Evening star., 1927-03-21
Right-Hand Passing and Uni
form Left-Hand Turn Reg
uIationS Asked.
MANY CHANGES SOUGHT
IN PARKING RESTRICTIONS
Director Proposes Autos in Funerals
Burn Two Headlights-New
0ne-Way Streets Recommended.


Director NJ. o. Eldridge are being
considered by the District Commits
sioners. 1t was announced today by
Daniel f. Garges, secretary to the
Board of Commissioners.
The majority of the changes are
designed to clarity existing regula
tions. but there are a number of pro
posed additions which would extend
the parking restrictions, create new
one-way streets and make uniform
the left-hand turn rule at intersec
tions controlled either by an officer
or an automatic signal device.
Outstanding among the proposed
amendments is one which would make
it lawful for a vehicle to pass another
on the right. providing there is suffi-
cient room. Another would prohibit
parking within 20 feet of the approach
side of a car stop sign.
Headlights for Funerals.
Other new regulations recommended
would require funeral professions To-
display two Illuminated headlights on
each vehicle and prohibit all vehicles.
with the exception of fire apparatus.
from displaying headlights throwing a
red tint.
ne WHICH WOuIu MAKE
uniform the left-hand turning proce-
dure at all controlled intersections
reads: Where traffic Is controlled by
an officer or electric traffic devices
a driver making left turn shall keep
as far to the right as possible and
stop until receiving the proper signal.
At other intersections the turn shall
be completed by passing around or
over the central point of intersection
of the two streets. having due regard
for the right of way given other traf-
fic"
The essential feature of this change
would make the left-hand turn rule
now in force on light-controlled
streets applicable to intersections at
which traffic officers are stationed.
Instead or driving close to the officer
and stopping, as is now the practice
in making left-hand turns at inter
sections where officers are ON duty
motorists would be required to stop
as near as possible to the right.hand
curb at the cross walk and complete
the turn when signaled by the officer.
Plan Tried Once.
The plan is the same as that expert
mented with sometime ago at -Four
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and abandoned. Mr.. Eldridge
feels now that motorists are familiar
with the system as a result of making
left-hand turns at the light-controlled
intersections.
The new regulations would extend
parking restrictions to Georgetown by
! fixing two-hour parking limit on NJ
street between Twenty-ninth and
Thirty-sixth streets and on Wisconsin
avenue between NJ and N streets.
Streets on which 1t is proposed 70
prohibit parking at any time follow:
Kalorama road between Ontario
road and Champlain street South
side): Highland terrace north side);
Corcoran street between Fourteenth
and Nineteenth streets north side.
both the outer and inner curbs around
Dupont circle, and on the west side
of Eighteenth street from + to Cal
vert streets, from to 9:15 am. and
on the east side from 4 to pm, and
on Mount Pleasant street between
Park road and Newton streets. The
one-hour parking limit would also be
extended on Thirteenth street from
H to l streets.
New One-Way Streets.
The new one-way streets proposed
are: F street from Seventeenth tn
Twenty-sixth streets. for east-bound
Oily " StIccI ocNCAlLCCHlh
to Twenty sixth streets, for west
bound traffic only; Highland terrace,
for west-bound traffic only, and Cen
ter street, for south-bound traffic only
The amendments recommended also
specifically stipulate that pedestrians
shall yield the right of way to vehicu-
lar traffic whenever traffic Is moving
on a proper signal at intersections
controlled by officers. Pedestrians,
= hax tho riphf Of
over vehicles making turns. A sub.
seouent paragraph provides that
neither the pedestrian nor the motor
ist shall disobey signals on all high
ways where traffic is controlled by
any device" No change Is proposed
in the regulation which gives the pc
destrian the right OF way at all cross
or signals.
Action to BE Delayed.
Mr.. Eidr!dge advised the Commits
sioners that all of the changes were
recommended in the interests or pub
liz safety and were based on petitions
and suggestions from citizens and on
traffic studies conducted by the traffic
department, some OF them covering
MANY months. All changes except
the parking restriction on Wisconsin
avenue between NJ and N streets and
around Dupont Circle, he said. have
been approved by the District traffic
council.
The restriction on Wisconsin ave
nue.. Mr.. Eldridge explained, was
recommended by Capt. Collins of the ,
seventh police precinct, who reported
that the ma jority of those interested
are in favor of a two-hour parking
limit.
The Commissioners. it was indi-
Gated, will not take action on any of
the recommended changes until the
sentiment of the public is determined.