The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-10
''NO-Accident''
 Campaign Now
 Being Planned

Hartford. April 1O.-An through the state there are organizations ana citizens known to be desirous of rend. ering assistance in a No Accident campaign. Among the outstanding or ganizations of uhis sort are Automo- bile Clubs, Chambers of COmmerce, the Manufacturing Assiciatlon and It's branches, certain Mems Club Rotary Clubs, etc. The working out of the accident campaign of last Fall in terested these organizations and they feel now that this work ought to be continued. This Departement is en- tirely in accord with this feeling and has been working for sometime past ito plan out a program by which with tout making the work too much of bur- fen for the police, continuous acct- denth prevention could be put into eff feet.
 A tentative program is taking shape. It's outline is about as follows: This offioe can send out a monthly bulletin to each police force explaining what the program for the month is. Where citizen organizations are concerned with any police force the bulletin can 'also be sent to them.
 Program For April
 The Department has found, through its accident statistics and from exam inatiOn into arrest files, that most city accidents occur at Intersections at at traffic points not universal con,tri- outing cause to such accidents is the speed at which the intersection is ap- proached. If the speed of approach to intersection could be controlled in all cities and held closely within the legal rate, such accidents would not occur in any such numbers as is now Shs case. The problem is therefore one of restricting speed within cities at points not under traffic direction.
 In those localities where there are motorcycle police a strict supervision of speed can be had. Where there are Io motorcycle police. a volunteer or .Eanization from a citizen body, with n" power except to report to the po- lice. has been found to be extremely useful
 In critical consideration of the subject of speed approaching intersec- lions the general rule ought to be that the approach must be made at such s2 reasonable rate of speed that the operator of the car may have his car in control to meet any emergency which may arise at tho intersec ection.
 The twenty mile kOur prina l facie rule is a test upon which to make | a case. The right of way rule giving 1 the right of way to the person ap- preaching from the right at an in | feTsection must be considered as being | Q test for the determination of blame | rather than a definite driving rule. Its | application is based upon the arrival | Of the cars simultaneously" Courts | have repeatedly held that the person ! having the right of way under this 1 rue is not entitled. to exercise it in such way as to put anyone else into Jeopardy. Therefore, the practical sub iect is one of restriction of speed and IL should be kept simple and to that particular poin.
 One type of vehicle which it is re- bored to this Department as trans EreSSing the rules Of speed at inter sections is the small truck deliv- t cry wagon such as is run by business houses for deliveries. This particular Form of vehicle is complained against l more often than any other form of commercial nI7+tor vehicle, Special efforts might be made to warn she