Evening star., 1924-11-30
Many Adrocate 24-Hour Basis
For 4U Automobile Traffic.
See No Reason Why Touring and Truck
ing Should Be Confined to already
Ouercro,rded Daylight Period.

AIRY. touring from dinner time until
il o'clock in the evening. They made
their reservations ahead and knew
the route. Traffic was light during
the evening on the highways, and
during the summer the temperature
was more favorable for motoring.
They found that in this way they
could travel a hundred miles or so
a day and still have the whole day
for rest or Summer sports at the
resort hotels.
This sort of thing could not have
been done 10 years ago with the
same degree of comfort. even grant
ing a far lighter traffic. Roads were
not so good nor as easy to follow
then. Detour2 were a gamble. The
motorist had not become familiar r
with his country. He could not de-
pend upon his car. Headlight glare
was constant annoyance and source
of danger.
Much of this is disappearing. and
accordinsly the night hours are be-
coming more and more attractive to
persons who want to get to their
de tiHation via motor car with the
least expenditure of effort and time
\ motorist nowadays can fill up at
his favorite alling station and have
no reason to stop until he reaches
lts destination. This elimin lat e s
much of the gamble of night driving
When Motorists Demurred.
When motorists were in fear of
changing tires every few miles and
when spark plugs fouled after a
compare lively few miles OF travel
ing. the suggestion to travel after
nightfall seldom met with favor.
Nowadays there are enough people
travelling by night to keep one from
feeling isolated. yet there is not
enough traffic to cause delays. Night
traffic could he increased at least
100 per cent without making it any
less effective, Yet with a great relief
to daylight traffic
That is why considerable truck
ing is now being done by night and
why such trucking is on the in
crease. 1t is possible by this method
to seeregate the various forms Of
traffic. thus making possible better
traffic regulation. Tourists. for in
stance. prefer to travel at higher
speeds than local motorists who are
out for recreation alone. Business
and shopping traffic may move fast
or slow. depending upon whether
passengers are going direct to their
destinations or stopping en- route on
numerous errands. thus necessitatins
frequent parking. II these various
types of traffic could occupy the
streets and highways at different
hours of the day and night it is
believed that congestion would be
greatly relieved.
Better Dtstribution Seen.
Some students Of the situation see
IN the present increase in night traf-
fic evidence Of a natural trend toward
better distribution of daily traffic,
and believe that no drastic measures,
such as apportionment of time or al
lotment of hours for various types of
traffic, win become necessary. no
matter how complicated traffic should
become.
Motorists who believe that the ma
tural solutions are the only true ones
are seeking to arrange to motor
more during the hours of the day
and night when everybody isn't do
ing it. 1t is surprising to discover
what a convenience it is to motor
with greater freedom and how simple
it is to rearrange car use to conform
with the newer requirements.
Copyright, 1924.)