Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-19
S|AMUELs OPENS FIRE
ON CARELESS DRIVING
Head of Traffic Department Starts
Campaign to Prevent Accidents
.sSe in City.
LAYS DOWN LAW TO AUTolsTs
Writes Ten Commandments on
Speeding and Says He Will En-
force Them to the Limit as Did
~ Moses.

Moses.
Captain c. u. Samupls. head o. the
I Traffic Department OF the Ricnmcn0
4 police force. yesterday started cam
4 paign against bad traffic conditions
8sin Richmond, opening has first
& heaviest gun against the careless
q driver
y Captain Samucls. in speaking o.
4 tho situation. said: Conditions nc
certainly serious and something Will
have TO he done about them. The
Traffic Department Is going - lay
down the law. and then the careless
driver had better look out
After taking an extended trip 10
Northern cities 10 study tue details
B OF their traffic codes. CAPTAIN sam
{ nels and Chief OF Police sherry have
to suit Riehmonds Erowimg needs
The code has been laying en- the
4 table OF the Common Council fSr over
Il six months. while the members guIb-
iously injured booauso laws are not
4. passed TO prevent accidents.
Traffic Code Held ,p.
One OF the clauses in the new traf-
nc code is. Every driver Of a motor
or other vehicle approaching an in.
Z tersection. shall grant tho right Of
!. way ut the intersection to the ychi
. Gle approaching from the right pro-
.
irving at the point of intersection at
approximately the same instant"
a In speaking of this new regulation.
Captain Samucls asserts That this
( law Is becoming universal and haG
been adopted by all cities Of ans' size.
and, beyond doubt. has eliminated
accidents at crossings 90 per cent.
The beauty OF ii is that 1t requires
4 every driver TO have his car under
: full control at crossways ANA also
requires all drivers TO hay" brakes
& in first-claSs condition.
49, BRAKES, according to law. arc il
Nfirst class condition when, going ut
&ten miles an hour. should stop within
+ nine and one-halt feet. Fifteen miles
s.twenty feet eight inches, ana At a
sgspced of twenty miles AN hour. car
should be stoppcd within thirty.
4 has an accident should have nrakes
{ tested and i: they do not come NJ
= to requirements, the driver should
Y be prosecuted" said CAPTAIN Sa'GuclS.
$50 many people drive up thu con
Y ter of the street that i'm nASsin" cars
tsAre liable TO a hcad.On conislon. Ii
g>would he much easier Ito drive on
I the right side" said the captain, '.ard
= such driving would prevent accidents
n of n nature so forcibly shown in
Richmond drivers within the past
! few months"
Warns Against Careless Parking.
81 The head OF the Traffic Department
!. warns drivers not 10 park their cars
opposite safety zones. Keep Your
i car from opposite safety zones. The
\ " zone. often has caused drive.
to run into the safety zone ana in
1urc people waiting for car
I When you park your ear near Il safe
3 likely TO b. the Indirect ca43c %.
some one losing his iiir'
j some safety commandments. ami says
I he is going 10 enforce them like
Moses did the ten commandments.
When passing children. driYe
slowly as they generally do The I'M
|; expected thing. In their play 'h.Y
are liable TO dash suddenly n font
. of an automobile and the only way
!. you can say. them is 10 have your
s car under full control.
& BE considerable toward others using
rs NoSYlow passing Other vehicles.
~ NJ aSsund corners and approach
u 4 crossSalks.
5/"Siop behind cars taking on or dis
tharEing passengers.
~ Look ahead. ana keep on the look
out for int"rScCtinS tr>iilc.
Better be careful than sorry."
n Fourteen safety Don't,.
Is II have fourteen donts." said Cap
stain Samuels, and. If thcy ar read
Emuch toward preventing Some Of the
3very unfortunate accidents tina; have
STDeen occurring !aiclN. The four
teen don'ts are:
Don run fast into or across
Don't take blind curves too fast;
the law is eight Mrs. an. flour
Don't pass str"-t rar- when pas
E ssengers arc boarding or leaving
y, Don't forget that a car ~ "a per
son may be just around the corner.
Don't forget that the other driver
8 may Zoe reckless 20! drunk
Don't TAI! 10 look OUT for pedcs-
I trians.
Don forget that children dash
{ out suddenly and unexpectedly
Don't take chances.
Don't drive into an unccrtrinty
Don't use q headlight with a
z glare or a dazzle
Don't ALLOW bicycle riders y hang
i on your car.
.acar. ="
Don't hog the road
Don't drive down BROAD street five
5Sor six miles an hour lookirr Tor
somc one or tryr. 10 So. EVERYDAY,
on the s.dcwalk and, "a, the eam,.
i time. blocking tfanc. Tnis 4, rgcr
at the people on the sidewalk and
::SSswatch your driving"