Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-08
Police
HAVE TROUBLES
4 SNAP IN WINTER, BUT IT'S
ONERRUN IN SUMMER.
The EVENINGS TOO fine
50 the Big Irish Cop Requests Joy
Driving BE Called 10 the At
tcntiOn of Every IMlsnn.

If anyone should ask you the hard
cst job during the summer months,
lust tell 'em the traffic policeman
and you won't be far from wrong. a
traffic policeman has snap among
snaps most OF the time during the
winter, but during the summer lost
time is made up, and then some
There is no county on earth that
has nicer evenings than does Okla
homa. Tulsa is no exception to the
rule. There is always a gentle re-
freshing breeze, and it's mighty nice
20 go out driving, either in a carriage
or in an automobile.
Every street and avenue, almost In
Tulsa, Is Just like a boulevard in Il
big city There Is no such thing in
Tulsa as narrow cramped streets.
Tulsa is Of the west, and westerners
like TO have room I'm which TO move
around so the streets are wide.
Out in the residence portion Of the
city the pleasure seekers drive for a
time, but there Is an irresistible mag
net about the down town portion Of
the city. The noise of the crowds,
and hustle and scurry has a lure that
is too powerful to resist.
So the Joy riders and all drive on
Main street. And this is where the
traffic policemen get theirs Those
stationed at Fourth, Third and Sec
ond and First on Main, and AT First
on Boston, get more than is coming
TO them; It takes n man of iron
nerve to stand at one of these corners
and keep the crowds moving. There
is the honking automobiles, the dash
ing carriages and the whrring mot
orcycles with which to contend,
Tulsans as a rule behave pretty
we'll but there are quite number Of
offenders which cause no end of trou-
BILE. The greatest trouble is with the
automobiles. There are at least half
dozen machines running around in
Tulsa that are not properly equipped
with signal devices. These the police
have spotted, and any automobile that
does not have horn and the necessary
number OF lamps VIII be stopped here
after and the owners taken to the
police court where they may tell their
troubles to Judge Houston
The summer congestion also makes
II necessary to enforce certain traffic
rules about turning corners and the
like. Every one knows these rules, but
not all observe them. So much "jay
driving" is done by automobilists, that
the city may make II necessary for n
person, TO take an examination before
they are given licenses to drive n
mechanically driven vehicle. All that
It takes is "hoss sense" say the traffic
policemen, but some hayn't that at
tribute.
At the request of the big Irish traf-
fic policeman who regulates things at
Third and Main, resume Of the drlv-
ing rules is printed.
The right side Of the street should
always be kept. II you are going
straight past corner, give one long
"honk with your automobile horn
Two long honks are the signal for
turning to the right, and long honk,
followed by two short ones, is the Sig
nal for turning to the left. If a chat
feur slows down and gives the proper
signal when approaching corner It
will help the cop n whole lot.
And the cop asked that those who
don't know, or don't care to know.
how to turn corners, he told that when
turning a corner 10 the right TO make
a short turn and when turning TO the
left TO make a long turn. In that way,