Evening star., 1925-04-18
NEW TRAFFIC CODE
TO Be OFFERED FOR
APPROVAL MONDAY
Changes to Be Effective May
3 If Commissioners Agree
to Suggestions.
22-MILE BASIC SPEED
LIMIT TO BE SOUGHT
New Parking Restrictions in Con-
gested Area Are to Be Pro
posed by Eldridge.

franc director EIOTldSe To-Day sum-
married the principal recommend
tions which he expects to lay before
the Commissioners Monday for adop-
ton in Washington's new traffic code.
If they meet with the approval Of
the Commissioners they will become
effective May g. The outstanding
recommendations include the follow
ing:
! The speed limit for passenger cars
will be not to exceed % miles an
| hour throughout the District. except
! on arterial highways or at such points
where signs will indicate a special
limit.
! The speed limit for commercial
vehicles viii be Is miles an hour if
! pneumatic tires are used and 10 miles
an hour for solid-tire trucks.
| Vehicles emerging from an alley
! will be required to come to a stop be
| fore crossing a sidewalk.
Change at intersections.
! The present rule fixing a definite
/ speed limit of 2 miles an hour at in
/ tersections will be superseded by a
| new regulation recommended in tins
! following language:
! "A vehicle approaching a street in
/ tersection shall slow down and be kept
under such control as TO avoid collid-
! ing with other vehicles. Operators OF
/ vehicles approaching an intersection
; from the left shall look out for and
! give the right Of way to vehicles ap-
| preaching from the right. provided
that vehicle making a right or left
| hand turn shall give the right Of way
/ TO through traffic.
! Director Eldridge explained that
motorists will be expected TO regulate
! the speed at an intersection in accord
ance with conditions prevailing at the
/ time. If there are no pedestrians or
! other vehicles in the intersection. Mr..
! Eldridge said. a motorist may proceed
/ across within the maximum speed
| limit. If. on the other hand, there
! are pedestrians crossing the street
or other vehicles approaching. the new
regulation requires motoris. to slow
down Mr.. Eldridge said the reck-
less driving law will apply to motor
! tersection when conditions make it
necessary.
! Share Right of Way.
The traffic code to be recommended
| Monday will state that pedestrians
have the right of way at crosswalks
and vehicles have the right of way be-
! tween intersections.
| The brake regulation as drafted for
| the Commissioners requires that a
! driver be able to stop his car within
! 80 feet while going at 20 miles an
! hour, using the foot brake, or within
| 20 feet using the hand brake.
The headlight recommendation pro-
vides that headlights shall be of II
| candlepower and be such as 20 enable
| the driver to distinguish an object 200
feet ahead. 1t will further provide
| that lamps be focused so that the
| beam will not rise above horizontal
| line passing through the center of the
headlight. Dimming of headlights
! will be permitted on brightly lighted
| thoroughfares, in going over the brow
of hill and in foggy weather.
One Hand Signal.
/, In place of the three different hand
signals now required TO indicate which
| way a driver is to turn, or when he
is to stop, it is recommended in the
| new code that the arm be extended
straight out in all instances. Closed
! cars will be permitted to use an auto
matte signal on the rear of the vehicle
! The new code will recommend a
new system for issuing operators per
mits after May 8. The recommenda-
ton is that Today temporary permit
be issued to enable the traffic officials
to determine whether the applicant IS
| a proper person to hold a permit
permanently. Before the temporary
permit is issued, applicant will be
| given a test as to his mental and
physical ability to drive a car.
Although the traffic director is plan
ming for the establishment of arterial
highways. none of them will be ready
to put into operation by May 8.
Director Eldridge announced today
that the new code will recommend es-
tablishment of two new one-way
ieft foil ctr fro,
Massachusetts, avenue to Fourteenth
street for west-bound traffic; l street
from Sixteenth street to Massa-
chusetts avenue, for east-bound
traffic.
Adoption of the plan 10 prohibit
parking during the rush hours on
certain busy thoroughfares and rec
concentrations for number of
changes in existing one-way streets
marked the final session last night of
the advisory committee.
End One-Way Streets.
I The following streets, now one-way,
will be restored to two-way traffic If
the Commissioners approve the COM
mittee's recommendation: Tenth street.
Sixth street, Eighteenth street, Nine
teenth street, Madison place, Jackson
place l. street and Mount Vernon
place.
Streets on which parking will be
forbidden during certain periods of
the day are:
f street from Sixth to Fifteenth, no
parking from to 9:15 am; from
Seventeenth to Nineteenth (eXcept on
the south side between Eighteenth to
| Nineteenth), no parking from TO
9:15 am.
G street from Sixth to Fifteenth
and from Seventeenth to Nineteenth,
no parking from to 9:15 am.
II street from Massachusetts avenue
to Fourteenth, no parking on the
south side at any hour; from Four
teenth TO Seventeenth, no parking
from to 9:15 am, or from 4 to 6
pm.
l street from Thirteenth to Seven
teenth, no parking on north side from
to 9:15, or from 4 to 6.
X street from Vermont avenue to
Fifteenth, no parking at any time.
Sixth street from Pennsylvania
avenue to Rhode Island avenue, no
parking from to 9:15, or from to g.
| Fifteenth street, Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to II street, no parking from 8
y on Col,Irnu