The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-30
INSTRUCT THE
auto DRIVERS
Local Officers Posted at Broadway
and Main Streets Saturday Eve.
ming Giving instructions.
LAW PUBLISHED IN THIS ISSUE
Drivers Requested to Get Posted on
Regulations and Adhere to Them
and Avoid Trouble.

The announcement was made in the
last issue of the Review that the city
council intended to see to it that the
state laws governing the operation of
motor vehicles was adhered to in the
city of penison, and on Saturday eve
ming the police officers were busy in
structing drivers how to turn corners
and operate their machines in the bus
iness section of the city. To some
drivers their Instructions seemed fool
ISL. while others good naturedly saw
their mistakes and seemed anxious to.
do as they were requested.
On another page in this issue the
city council is publishing the general
rules governing the operation Of motor
vehicles and we would suggest to
drivers Of machines that they will do
we'll to read these over carefully and
when driving their cars in DeniSon
adhere strictly to them. The city coun-
Gil is incensed over the numerous acci-
dents that have occurred here within
the past few weeks and are taking the
necessary steps to avoid such occur
rences in the future. These rules are
laid down by the state and are en-
forced in all OF the cities and towns.
If every driver would follow these in
structions to the letter there would
be very few accidents, nor would there
be complaints from pedestrians.
Saturday evening Marshal A. c..
Weeks and Nightwatchman Arthur
Green stationed themselves at the in.
tersection of Broadway and Main
streets, where they instructed drivers
how to make the turns. Drivers who
are going south on Main and wish to
turn east on Broadway should keep on
the right hand side OF the street until
they pass the center OF Broadway ct
the intersection, then turn abruptly
to the left down Broadway, and vice
versa for those on Broadway who wish
to turn north on Main street. BY adj
herring to this rule the confusion at
this busy corner is done away with
and there is no danger OF cars-buml'-
ing into one another. Another point
which must be emphasized is in re-
gard to allowing machines to stand
near crossings and fire plugs. Accord
ing to the rules it is unlawful to let a
machine stand within twenty feet of
the corner or within twenty feet OF
q fire plug unless such vehicle is III
charge of some person capable of
driving the same.
There is some talk now of arranging
for parking space for machines. where
they may be left for an indefinite time.
In some OF the larger cities the cars
are parked in the center OF the street
the space being marked off with chalk,
and both sides OF this space left free
from obstruction for traffic. 1t seems
to us that this would be good plan
cn Broadway where the street is
amply wide. With the cars parked in
the center it would be possible for
buggies and machines to drive up to
the curb in front OF stores and people
would not be compelled to get out in
the street. which is now the case.
After people have had an opportun-
ity to study the general rules which
are printed In all three Denison pa
pers today the police officials have
been instructed to arrest all offenders
and doubtless they will be subjected
to fines.