Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-08-05
COMMANDER LANG
SEEKS ENFORCEMENT
STATE HIGHWAY LAWS
Issues Letter to Prosecuting Attorneys
OF State Requesting CO.
Operation

Circular letters are being issued by
Louis Lang, head of the highway
patrol, to all prosecuting attorneys
and sheriffs in the state asking county
cooperation in enforcing the state
motor vehicle law, which goes into
effect today.
Drive slow and see our town.
Drive fast and see our Jail" is The
slogan that Major Lang is asking the
state prosecuting attorneys to adopt
and enforce under the highway regu
lation act.
Major Lang's letter to prosecuting
attorneys reads as follows:
AS legal advisor to your county
officers you can render an inestimahl9
service to every law abiding motorist,
first. by giving preference to traffic
cases so that officers will lose the least
time possible from duty; and. Sec
ondly, by instructing your peace
officers that their duties as such have
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fled by the enactment of this act II
you suggest that we want at least 70
free our district of speedsters ana
fragrant violators in general, they will
do it, and the spirit Of emulation is
not dead. \ few districts 100 per
cent policed and 100 per cent safe,
and the others will follow suit.
Drive slow, and see our town.
Drive fast, and see our jail at each
end of your town is a slogan which
will prove it's value in every respect.
providing the officer convinces the
violator that he means just what it
reads.
GAS the extent and character OF
good roads indicates the progressive
ness and prosperity in community,
so safety for the travelling public will
add to your population. If you free
your community of the fragrant vio-
lator, the man who wantonly disre-
CARDS the rights of his fellows, the
petty violator will disappear without
notice.
"You cannot, however. be re-
specter of persons in the enforcement
of any law-least of all one that per-
tains to traffic.
"If 80 per cent of the drivers use
prudence and caution it must, indeed.
be a sad commentary if, through
proper, concerned action, the 10 per
cent cannot be picked up, penalized
and made to conform to the law and
stopped from being menace to those
who fully appreciate the inestimaole
benefits Of good roads.
What do you say" Let's go"
Safety of life and prevention Of suf
fering by strict administration of the
law is Major Lang's text in his letter
to the sheriffs.
Good Roads Spell Prosperity
EVERY good community fights for
good roads, because they spell pros
perity. Every citizen appreciates this
fact, but they do not all realize that
is value is enhanced proportionately
with it's safety. In this connection
you and your assistants can render a
very great public service" says Major
Lang.
"a good doctor is public bene
factor to a community because he
mitigates suffering and saves lives
and yet, due to the enormous increase
in motor vehicle traffic, there is no
avenue in which more suffering can
be mitigated and more lives saved
than upon the public highways Of the
state by eradicating the fragrant vio-
lator.
"The enforcement of vehicle law
can be made effective only with COM
plete cooperation between the state
highway officials. sheriffs and other
representatives of the law. To free
the highways Of the fragrant violator
should be the aim of every law
abiding citizen. be he motorist or pc.
destrian, and must be il we wish to
give the entire state the maximum
value for its highway system as
transportation agency
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