The Washington times., 1925-04-18
The Civic Primer---Page By Jim Ring
The Parking Problem, from a
Citizens Viewpoint
BY BILL PRICE.

By BILL PRICE.
This Intelligent and interesting letter from good either
is printed here sample OF somewhat srong
among many Washngtonians toward the parking problem
that is now before the Director Of Traffic.
absolutely right excellent editorial in The
4s sou 0i 'e Clearly sta pubic wants speeding
drivers etc. wish be nagged with petty pcayune
WASHINGTON admirably n y suited t. psEkn
and Baltimore necessary in Washington It would be
better the police Hre e rather @
to keep them snoopng parked trying
one % pa5g aeg abou the and many
cities sI nad asya at
and the crossings the main ng sro drove 5Re
Cathedral and rs to the this UR 6oe
the sdsxa nnd n
and New York there were Jams Of
S Sa So careful and z
Materially na Re Rs1 reached
possible that ;i E ra has nG st
that they be kept on gSeS no d psT anG
trolling they asi the Gne5 make sns
go q his the big things first puts his fOT ;
ten s ' million new regulations ). n,+ into
read he 5 e 11 an he W gave Ss
job his time studying regg ha q tOn
where can sneak small town and do what little
I e new traffic director few plain hard
sense regulations stop driving and to control
them and will some good If he is going to write cSw
So he o1t able them and win merely add to
the woes of the automobile owner ana peues1Il'
We do not now share in the vein OF sharp CRITICISM Ina
throuO the foregoing communication but we DO tnlnk
that there is amount OF good common sense ~ e
gestons contained therein much better sense tnan
ELDRTDCE viii get many theorists who are trying 70
have their schemes adopted. . -, :.
The new director has most difficult JoD ne classsu g
sensible evelheaded It may be possible tnat ne
irving to do too many things all at once failing 70
his energies upon the vital problems attecng tne
md welfare of people District but he deserves ana Will
ave the support of Washington people in all his endeavors
q correct bad traffic situations in this city We must De
perfectly fair to and give him chance to do things tnat
m be worth while He will probably do these things TOO
Too much advice and too much early criticism not going
he helpful to the director but will find to be true
hat the citizen abhors flock Of petty regulations
which cause confusion and conflict.
The parking problem be solved some te at least as
far as Il can be solved not the most vital OF
our automobile questions this time Is not oversnaoo"-
When traffic officers though taken away from the
FAR more important things Of breaking up speeding
rvng carelesness and those things which daily
e there dwindng OF good results IN the Digger
things the public wants to see done first
Ali the responsibility for getting rid OF child women and
men killers and manners wreckers OF machines ana auto
generally must upon the Director Of Traffic
and the traffic policemen There must be cooperation between
The police department judges of the police court Toe
nnch enencv to serious offenders against traffic laws
not going furnish the impressive lessons we most press
ngy need this time Getting off with fines In case o.
nerousv excessive speeding for example, Will not teach OF
tenders anything Many poor fool without money Will nave
go to JAIL but the reckless young rider who has money
whose father mother has money won't give snap OF his
finger for fine He will be taught severe lesson and Sc
will his coerie of friends of the stripe, he is sent to
Jail for deliberately doing that which endanes the lives OF
others who drives through street where there are
moving vehicles and pedestrians at twenty or thirty miles
an e Just because he happens not to have
anybody is justification for leniency These sort OF
drivers will not this dangerous business they can
escape with fines
The whole object of the traffic laws going to be
unless dangerous drivers of Immediately
taught drastic lessons. lesson in FOOLS mind will
stick fine ineffective lesson for deliberate
doing may any time end in disaster in loss of fe