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Show Safety Council Urges Motorists To Check Cars The most important people in the world are those of your family, your friends and you the people who ride in your automobile! So says the Utah Highway Patrol, CHECK YOUR CAR . . . CHECK ACCIDENTS. For safety's sake motorists throughout the nation are being urged during May to check lights, brakes, itres, windshield wipers, steering and wheel alignment, exhaust systems and mufflers, rear-view mirrors and horns. 1 of Every 3 Needs Repairs One of three cars with one or more parts in need of repair was the average, nation-wide, revealed by a police check of narly 3,000,000 vehicles in 1946. The percentage runs as high as two out of three in some states, according to reports from official offi-cial vehicle inspection programs. "Is yours tire one car out of three that has some dangerous condition?" asks Mr. P. L. Dow, superintendent of the patrol. "Don't wait until a near accidentor acci-dentor real traffic tragedy results re-sults from your negligence. Have your car checked for safety regularly and keep it in safe operating condition." 80 Per Cent Need Some Repair Results of vehicle inspections in this state indicate that 80 per cent of the care are in need of repair when presented for inspection. in-spection. "Your public officials can require re-quire that you put your car in safe operating condition at inspection in-spection time," Mr. Dow said. "But we can't nag at you every day. So for the sake of your family 'the most important people in the world' drive safely and keep your car in safe operating condition." |