Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-25
AUTO ACCIDENTS
ARE INCREASING
FIGURES REVEAL
War on Speeders Is Being
Waged in Many Cities.
Imprisonment Is Added to
Fines by Magistrates.


Chicago, Sept. "a (by the Associ-
ated Press, despite the passage
of numerous ordinances and the
adoption of traffic regulations in
the larger cities of the country in
an effort to curb accidents from
motor cars, reports from more than
a dozen of the metropolitan cities
of the middle west show an in
crease in the number of accidents
for the first six months of 1922,
compared with the same period of
1921.
This increase has caused city Of
ficials to prescribe drastic rules in
governing motor traffic in an en-
deavor to lessen danger in modern
travelling. Several of the cities are
shown to be waging war on the
speeder. in many cases imprtson-
ment being added to fines by mu-
nicipal judges, Adoption of rules
in turning at street intersections,
elimination of glaring headlights
and educational campaigns are 9TH
er methods used in many cities in
the campaign against accidents.
Deaths in Chicago, 575.
In Chicago, in 1921, deaths at
tributed to motor accidents totaled
SIS as compared with AS in 1920.
Non fatal accidents totaled S,657
in 1921 and 7,0S5 in 1920, During
the first four months of 1922, nom
fatal accidents tOtaled 2,5S3.
Forty-three persons We're killed
and ! LOSS injured in automobile ac-
cidents in Cleveland from February
|. to August !, 1922. TO offset |
this, workhouse sentences have |
been imposed and speeders and |
reckless drivers, no one under IS !
years of age may drive a car and |
second offcnse for failure to have
lights burning results in arrest, no
matter what the circumstance.
To curb accidents in st. Louis, |
where siXty-two wero killed dur
year, and 1897 We're injured, an !
educational campaign has been !
started, one-way traffic has been !
in congested districts |
during business hours. automobiles !
must come to complete stop at ALI
boulevards, must not pass a street |
car discharging passengers and |
must not exceed eight miles an
hour in the congested districts and !
twenty miles in the residential dis
tricts.
Detroit's attempts to increase
safety are the adoption of the tow
er system of regulating traffic and |
the establishment of safety zones for
street car passengers. Another ordi-
nance requires all persons 10 be able
TO drive an automobile under all |
conditions before he'Hg .granted a !
state drivers license. Seventy !
persons were killed there during
the first six months Of 1922 and
! ,921 We're injured.
Frequent Jail Sentences,
Strict enforcement of speed laws
and frequent Jail sentences for
speeders and reckless drivers has
been the method adopted in In
iIanapolis for increasing safety.
In downtown sections traffic off
GERS direct pedestrians while 9TH
ers direct street traffic.
IN Oklahoma City, most of the
main Travelled streets have been
designated boulevards and before
these motorists are requir-
ID TO come to complete stop.
Heavy white stop signs painted
on the pavement at these intersec-
ions remind the driver.
An "unwritten law" is in effect
n Louisville where police court +
Judges assess a fine of so for each
nile an hour above the speed lin
I. Penitentiary sentence under
,harge of manslaughter is provided
or drivers found responsible for
ieaths resulting from accidents.
Iars must be under full control
1t all street intersections.
Milwaukee has barred the left
land turn and instituted Jay
ordinance requiring pedes-
rams to cross streets at intersec- I
ions. Automobiles on prescribed
horoughfares are given right-of-
way over all traffic crossing
uch streets.
Thirteen deaths because of au-
omobile accidents We're reported
Turing the first six months of 1922
n Dallas, Tex. In down town sec {
ions the right hand turn only is I
cars are required to I
top at least five feet in the rear {
Il street cars dischargins passen-
.ers and safety zones have been /
established at various points in !
oWn-town streets.