The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-13
SAFETY Zone.
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practice of many drivers OF crossing
tersection Of Eighth and Main with
out bringing their cars to a stop and
awaiting signal from the traffic Of
FLYER will be vigorously discouraged
even If it is necessary to make a few
arrests.
1t will also be impressed upon the
drivers of all vehicles that on the
principal corners the pedestrians have
the right of way and no safety zones
may be crossed SO long as they are
being used by pedestrians.
Also, there will be no further cause
to complain that the traffic officers do
not use whistles to signal orders.
Standards will be established in block
ing off areas where automobiles are
forbidden to park.
Discuss Parking Rules.
Council last night gave much con-
sideration to the traffic problem but
found stumbling block in the ques-
ton of whether autos should be for
hidden to park at any point in the Main
street business district A special
committee advised that cars should be
permitted to park for a period not to
tween Sixth and Tenth streets, and
no parking at all within fifty feet of
the intersection of Eighth and Main
streets.
Some councilmen expressed the
opinion that cars should not be per-
mitted to park at all on Main street
as it was too crowded and too mar
row. Other councilmen, however, de-
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able to the farmers No decision was
reached. If the police have their way
auto drivers who have business on
Main street will have to park their
cars on side streets, as is the custom
in every other city. A resolution was
adopted to the effect that council IA
vored a rigorous enforcement of all
traffic regulations. The special COM
mittee was instructed to continue it's
work
This committee made the following
report.
Your committee has given attention
to the matter of parking automobiles
which was referred to us. We find
that automobiles frequently stand
within fifty feet of the intersection
of Eighth and Main streets, being left
at the curbs by their drivers while
the attention of the traffic officer is
attracted elsewhere. 1t is impractical
to move the machines after the driver
has left them.
1T would in the opinion of the COM
mittee be of great assistance to have
white line marked upon the pave
ment, fifty feet each side of the street
intersection and some movable
standards set up on the outer edges of
the sidewalks warning drivers not to
leave their machines standing within
the standards and the white lines.
The parking of automobiles on
Main street on Saturday afternoons
and evenings has become a serious OBJ
struction to traffic and interferes with
those who want to set to the curb
to transact business. We are of the
opinion that the difficulty can be
dealt with satisfactorily by police reg
ulations without passing any addition
al ordinances. We recommend that
notice be given the public by means
of movable standards not to park
automobiles on Main street between
Sixth and Tenth streets, and advising
them to use the side streets for such
purposes. An extra policeman might
be needed for few weeks in carrying
out the order We believe that people
should be allowed to stop vehicles
while in front of Main street business
houses while actually attending to
business in front of which the vehicle
stands, provided the time does not
exceed thirty minutes. We believe by
courteous and patient explanation
both citizens and farmers who come
into the city can be induced to park
their vehicles on side streets without
offending anyone, especially people
from out of town.