The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-11
City Officials Will Seek
Real Cause of In
creasing Fatalities
SCHULTZ WOULD
I. EXAMINE DRIVERS
Alderman Says Six
Foot Ordinance Is
Disregarded

For the purpose Of making q gen.
sral investigation of traffic condi.
tions In the city, and to determine.
II possible, the specinc cacse for the
Increasing number VI street acci'
dents, Aid. julius l.. krimmel will
Offer resolution To the council. next
tuesday night, requesting that the
ordinance committee, or when Aid.
Barnett Is chairman, hold q pubic
which will be invited the ponce
commissioner, the commissioner OF
public works. superintendent Of the
recreation commission, represents
tives OF the various welfare societies
and all others interested In the
movement To Try TO reduce the
nuJnDer of accidents. most Of which
are caused by automobiles.
Il have talked with various city
oficials and private citiyens about
the alarming increase In the NUMBER
OF street accidents, and many Ol
tnem advance IDEAS for tEs protec
tion Of pedestrians anu the better
regulation OF vehicuiar traffic." said
Aid. M hlimmel. Some Of the lucas
sound :easibie to me. think that
II We can get together III pubic
hearing anu ta,k over scme OF these
ideas. We may be able 10 find q way
10 prevent killings and accidents In
our streets.
Something must be done. Police
Commissioner Gillespie says that he
ID aoing al In his power to protect
pedestrians. aEd believe that he II.
Appsroatiy We have enough ordi.
nances ON our books TO regulate
Sehieular traffic. COMMISSIONER
( fsnkell can tell w II the condition
Of the streets IL to blazus tor some
counsel may be atle TO suggest
legal remedy. Our city cfffcials or
private citizens may have some prac-
tical ideas that tan be worked out"
Assistant Corporation Counsel Ed.
nuna Atkinson thinks that every
lulomoOne driver who Injuries a per-
.SUn. .g! elmer through carelessness
.. 49,. "a. SHOULD be promptly TAX
IA - ,us.oay and arraigned In
av aiugaJ effect oil TINS Wig
>.- ..-,.u..r will tend 10 lessen
49, .is-. OF accidents, thinks At
.... iermsn schultz proposes
in.t ye.y automobile driver be-
liceDs@a and compelled to pass an
txaminaiion 10 prove that he has
thorough nndeTst anding OF the traf.
hs oruiiIances.
I'VE have enough traffic ordi-
nanees on the looks, IL the police
department will see 10 II that
they are properly enforced" said
Aid. Schultx.
The trouble 10 that an ordinance
II enforced for a little while. and
then the police apparently forget
all about II when they are called
upon to enforce a newer regulation.
THE ordinance prohibiting auto
mobile drivers from passing within
six feet of the standing car 10 one
Of the best safety measures that the
council ever passed. Yet II II not
being enforced. Recently, was
helping my wife on n Mack car
when . machine ran In between the
cor and lumber wagon that was
standing at the curb. To save our.
selves from being run down we had
to Jump back on the car steps. The
driver snickered when he saw us
Jump. would have liked to give
him q good licking.
Ito my knowledge no recent com
plants have been made In court
against automobile drivers for viola.
tons Of the ordinance I mentioned.
see drivers violate the ordinance
every day, some at Intersections
whore trafic of'1cers are stationed.
II might be good plan to put so
ofncers In civilian clothes on tho
street cars for q few day.. to watch
these ordinance vioIators."