New Britain herald., 1927-04-16
TRAFFIC OFFICER
 TAKES IT SMILING
Believes Few Auto Drivers Try
 to EVade Law

"We try to treat 'em all square. 1T they play fair with us, We play fair with them" That was the statement of one Of the city's well known traffic officers. when inter viewed by a representative ol the Herald.
 Every now and fhon he had 10 call a halt 70 the barrage Of quos- tions hurled al him, 10 direct some one to the Hartford bus stations, to Plainyille and other places Of in- tcrest, or 10 warn some pedestrian that vas playing with fire in at tempting 10 cross the street when the traffic lights were set against him.
 Drivers, as a rule. are q pretty fair lot. according 10 the traffic Of 1icer who desired that his remarks should be anonymous although, al the some time. bonafide. He stated that the average driver realizes that the traffic officer is trying 10 help him oGt and that the cop is on duty to protect the drivers interests. Therefore, the drivers accept the suggestions of the officers with thanks. as a rule, although a 'wise guy" is met with once in q while, who thinks he knows more about traffic than the officer on the job Of course, such Q person has 10 be Cgalt with in q more severe manner.
 Drivers Respect Lights
 .Automobilists. as q rule, don't try to beat the traffic lights. or 'o sneak past when they are set al red. Al first, there was some of that, due mostly to the fact that drivers did rot completely understand the workings of the lights. At present there is little trouble as the result Of drivers trying to get by the lights while they arc glowing red.
 Pedestrians cause great deal Of concern at the cross walks regulated by the lights. According to the of- ficer many of them walk across whether the lights are red, green or yellow. They don't seem to think that the lights have anything to dc with them and, as result, there have been many close calls. The traffic officers, as general rue warn pedestrians who attempt to dart across the street while the traf- fic lights are set against them. Al times pedestrians are ignominioLSll led back to the curb and warned tc stay there until the lights flasf green. Invariably those same people do not repeat the performance, al though there are many to take thel places. It is possible to arrest person for walking across the stree against the lights, according to tho traffic officer. This is seldom done because people are usually anXion' to cooperate with the authorities. They'll Get Bus Or Ambulance
 People running for buses cause lot of trouble Many of them dar out from between parked cars an head in bee-line for the bus, as their very lives depended upon Il They seldom look to see whether o not automobiles are approachin 
 clusivelv on the vehicle which the are trying to overtake. It is dangerous undertaking. since driver cannot be held responsible whe people, vii h no warning at all. snd denly appear in the middle of tn road almost under the wheels of ap preaching vehicles.
 One instance occurred a shor time ago. An elderly woman, in hurry to get bus, ran out into tn middle of the road. directly Tn tn path of an automobile. Fortunatel, the driver saw her in time and aI piled his brakes quickly, However truck directly in back of the pa' senger car, crashed into the machir ahead No damage was done to tf first car, but the front bumper c the truck was bent back so that pressed against the wheel.
 The truck driver turned dow Church street and found that } hould not straighten out the wheel The truck crashed into parked ca bending a fender. The elderly w man was, by that time. riding t ward her home. serene In the II, Consciousness Of the damage whic khe had caused.
 There are many excellent drive Among women, the officer stated ar