 1,500,000-000 1,500,000-000 of damage sustained by America's motorists. Utah's Financial Responsibility Law provides that under certain conditions motorists causing loss through auto accidents for which they cannot assume financial re-ponsibility re-ponsibility will forfe;.i the privilege privil-ege to use the highways. This is expected to alleviate much individual indi-vidual loss and suffering in this state |