The Washington herald., 1921-02-16
URGES HIGH POWER MOTOR
cYCLEs FOR DISTRICT POLICE.

URGES HIGH POWER MOTOR
CYCLES FOR DISTRICT POLICE.
To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
have just finished reading an o.
itorial in your paper. wherein you
wonder II safety First Week" has
been forgotten and also note some
reference 10 holding owners respon-
sible for cars they own
Now I have been an active psrtic-
ipant in safety First" work in
Washington for over six years. and
was one Of the pioneers" along
this line, ] am still doing all can
TO make Washington a safe city
but ! am afraid "it can't be- done
Why Because:
The owner Of car can take II
down town-leave IL in front OF
place Of business in the conEesfrd
zone, or in front OF 4 fire pIuC-sH
dsy-and unless you have a poliro-
man stand right by the car all dzv
and wait until he shows un-ha VII
get away with IL by claiming hr was
not driving his car that day" }.
knew a big business man. IN fac 4
several men whose names arc M
tionaIly known who. when they vIo
late the parking rules for autos and
when they have found cards '.rr Il
policemen left on their rar~ hsval
torn up the cards and IavghrrrI~l
described them as scraps Of r1Der 1
It's not criminal, no. but. what Il
disrespect for one regulation Tnea rs
disresepct for all
can name men high up I'm oFlciaII
and social life who daily violate rrel
speed regulations and il any pou~c-'
man dared TO arrest them. they
would try to have the offending ,op
transferred or broke.
A man ov rs an suto-ro loan Dc
to his best friend or uember OF his
family-they in the course OF their
driving violate sections Of the reg
ulations, and responsible CIt,zr-S
send tho number Of the auto o. the
Police Department with compliant
and when the person in whose me
the auto is registered is called upon
to eXplain-he swears he "forr-ts
who had the car on such and such
date"-and be is not liable any
way.
Now, II all comes down TO ono
point-make a regulation or law
| making the person IN whose name
| the car is registered liable IN the
| police for any violation nF tho reg
| ulations and you will soon soc more
! respect for the law
Now. as TO another class NJ per
! sistrnt violators Of our r c-Istro--
| governing JrafiC. note rre aur0s
! bearing the low iaE numbers from
| IlO TO S99-mosI Of these arc irH--
entiaI business mon. sor-r -orrr-
clans, but mostly aI'-me-he-s ~
| some Cmha aesy-tnesn cars spin
along our highways and the r0'r~o
| seem absolutely indi~evSD'-T NM
! derstand an auto OWNED by an a.
! taChe of an embassy can g. av 'srt
as its engine will drive IL and rra
| police are l.oVerIess to do s-~-rt-r
| This should not he-no r-..s- -
such an suto-a doafN-dca -.-- ma
| chine-Should Be exempt ,-r- -
traffic or speed regulations
There is just one su-g way ot
making our streets safr -.- IN fact
.wo ways: First. cv--v "a -a- 70 hs
| Jointly responsible w,.r rho G~.z--.
and subject TO penaIrr,>. aud no ono
Exempt. and then g.. every r.-
cycle officer on a hiEt-7ovC-sG mo-
torrycIe and then watch The re-
suits. have friend who rr a
bicycle officer. and he tells me Na
has ridden as fast as lr.--l miles an
hour after speeding a-'n- only 10
have them run away from him m
| a block or two
Every policeman 7 -.'L r0 seems
interested in Cutii0E down the
number OF accidents h.f r- seems - e
| losing fight Tn, old aaaGr. "Y0H
must hEht fire wirh @-s" can ha
changed to-"fCht s-e-S with
speed"-autos with noI0-~z~ les
Yours
SAFETY FIRST.