The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-02
"TurDiDg in Middle Of Block Must
Be Cut Out" is Stern
Command Of City
Officers
CARELESS CORNER
CUTTING IS COSTLY
Danger Of Serious Accidents Unless
Caution is Used; Phillips Tells
Exactly How to Do it;
Heed Warning

Chief of Police Phillips has in.
structed his officers to enforce the ex-
listing ordinance against reckless auto
driving and to see that auto drivers
and all others stay on the proper side
OF the streets along which they are
travelling and that they shall neither
turn in the middle of a block nor cut
2 ross the wrong corner at street In
tersections when passing from the
street upon which they may be driving
10 a street which intersects that
street
hCief Phillips stated this morning
that he, together with Mayor Coffman,
made careful study of the manner in
which street corners are being "cut"
by auto drivers and finds that unless
some serious accident will happen
drastic measures viii have 10 be taken.
The chief said this morning, The
driver OF an auto who wishes to turn
his car will have to go to the next
street corner to make the turn in fu-
ture unless he wishes TO pay fine.
And the driver who switches or passes
from one street to an intersecting
street must make the turn on the
proper side OF the intersecting streets.
For instance, a west bound car on
Chickasha whose driver desires to turn
north on Third street, must have his
car under such control that he Will be
enabled to turn the corner and enter
Third street without running his car
out into the middle of that street; the
driver OF a west bound car on Chicka-
sha with his car under perfect control
and cross well over Third street be-
fore turning south on that thorough
fare.
Failure to comply with such rules
of safety will sooner or later result in
serious. perhaps fatal accident 1t was
failure to observe this rule which re-
suited day or so ago in a collision
between Shea Powell car and car
driven by Mr. Kicker. at the corner Of
Third street and chickasha avenue In
addition to this accident, a number of
similar accidents have happened
lately, fortunately without serious re-
suits. Such collisions and such acci-
dents may be avoided by the observ-
ance OF the city ordinances which pro-
vide the simplest rules of safety
first" And II the drivers OF cars and
other vehicles will not adhere to the
observance OF the citys laws. then the
police force viii have to see that they
are made to do so.
q have instructed my police Off
GERS. after having thoroughly threshed
the matter out with Mayor Coffman,
to see to the enforcement of all traffic
ordinances, especially along Chickasha
avenue as far west as Sixth street;
along Choctaw avenue between Second
and Fourth streets; along Kansas ave
nue. between the same streets.
q have also told the officers to see
to It that all drivers of farmers wag-
ems and other out-of-town vehicles, be
instructed about the manner in which
they shall drive. the side of the street
and the corners along and around
which they shall drive.
Neither Mayor Coffman nor myself
feel that harsh measures should be re-
sorted to except as final means of
seeing the safety ordinances enforced,
but, II it becomes necessary to make
arrests in order to preserve the safety
of the general public-then such ar
rests will be made"