The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-28
OFFICIALS SEE NEED
FOR TRAFFIC RULES
ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS

Records in the offices Of the chief
Of police of Richmond and of the
county sheriff indicate. that more auto
mobile accidents occur on the heavily
travelled roads of the county than in
the streets of the city where traffic
is denser.
This situation is attributed to the
absence Of traffic regulation on the
county roads.
County and city officials who have
that the point has been reached where
policing of the most used county high
ways must be provided if the hazard
of rural travel is not to become ex-
cessive.
The prediction is made that when
the legislature meets next year it will
be called upon to consider traffic regu-
lation for the important state high
ways.
Will Need Morgues
"The roads in Wayne county which
are used the most are state highways"
said county official Saturday Next
year there will be decided increase
in traffic on the National road through
Wayne county because that road will
have been permanently improved and
open for service by that time If
some plan for the policing of that road
through Wayne county is not adopted
before the next touring season | would
advise that several morgues be erect
ed along the highway between the
state line and Dublin"
City and county police officials be
: lieve that If the state fails to provide
for state supervision of traffic over Sts
highways that it will be necessary fon
the county to undertake the policins
, of the state roads within the county
The appointment of deputy sheriffs,
10 patrol the roads on motorcycles, has
been suggested
State Controls Roads
The roads in Wayne county which
require policing, officials say, are un
der the exclusive Jurisdiction of the
state, the National road. the road be
tween Richmond and Fountain City
and the Richmond-Liberty pike.
Road patrols should require the op-
Grafton of automobiles at speed not
to exceed 35 miles per hour, it is esti-
mated
i suppose, however, that before a
speed limit could be established il
would be necessary TO fill up the
county Jail once or twice to convince
the speed fiends that their 'joyriding
days were over" remarked police
officer at a meeting where road polio
ing was under discussion.
1T has come to a pass where even
the most careful driver is in danger OF
life and limb when he travels over
in >
commented a ounty officer THE
careful driver on a heavily Travelled
road knows that he will not endangeI
himself or any other driver, but he
has no guarantee that some speedel
will not lose control of his car and
collide with him. Most motorists are
safe and sane and they should be as
much protected on the county roads
as they are in the city"
Traffic Is Heavy
The density of traffic on the Nation
al road is indicated by the figures re
Gently compiled by an oil company
which is now constructing filling sta
ton on the Indiana-Ohio line. The
site was selected because careful OBJ
servation showed that one vehicle
passed that point every % seconds
equalling 1856 vehicles per day.
The company figures that with ;
paved road between Richmond and In
dianapolis open for service next yea
there will be considerable increas
in traffic density on the National road
already the most used transcontinen
tai highway in America.
Traffic hazards on the Nationa
road, II is pointed out, are increases
by the fact that a traction line PAL
allels it almost the entire distance be
tween Dayton and Indianapolis.