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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 jthe 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 wartirie driving restriction have not solved solv-ed the problem of motoring accidents ac-cidents according to Mr. J. Rex .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 los through auto accidents for whic'n they cannot, assume financial re-ponsibility re-ponsibility will forfea the privilege privil-ege to use the highways. This is expected to alleviate much individual indi-vidual loss and suffering in this state |