Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-13
Proposes Revoking Licenses
of Automobile Drivers for
Four 0ffenscs.
WARNING TO PEDESTRIANS
TO KEEP ON SIDEWALKS
All State Legislatures Also to Re-
ceive Plea to Enact Laws Along
Lines Suggested.

Drastic steps for reducing traffic ac-
ciden's. requiring compulsory revocs-
tion OF drivers licenses for a numher
of offenses, viii he recommended I"
The District Commis Sioners and al
state legislatures by the Highway
Traffic Conference. which terminated
four-day session here today.
Nineteen national orga ni.sa tions
unanimously approved - code OF prin-
cipIeS FOR regulation OF highway trai-
fic. after the conference had con-
sidered Incomplete statistics showing
that in the neighborhood OF 1909"
persons were killed in automobile ar-
cidents in the United tSates last year.
The code breaks away from the pres
ent system OF punishment and substi-
tutes compulsory revocation of
licenses for the following offenses:
driving while intoxicated.
Thinning away from an accident
without giving name or assisting tn.
injured.
Being the principal or accomplic~
in the theft Of n car in making falls,
registration.
4-Third conviction within i year for
speeding.
Optional repocato ion Of licenses is pro-
posed for reckless driving and for en
ceSsive speed
Pedestrian Not Overlooked.
The pedestrian is not overlooked in
the code of principles which says:
Pedestrians travelling on public high
ways should keep to sidewalks when
such exist, and in other places should
travel on the left-hand side of the high
way. Where traffic officers are sta
toned, pedestrians should not cross
highways except when signaled by the
traffic officer"
The Internal tional Association Of Po-
lice Chiefs. which was represented at the
conference by Capt Albert j. Headley.
the code Capt. Headley said TODAY
that enforcement Of the principles reg
commended unquostionably would lead i"
a reduction of traffic accidents and loss
Of life.
Oficials Of the conference said they
would send copies OF the code to the
District Commissioners and also to tn.
Federation Of Citizens Associations.
Chamber Of Commerce. Board Of Trade
and Merchants. and Manufacturers
Association. These organizations Will
be aaked to bring the matter e the al :
stems to amend local regulations 50 tina I
they win conform with the recommen-
dations of the conference.
Leeislatufes to Get CsAe.
The eoae also will be sent to. forty
Two state legislatures that are meeting
this m0nfh. The conference Will mann
tain headquarters in Chicago and en-
deavor to arOusr nat ton wide interest in
the Importance OF reducing traffic ae-
cidents 1t hopes eventually to bring
about practically uniform legislation
on the subject.
Not only il the problem OF reducing
accidents treated in the code. but meas
ures for preventing theft and sale OF
cars and protecting highways from
overloaded vehicles also are proposed.
It is recommended that no person under
the age of sixteen years be Issued An
operators license and that the minimum
age for chauffeur's license be eighteen
years.
Organizations Behind Code.
The organisations proposing the
code or principles as the basis for
uniform action by the states in enact
ing traffic codes are the American
Automobile Association. American
ican Railway Association. Automobile
Club of Southern California. California
State Automobile Associa tion, Federal
Highway Council, International As
sociation of Police Chiefs. Motor and
Accessory Manufacturers National
Association Brotherhood of Thrasher-
men, National Automobile Chamber
Of Commerce. National Automobile
Dealers Associa ton. National Auto
mobile Underwriters Conference. Ma
tional Implement and Vehicle Asso-
citation, National Safety Council. Ma
tional Worllnen's Compensation Serv-
ice Bureau. Rubber Association OF
America, tractor and thresher depart
ment of the National Implement and
Vehicle Association. the Trailer Manu-
facturers' Association of America.