Evening star., 1925-05-25
EIdridge Acts to Solve Prob
lem Created by LeeWay
New Law Gives.
OTHER THOROUGHFARES
TO BE PUT ON LIST LATER
Traffic Director Declares Co-opera-
tion of Drivers Is Vital to
End Confusion.
BY THEODORE p. MOVES.

forllons OF z streets in the Dis
trict Of Columbia were named today
by Director of Traffic NJ. o. Eldridse
on which bright headlights on auto
mobiles will not be permitted
FORCED to take this action because
OF the 1ndiscriminate use of headlights
In the well lighted sections of the city,
director Eldridge believes that speedy
improvements should result if COOP
Grafton Is obtained from the individual
motorist
III was never intended that motor
ISIS should use their bright lights
Wnere the street illumination was suf-
Hcient, he said today in making the
announcement. bright lights under
these circumstances do nothing but
create confusion.
We want the motorist to use his
properly adjusted headlamps in the
sections of the city where visibility
because of poor street lighting is i'm
pared. we 90 not want him to use
tnem where there iy sufficient light
from the regular street poles.
Sees Confusion Eliminated.
with the naming of these %
streets there should be no more con.
fusion in the minds of the naotorist.
The headlight law is simple. 1t pro-
Vldes for certain candlepower bulb;
1t provides the maximum height that
the main beam may rise from the
ground, and while it gives permission
for use of bright lights where they are
needed, 1t specifically prohibits them
Where they are not necessary"
In designating the streets on which
bright lights are not considered neces-
sary and on which they will not be
permitted, Director Eldridse was in
conference with Maj. r E Carlson
of the Bureau Of Standards: w. B.
lumbia street lighting, and his two as
sistants, Col. Moller and Frederick
Seller.
Other Streets to Be Added.
Only those streets on which modern
lighting of either gas or electricity
have been installed were selected. Az
more streets ara gradually improved
by modern illumination, it is expected
that they will be added to the list.
1T is our hope that eventually all
of the streets in Washington will be
so well lighted that bright headlights
can be banned entirely" said Mr..
Eldridge. "Of course it will be some
time before this is accomplished, and
in the meantime we will allow motor
lists to protect themselves and others
In the past the motorist, If he used
bright lights in any section of the
city was stopped by policemen. 1t did
not make any difference in those days
whether bright lights in that par
ticular place were needed or not In
the new law we have sought to elimi-
| nate that condition by giving the re-
quired permission.
Motorists, however, while the new
law has been in operation, have failed
to dim their lights on reaching well
illuminated sections. This has caused
the confusion and made necessary the
naming of the prohibited streets.
Asks Cooperation.
at am hopeful that we will get 100
per cent cooperation in the District
headlight law. 1t is only by this
means that accomplishment can be
brought about. The headlight prob
lem is one of the most veXing ques-
tions facing the traffic authorities of
today. The local regulation is pat
termed after the most advanced
thought, and while not perfect, is as
nearly perfect as we can make 1t.
"All motorists of the city should re-
gard their headlights as an integral
part of their car. They should make
their adjustment as importa mt as the
proper amount of oil in their engines.
After either adjusting them or having
them adjusted at repair shop, they
! should use them with discretion. 1t is
obvious that they should be used on
badly lighted streets and be turned off
when adequately illuminated through
fares are reached. That, it seems to
me, is the common sense way to view
| the problem
Streets Designated.
The % streets named follow:
| NJ street Washington Circle to
| Aqueduct Bridge, Pennsylvania ave-
nue. from Washington Circle to Eighth
street southeast, New York avenue
| from Fifteenth street to its intersec-
| ton with Florida avenue, Seven
| teenth street from B to Massachusetts
avenue. Fourteenth street from Mon
roe street to the Virginia end of the
| Highway Bridge, Connecticut avenue
! from Lafayette Park to Cathedral av-
enue, Sixteenth from Lafayette Park
| to Spring road Fifteenth from Lafay-
F.; ette Park to Massachusetts avenue,
| Thirteenth from Pennsylvania avenue
| to New York avenue, Twelfth from
! PENNSYLVANIA avenue to G. street,
| Eleventh from Pennsylvania avenue
to G street, Tenth from Pennsylvania
avenue to G street, Ninth from Penn
sylvania avenue to u street, Seventh
from street 10 F1or1Qa avenue, New
Jersey avenue from the Capitol to
Florida avenue, North Capitol street
from the Capitol to Florida avenue,
MARYLAND avenue from the Capitol to
the intersection of Fifteenth and H
streets northeast, Eighth street south
east from Pennsylvania avenue to the
Navy Yard, Massachusetts, avenue
from Stanton Square to S street
northwest, Q street from Massachu-
setts avenue to Twenty-eighth street,
Florida avenue from Eighteenth street
| to it's intersection with Fifteenth and
HI streets northeast, and First street
from Florida avenue to Michigan ave-
nue..
Says Problem Is Simple.
"It should not be difficult for the
motorist to learn these streets" said
Mr.. E,ldridge. "In the first place they
are the we'll lighted streets of Wash
ington. Any motorist can tell when
he is driving on a well lighted street.
He knows then that headlights are
not permitted and should be dimmed.
A comprehensive map will be pre-.