New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
Traffic Cards
Must Be Used
After August |
svs,em of Recording Minor
Offenses Intended 10 Curb
reckless Driving i'm City
Streets, Police Announce
Allow Five Infractions
cards Bearing Photographs,
with Other Data, Should
Re Carried at All Times

c~arss Of requests for information
x.vd;ns the traffic warming cards re-
.a;r,d by ordinance in the city on
- after August have been received
!, ,be Automobile Department of The
T,;buae. The following article is in
..,ass TO set forth the obligations in
e.nbent upon all drivers. A sample of
:, card issued by the Police Depart
mens is printed
All drivers of motor and horse drawn
..bisles are included in the new traf-
q regulations providing for warning
ards which will go into effect through
~, the city on August /. This new
;Sss 81 checking up minor violations
- shs traffic law has been worked out
:. keon to the ordinarily careful
sy;saY who has hitherto been handed
summons for an occasional error,
sa. who now will be allowed five more
sssness before his name appears on
~ calendar of the Traffic Court.
This attitude of official sympathy
.,aard the driver is expected to place
rurb on the reckless driver consist
ss.ly getting away with minor infrac-
t;ors from day TO day. but who now
ri; render himself liable for the en-
tirs list when he appears before a
Magistrate.
finder the recently adopted ordinance
driver held no by the traffic officer
viii turn over his traffi warning card,
"a which the offense will be recorded.
Et then proceeds and the officer turns
"a card with a statement of the Of
asse to his superior officer on duty in
he precinct where the warning was
ssde.
Card Ready at All Times
The traffic warning card, VIII ch must
i carried at ali times by the driver,
ss been designed by Deputy Inspector
aarphy as cross between G passport
nd a Bertillon ti'ket for ident flea
ton purposes. Each applicant for the
nrd must file two recent photogra phs
Il himself Of suitable size to be at
s,hed to the card as to TO be irremov-
,als without detection.
Upon the card will be recorded q
description of the applicant as to num-
BE-, Of operators or chauffeur's license,
iiby; residence, employment, sex, age.
height, weight, color, color Of hair and
syes and any other distinguishing
tatures, together with the signature
1.-THE applicant.
Commuters accustomed to travel
iiyward with a season ticket made up
ae bill of lading should find the
Rw system easy to solve, but the taxi
driysrs who take corners on two
Vheeis, with the assurance that their
violation of the safety law is too minor
Tor observation, must needs learn to
watch their step.
Tralhc Court Keeps Record
second offense, if a minor one. re-
ceiyes the same treatment, and the
driver may even run up 8 bill OF five
without more than an adnonition. Each
time however, report of violations
i forwarded to the traffic division for
ransmission TO the Traffic Court, where
ss Inscribed on a duplicate card.
The sixth offense brings action. The
sHIsr then gets a summons and faces
Aof these penalties-a heavy fine
aipsnsion or revocation of his or hel
the general orders of the Police
.sfa.snS!i'' Out no Speclal Ienly is
Rmissible.
Sixteen minor violations apply to the
system of warning, and include smok-
ng engines and driving too close tc
astanding trolley car.
The new procedure will not apply to
lOa-residents of the city. but any non
resident may at his option procure a
traffic warning card and thereby be-
come subject to its operation.
should card become lost or de-
laced the holder may obtain a dupli-
cate by applying to the Traffic Di-
VISION, 230 West Twentieth Street,
Manhattan. x M ~