The Washington times., 1924-11-10
Put a Stop to Binding Auto
Lights
By BILL PRICE.

By slow degrees the average automobile driver beginning
to realize his responsibilities to himself and the public and to
regarding his job of getting ground fast
Is possible no matter what the consequences,
The daily toll of auto accidents must necessarily have its
effect upon thoughtful minds The only wonder is that the
American people have long stood for the wholesale killing
and manning Of human beings and destruction Of property in
the reckless evident all who seriously consider
the subject.
Here in Washington the traffic police have been effectively
Tightening up general recessness and disregard of the
rights Of Others and the judges Of have been
posing prison sentences and heavy fines that have been
overlooked by those drivers who think that autoo
bes made for road and racing and general JOY
poses The cooperation of the police force and should
surely reduce the number Of accidents and deaths in the Dis
ct and together with the growing thoughulness Of
drivers bring about better and satisfactory conditions
In the campaign of the police against recssnes speeding
and drunken drivers however the bringing account of
drivers who wuy and puposey violate the laws and regu
aons against binding headlights has been neglected
extent that this practice Of using binding lights when they
should be dmmed has come to be Of the worst
local probe-Ceranly that brings about the
greatest amount Of i'll feeling and friction
So the police department feel free to do
should augurate brisk campaign against binding lights and
push this campaign to the limit. The Washington
police department should establish full cooperation
with the traffic police Of Maryland and Virginia in
deavor to impress upon all drivers in this vicinity the i'm
porta11ce Of obeying the laws on this subject
there is lack Of Standardization of lights the District
pc maze TO agree
upon standard that may not be offered that
certain types Of binding lights authorized either Mary
hand the District No driver should be able hide behind
efence that his lights overly bright he using
authorized by law
1t Is positive wonder that many people not nightly
killed hurt District streets and roads and the main
roads running from the District into Maryland There are
thousands Of of violation Of binding light laws in the
District and Maryland every night These violations are
deliberate and Intentional This is much that large
numbers Of drivers who wish obey the laws compelled
in sedeence and eproection to meet violation with
violation There little else to do when binding light is
flooding. driver but to turn his lights to attempt
to where he is driving.
Throughout the District and the Baltimore pike in
particular dazzling lights make night running unpleasant and
absolute danger This notably when there rain
and the streets and roads filled with dancing lights and
shadows, keeping the most careful driver worried.
The main danger is to pedestrians who the sides
Of the roads in walking to their homes The time coming
when walks must be built along chief traffic thorougfares for
pedestrians and these thorougares lighted by electricity
Pedestrians suburban and urban roads in
danger Of their lives due to the Of binding lights which
prevent motorists from opposite directions seeing in front
them.
There hope that auto lights may be invented which may
be thrown to the sides Of roads in the direction machines
going giving the driver sufficient light what he is doing
and yet not be binding drivers from the opposite direction
Such an invention would be blessing.