The San Francisco call., 1913-07-21
St TUDY,
TRAFFIC IMP PR0vEs
Lieutenant Matheson Tells
of New School for Ordi-
nance Violators

A school Instead Of Jail is the method
now being used by chief traffic officer,
Lieutenant of Police Duncan Matheson,
regarding autoists who violate the traf-
fic rules of this city.
Every morning at the Hall of Jus
tice can be seen number of motorists
receiving instruction from a police Of
ficer of the traffic squad. These same
motorists had all been caught in the
act Of breaking the stringent rules
the day previous
If a driver of machine is caught
by police officer either speeding, toot-
ing his horn near a hospital, leaving
his machine on the wrong side Of the
street or running alongside OF a street.
car which is disembarking passengers,
he is requested to appear at the Hall
of Justice the next morning. II 1t is
his first offense he is given schooling.
II 1t is not his first offense he is taken
to the police court and possibly fined.
According to Lieutenant Matheson
the scheme is working to perfection.
1T is not a hardship on the drivers to
receive lessons in the traffic rules
it eliminates the crowding of the police
courts with minor and unnecessary
cases.
While a person might have given
constant study to the rules, 1t is fre-
quently the case that he may have been
wrong in their Interpretation. At the
school we have a set of large charts
showing how the drivers should take
the crossings. and illustrating in gen.
eral all the rules. 1t is very seldom
that a person who has received instruc-
tion al the school has been taken in
the second time From my observation
of the method | am firm in my belief
that it is a big success"
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News of Tourists = Regarding the
progress of the Hoosier tourists now
en- route to San Francisco, pathfind-
ing for a permanent ocean to ocean
rock highway, the following dispatch.
dated Salt Lake Saturday, has been
received by the focal branch OF the
Haynes 9rganization;
Left Green fiver at s o'clock; lunched
at Provo city and finally reached salt
Roads east of Provo new and very
dangerous through canyons, travelling
was accordingly slow. Tomorrow we
spend here and leave for Kearny's ranch
and the far western desert early sun
day. Westgaard will travel on the Six
Sunday. A. c. Batchelder, chairman ex-
ecutive committee A. A. A, will join
tourists at Lake Tahoe. Megaphone Fin
to see him. Senator Morgan offers three
prizes for swimming contest in Salt
Lake. Lincher and Crawford will com :
pete. Elwood Haynes, father of this
American automobile industry, again
meets many former residents of In
diana. Party is we'll and happy pre-
pairing for long grind over the desert.
No telegraphic communication from
Kearny's ranch; next message Tuesday;
visit to Ogden abandoned
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Several Perfect Runs - GLACIER
PARK, Mont. July 20.-The American
Automobile associations ninth annual
reliability run, which left Minneapolis
July IL. reached the end of the journey
in Glacier park last night The tour OF
nearly 1900 miles was made in seven
days actual running time.
The official announcement of the prize
winners will not be made until tomor-
row, owing to several protests that are
to be heard Unofficially, however, DR..
c. E. Dutton, the referee, announced
that the Hupmobiles driven by Clarence
and Warren Munzer, the Krit by Frank
Witt. the three Metz cars by Charles
Metz. Walter Metz and George Voter
comprising the Boston team, and the
Locomobile owned and driven by DR..
J. D. Park of Detroit, all have perfect
scores
According to Doctor buttons an
nouncement, Doctor Parks Will receive
the American Automobile association s
trophy: the Glidden trophy for the win
ming team will go to the Metz team;
the Munzers' prize to Mr.. Witt, and the
Metz cars will draw lots for the An
derson trophy