The Washington times., 1925-11-28
Revocation of Permits and
Other Traffic Matters
BY BILL PRICE

Te arbitrary power to revoke drivers permits
given to somebody city The Director of Traffic the
proper official have that authority and Congress should
not hesitate about bestowing it.
There are many drivers permits in the hands Of
Irresponsible dangerous and They the kind
who make traffic in this city constant Some of
the minds Of children and have not the
slightest of the responsibility involved in driving
seriously defective in sight and hearing The list
long go into but there is unanimiy Of opinion that
drastic of drivers licenses fundamental to safer
conditions in Washington.
should be the right of appeal from the Director of
Traffic the Commissioners The right of appeal to the
courts cannot be denied That open all times The
Director should be authorized to give hearings revocation
when such action begun he wouldn't be the proper
for his position unless he did hold hearings before taking
permits away from drivers
Though are already flooded past point of effective
assimilation with traffic regulations several good suggestions
to this newspaper which we submit to the Direc
cor office and to the public Two of suggestions
probably require regulations but would be difficult
enforce The third is for educational Of motorists also
FOR regulation but this would be difficult
The first suggestion squares in the city where
building operations under way The citizen who offers
the suggestion points that large building going up
side Of Trucks continually moving in
with building materials completely blocking that side Of the
street. Across from the building parked by wormen
and Others blocking that side and leaving mighty little
space between for automobiles going to and fro.
The suggestion that opposite to the building
under construction it building size requiring much
material should be shut off all parking until the work is
completed
The second suggestion than one person
riding in the front Of automobiles with drivers In some
States the laws regulations specifically limit the number Of
people IN the front Of to two adults This as
sguard against Interference with drivers keeping cars
under proper control
There countless instances in the District Of three or
four and boys girls being piled up on the
front seats with drivers making control dangerous
simple regulation forbiddng more than one adult along
side the driver Of the average could be easily enforced
c. Collins resident manager of the shoreham Hotel has
excellent ideas to eliminating delays corners
the points where traffic congestion always worst and most
dangerous His suggestion built drivers selecting
certain lanes Of travel when approaching corners in
advance Of their arrival at these points sug
gesions and they have been advanced in New York and
elsewhere:
LET every driver every street decide well back in
the middle of the block what he is going at the
next corner ne is going to 60 straight let him place
himself In the middle Of the street II he going
right let him get to the right If he going to turn
left let him move to the left Thousands Of
every day by the teups and tangles which
result from foolish thOughessness Mr. Driver
the wants to to the left suddenly wakes
to the fact that he has placed himself way over at the
right must seesaw right the face of all the traffic
moving In the same direction he has FROM slow all
up slow up himself sudden tanning of brakes
much loss Of time and temper. traffic is stopped
the right lane nearest the curb should always kept open
Tor cars wishing to through and right
turning into traffic that moving other direction
The driver who desiring go straight places himself in
the lane when the traffic signal goes up against
him stays there during the entire period gains nothing
for himself but blocks behind him which desiring
to turn to the right and otherwise come straight
through and turn into the traffic This where
the police department helpless Regulation cannot bring
the change about. Only education can"