The Washington times., 1913-11-11
TRADE BOARD ASKS
NEW TRAFFIC RULES
Revision of Laws Recommended
and Commissioners Proba,
bly, viii Give Consent.

) A new set of traffic regulations fol
the District, and discontinuance Of
the old. is soon to be brought about, il
; Is understood.
Leroy Mark, chairman of the street
traffic committee of the Board OF
Trade, at the annual. meeting of the
board last night, submitted the new
regulations which the committee has
/: just prepared. The board adopted
s them unanimously. It is understood
that the District Commissioners will
: adopt them also with but few, if any,
: changes.
Air. Mark hammered at the weakness
of the present rules in his report, show
: ing how elimination of useless Sec
tions reduces document OF twenty-five
pages to q handy pamphlet of six
. pages and gives the city much better
traffic rules.
/. The length and complexity of these
regulations" he said, referring to those
at present in force, defeat the object
for which they are intended. the educa-
ton of the public. Forty-thre sections
out of the total of seventy-nine are rec
commended to be eliminated. This will
reduce the regulations from twenty-five
pages to six pages, and the subject will
then be adequately covered.
Would Copy New York's.
''As uniformity of general street traf-
fic regulations in all cities and ali coun-
tries is much to be desired, it is deemed
/. best to adhere to the standard form al
. ready in use in New York, and a large
number of other cities, at least until
some Improvement can be made.
The committee submits a set of regu-
lations for your consideration which are
The result of long and careful study. It
recommends that they be printed on a
four-page folder, be distributed to
drivers, be printed in the police manual,
placed On placards in stables, garages,
and cab stands.
The committee recommends that
these general recommendations be con-
lined to- those absolutely necessary for
all TO know; that special regulations be
kept in convenient form, and from time
10 time be printed and be available at
any pohce station.
"Keep to Right" sigma
TT is recommended that signs bearing
the words. Keep near right-hand curb
except when passing other vehicles be
placed on the streets; that policeman
be appointed superintendent of traffic,
who shall have charge of examining and
licensing drivers, registration of We
hicles, and other duties involved by one
in charge of the system.
1T is recommended that low hanging
limbs on trees on the streets be trim
med; that ambulances and patrol wa
gons, when not on urgent busNess, OBJ
serve these regulations strictly"
Ending a year which has been marked
by great successes and which has seen
an unprecedented growth IN member
ship, the Board OF Trade met at
the New Willard. E. H. Droop, the
retiring president, summed up the
work which had been done in the year
in an eloquent address, while pointing
out the many things which ought to be
done in Tthe District of Columbia, and
for which the Board Of Trade should
werk until they are Realities instead of
Dreams
The following were successful in the
election of new members TO the board of
directors: Cuno HI. Rudolph, 322 VIII
liam ]. Eynon, 290; j. II. Small, 256;
T. Galliher, 2sS; John B. Lar
her, 270; H. Clifford Banks, 256; Ed
win r. Brooks, $40: Edward F. Col
laday, 241; Walter z. Clephane, 2S3;
William h Ellis, 255.
Directors whose terms had expired
were Milton E Allies. Walter \. Brown,
II. Droop. William J. Eynon,
Ralph W. Lee, Clarence F. Norment,
George Truesdell. D. S. Porter, j. II.
Small. and John L. Weaver.