Evening star., 1920-02-15

vents COLLISIONS.
A regulation should be secured for
bidding the turning around of any
vehicle in the middle of the block OF
any street in the restricted district
except Pennsylvania avenue and New
York avenue.
All vehicles entering street traffic
from an alley. garage or other exit
should be compelled to-, turn to the
right with the traffic. 4
Turning at intersections.
The method at present required in
making a left turn of a. vehicle
around a traffic officer with or with
out a semiphore should be improved.
At present vehicles about to make
the left turn pull in close to the
officer. blocking the car tracks. op-
structinE his view. hiding the posi1loh
of the officer from the other MOTOR
lists and pedestrians. compel ling We
hicles to pass on the right OF stop
ned vehicle and compelling pedes-
trians to cross in the stream OF NOV
/ This can be obtained by requiring
all vehicles to stop at the properly
line. only when a red or stop sigma
ia shown When the red or stop sig
nal is shown approaching vehicles
must stop back Of the property nne.
this permitting pedestrians to pass
uniuerruptedly in = front oetWeen
the property line and the curn line
Of the intersecting street until the
signal is changed.
the right or left should keep close 70
the curb line and on the go or whlte
signal should line up along the curp
line extended entirely across tne
street intersection and near-sioe cross
walk. until the next turn of the sema-
phore, when this waiting line rs the
first to move right or left. This walt
ing line of vehicles forms an addi-
tional boundary and safeguaro lot
pedestrians, and prevents diagonal or
jay walking.
This system of turning corners lends
itself to rigid discipline, and in cities
where 1T is practiced has become prac-
tically automatic, and works win pre-
cision and without friction. This regu- l.
lation is incorporated Ia the state
automobile law of Ohio.
This method OF turning can De con-
densed into the following rule.
Rule-All drivers of vehicles desir-
ing to turn either to right or TO lett
shall approach the street intersection
close to the curb line. On the go
into line along the curb line, extended,
across the street intersection and the
near-side crOsswalk, and remain
standing until the next turn OF the
signal, when vehicles waiting to turn
are the first traffic to move in the new
direction.
Regarding Semaphores.
When street car tracks or other OBJ
structions require an officers umbrella
or semaphore to be placed to one side
of a narrow street the present practice
of requiring all vehicles to pass behind
the officer in single file should be
abandoned, as 1t causes trafnc BLOCK
ades and cuts into the crosswalk
to the left Of the center line of the
street, vehicles should be permitted to
pass down the car tracks or on either
side Of an officer, SO placed to one side
of a narrow street as to himself OBJ
struct traffic; for example. at 9Th and
G streets, 14th and G streets. 14th and
F. streets, 9th and F streets, Wisconsin
avenue and NJ street and other places.
Jaywalking and Driving.
Stringent laws should be secured
forbidding pedestrians from crossing
streets except at regularly designated
crossing places. and placing the bur-
den of proof on any pedestrian In
the middle of block likewise the
burden OF proof In case of accident or
violation Of traffic rules and reguia-
tions should be placed on the driver
of any vehicle should an accident oc-
cur az regularly designated crossing
places.
All regulations now In force should
be rigidly enforced to compel bicycles,
roller skaters and all slowly moving
vehicles to drive close to the right
hand curb. Faster traffic should stay
farther out in the street, but under no
circumstances should the growing