Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-14

- some of those orga1izations substan- tial number of complaints and n each insta nee has follow ed up and tried to accomplished the corrective action sreed- ed. More of this is needel:
 Fatal Accidents.
 A comparison of the statistice of ia tai accidents covering a period of six months in each of the years 1920, 1921 and 1929 can now be made.
 1920 January to July IT
 1921 January to July SS
 1922 January to July 67s
 Twenty-one less in 1922 than in 1921 and ten less than 1920, 53 of the 67 in 1922 were pedestrians.
 P Consider in this connection that there are about one-auarter more cars on the road than in 1920.
 The bad months in the year are yet. to come Experience shows that Oc- tober and November provide the worst conditions and the most fatal accidents
 General accidents of all types are on the increase over former years.
 Reported to the Department.
 January to July 1921. 2,714.
 January to July 1922. s.3ss June. 1922. ss3.
 We may txpect a worse record of fatal accidents and We must strain every nerve to prevent it.
 Speed at Intersections-Speed at inter sections must be controlled even more carefully This is the most important single activity and it calls especially for enforcement by police authorities. It cannot be stopped Tn any other way than by drastic police measures so that in each city there will be reputation that ,Io, rule in a determined manner Analysis of accidents still shows that this form predominates over all others. Hand Signals-The hand signal sys I tem is being more generally used thar 1 in any prior time in the history of mo tor vehicle driving In Connecticut. I | is becoming better and better under stood and when persisted in as an cdu eational problem, will show results. Pedestrians--1n many of the cities o the state crossings for pedestrians hzv' been recently and carefully marked Thi 1 marking is extremely useful. If follow L ed np by the police insistence that th l markings be observed, it will save time speed up traffic and save accidents. I Grade Crossing Accidents-This tyne | always serious, persists in about tn same proposition as in former years | The primary cause is too much speed Ii approach.
 All the crossing tenders and employe of the railroad company through it's safe I ty department are now reporting tn numbers of all cars which approach tb 1 rapidly for safety and this deEartmer is undertaking to discipline such case.
 Cutting In-"Cutting in' on throug
 roads or passing out another car at an T improper location Is unpopular with tn department and each authentic case wi
 be severely disciplined. Every complain
 will be investigated and when proper tf
 participant will be given hearing
 The state police are now active l patrol of highways and are well in c,.l trol of this sort of offense. but this a type which must be abs ,i;1tely starlj 1 ed out. To do that will talle cSi;certe public opinion and effort ll All Volunteer Orgaliz l-tors M,l s Speed Up-Safety committees Tn cit, [ need to get in closer tou .h wi-h tlli:s d l i,artment. The department $ anxious , give information and to help in any We 3 that it can to encourage activity and ( | pecially asks members of these cor r m;ttees to correspond and take lr 2,
 special problems which na. occIr
 them and to give the lepa,tntlt su, , 1 information as is possi1 t from time . time so that it will be known what | f | situation is, whether the committee
 functioning, and in gener,tl way nc
 tt take hold of ths problem moce d ; Fl iessively and accomplish better r
 suits.
 The press continues to carry C.l1 T volume of editorial conament on ae f dents. All of it is extTerael.r useful