Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-23
MAKING TRAFFIC PLANS
 FOR YALE-HARYARD GAME


 Those who have charge of the main ]! tenance of the state roads in Massa- chusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Isl and have taken cognizance Of the fact that the Harvard Yafc football game brings with it a period Of the S1aviest motor car tra1ic that is experienced dur ing the year. Consequently they arc prepared. Motorists going 10 New Ha- ven hE road will find that tho highway are in excellent condition and without instructions; they will encounter no detours on ttrr main routes. and. if they arc careful in their driving and obe: the laws. they will have no difficult" either going 70 the game n:- returning. But if they are careless about the law: and the rules Of the road they arc Ike | ly to get into trouble immediately. for motorcycle policemen will swarm over 1 the main route=
 | Connecticut authorities expect tha- next Saturday. the largest number Uf motor cars that ever descended upon one place in one day. at leas: n thjr | Yale Bowl Thousands ot cars are ex- pected to arrive ;n New Haven during 1 the morning hours and they will al try to get away as soon as possible after the game is over. It will be dusk when they are leaving. and that is when thc greatest difficulty in handling the vast traffic will be experienced. But az engagements have been made with great
 care, and the plans arc counted upon Ls
 function 50 well that the great numbe:
 Of cars can be directed out of the citi
 and so on the.r way toward home win out serious tangles or delays.
 ] One of the things that will be insist, } cd upon is that the cars shall keep mos. ) ing at as rapid a rate as is safe E:EI , speed and cutting in will not be tol.:- : ated. neither will road mopinE ? There will be so many cars that ;hi . main routes are sure to be crowdat g probably all through Friday nigh; an
 Saturday night. Ii will bc desirable \ therefore. to diffusc the traffic as rnuc y as possible and the road suthoritie . recommend that motorists who can q : 50 without inconvenience follow the lf.i ii popular routes. They give assuranc
 that on these routes there will be foun
 good road surfaces without obstruction
 and far less traffic than on the majn
 routes.
 Commissioner of Motor Vehicle stoeckeI of Connecticut says, concer1 . I ing the plans in this state: Tn anticipation of the game I sl . pressing fhe installation of additions police stations along the routes. For Il
 
 nIert, which will have control Of q t roads outside of the cities. will put i s men on Friday. and there is no dou | whatever that they will have to be vci 'e severe. We shall start at the state fiI e on each main road and shall make IS object lesson of the very first pefssn V le catch. I. personally. think that I shs s ask the police department to pull al
 offenders out of the line and deta E them, rather than have them arreste e, That policy in the past has worked O q. very well.
 Ie "In ,Gomecticut each driver of a c to will receive printed request which H' re tell him exactly what is expected fg him and If he follows the lines of ts. IT request he win get into New Hav n- and out again just as speedily al " much more safely and with less a ds noyance than if he attempts to tra,
 along faster than his neighbors. o as of the things we are going to do is h. run h every slow car o-er q dners IT, roads. We want to keep our tra1 Ve travefng about 30 miles an hu oe through Connecticut, with the except ty of the cities, and in order to do that n- may be necessary to send some persc ke who cannot travel that fast along
 back way, but we are all prepared . he that
 at This department" in cooperati he with other state departmets, and in e- operation with the New Haven, has b. cd died this traffic for the past five yea sw We have a good record and have ner ,o- had any serious accidents while the lct tual traff1c was running. The accide
 have usually occurred in the night I m lowing the game and the police will 1e. especially asked in this connection folr fv he driving recklessly late at night on S ns ur1ay and the patrol will be on in roads all night after the game" lg- The entrances into New Haven { ild the approaches to Yale Bowl for mo m cars will all be extensively marked N m signs 80 that motorists should have too difficulty in getting to the Bowl. La ei- parking places have been arranged al streets designated as one-way for drd tor vehicles before the game and c CT way in the opposite direction after it p1ynA