Milford chronicle., 1926-06-11
HIGHWAY POLICE
SPEED UP TRAFFIC
Urge Drivers Of Disabled Cars to
Pull OH and Let Others Pass.

I'VE expect that our chief problem
this year in keeping traffic moving
and eliminating accidents so far as
possible, will be to speed up the
movement of cars and trucks on the
highway" said c. c. Reynolds, Su-
perintendent of the State Highway
Police, in discussing traffic condi-
tions this summer.
while we shall seek to see that
everyone who drives a car does not
violate the traffic laws, yet our big
concern appears to be one dealing
with speeding up of traffic. We had
a taste of this in the big travel over
Memorial Day. In the evening we
had line of cars for nearly an hour
that reached all the way from Farm
hurst to the traffic officer at Front
and Market streets. This line Of cars
moved a few hundred feet at time,
just as the traffic officer at the foot
of Market street turned his sema-
phore and let a dozen or more cars
by.
Some of this congestion will be
relieved" continued Mr.. Reynolds,
when the newly-designed cutoff
that will shoot many of the cars over
Third street bridge becomes reality.
while we had some accidents on
Memorial Day, it was gratifying to
realize afterwards that with the tre-
mendous movement of cars over the
highway on that holiday, there were
not more mishaps. AS the cars got
close to Wilmington, the congestion
became heavier and our men riding
along the road picked out the loafers
and if it was a question of their car
failing to hit on all cylinders, these
drivers were directed to pull off on
the side of the road and see if they
couldn't make temporary repairs.
Others who were just loafing along
at their ease were told to step on
it bit and their immediate compli-
ance helped relieved the choking of
traffic.
Through Wilmington and partic-
ularly in the Shellpot section and on
Penny Hill, there was a great mass
of motor travellers trying to move as
rapidly as they could both north and
south on Memorial Day evening.
Some of the slow ones were from
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and
as soon as our policemen told them
to speed up, they did so, giving evil
dence that this was not the first
time they had received such instruc-
tions. The idea of speeding up cars in
congested sections to 35 miles an
hour, or whatever the limit of the
law is, is the main plan being used
by traffic officials to relieve motor
congestion. AS a matter Of fact it's
the only thing they can do unless
there are special arrangements or
laws placing slower moving vehicles
by themselves"
The cutoff from the Elkton-Glas-
cow road at State Road and which
! causes all northbound traffic to cut
across onto the main state highway,
is proving a big success from safe
ty standpoint. There have been no
serious accidents and because the
cutoff is within plain sight of the
state highway police station, driY-
ers who would be inclined to speed
up, seldom take the chance because
they realize they are under observa-
ton of the state police.
! Because motor traffic is heavier
this year than last, the number oi
drivers who attempt to buck traffic
by leaving the line and endeaVorins
to cut in ahead is not as numerous
as in other years. Those who trieC
it over Memorial Day found tina
they didn't advance themselves
enough to warrant the effort in get
ting ahead of the line of traffic.