Evening star., 1923-11-25
Senate Traffic Investigation
Accomplishes Much for d. C..
Reveals Need of More Police and York.
ability of One-Way Streets Among
Other Points to Guide Congress.

grasp OF the situation and decided
tendency to separate the relevant
from the irrelevant. 1t is unfortunate
that much of the latter has been al
lowed to creep into the hearings.
Reversal Too Troublesome.
On the question of reversing one
way streets to take care of the morn
ing and evening traffic, the writer
agrees with Inspector Headley, that
1t cannot be done. AS the inspector
pointed out the police have enough
trouble now in keeping the unSkilled
from running the wrong way on
plainly marked streets and, any
such proposition would only add to
this type of confusion. Besides that
reversing signs for halliday traffic.
One-way streets, as one-way streets,
have proven themselves in the big
cities of the country and to the un-
prejudiced there is no question of
their value.
When the hearings are resumed for
two days next week it is expected
that a bureau of standards expert on
headlights will testify. A model
headlight law has been urged for this
city for many years. and as matter
of fact. the Commissioners special
traffic committee. after consultation
with the bureau of standards recon-
mended such law. but through the
measure was allowed to die.
The basis of this regulation was
taken from the combined laws of
eleven states. and would have gone a
long way to standardize types Of
headlights.
One-Hour Parking Urged.
One-hour parking. to take the place
by many who appeared before the
committee. Indications point to a
recommendation for the additional
length of time, as both Senators Ball
lief that the half hour WAS not
long enough. With the one-hour
limit strictly enforced and the all
day hog effectively eliminated. Wash
ingtonians can breathe easier when
they go downtown for their shop
ping.
Along with the need for an in
creased police personnel. which. it is
believed, has been brought home to
the committee, is the necessity for
OF the law Antique motor cycles
old war horses" they are called.
from their service overseas-uot only
put the policeman in peril of his life
but they do not possess sufficient
speed and power to catch the reckless
driver. And. as climax TO this con-
dition, there are only nifty of them
In the department..
Up-to-date, modern motorcycles.
with side care attachments. TO make
them year-round vehicles, and q suf-
ficient number of them should be
furnished policemen so that they will
be able to uniformly enforce the law
Boulevnrd-Stop Plan.
The boulevard-stop plan. with in
creased speed on these arterial high
ways. would probably work on some
streets in Washington. The commit
tee has had this recommendation
from several witnesses and the plan
may be tried out as q. means Of re-
Iieving congestion and speeding up
traffic.
with reciprocity in effect with
Maryland. beginning on January l.,
the earnest hope of Westinghouse n
and Marylander alike, it will be nee
essary to enact n title law. such as in
effect in the neighboring state.
a title law is theft protection for
the motorist, as X compels d check
up on every vehicle bought and sold.
The carrying out OF this regulation
seems burdensome to some motorists,
but in reality ii has been enacted in
the various states for their own bene-
fit.
The impounding law has been