Evening star., 1928-10-21
MODEL ORDINANCE
FOR TRAFFIC URGED
Universal Adoption Declared
important Step Toward
Highway Safety.

One Of the most important steps
toward highway safety and uniformity
in traffic laws will be taken, in the
opinion of H. H. Brooks, general sales
director in the automotive field, by the
adoption in every American city of the
model municipal traffic ordinance as
drawn up by the Hoover conference of
1927 and revised, after years work,
by committee of specialists represent
ing the various interests concerned.
This proposed ordinance" said the
sales director, "has been prepared with
q view to strict impartiality, and it
favors neither motoriSt, pedestrian nor
passenger In a common carrier. The
man on foot, the man driving horse
| pushing a cart or riding O bicycle, the
| truck driver, the drived of motor car,
the taxicab chauffeur, the passenger on
bus or street car all have certain
rights on q public highway, and this
measure, so far as is humanity possible,
seems to have reconciled these various
| interests.
Adoption of the measure should go
| far not only toward preventing acci-
| dents, but toward doing away with
confusion and ameliorating present un-
satisfactory traffic conditions.
Indorseda by Auto Groups.
"It speaks well for the proposed Or
dinance that it has the Endorsement
of such bodies as the American Motor
| lists Association the National Safety
| Council, the National Automobile
| Chamber of Commerce, the National
Bureau Of Casualty and Surety Under
writer's, the United States Chamber
of Commerce, as we'll as automobile
clubs throughout the country, bus and
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railway companies.
I "The ordinance is designed to deal
merely with such local problems as
police authority in the direction and
control Of traffic, the erection Of nee
essary signs and signals, parking regu-
| Il tionS, special rules for the protec-
| ton OF pedestrians, the driving rules
necessary for congested city streets. It
is designed, moreover, to supplement
and conform to the uniform vehicle
code as approved by the national street
and highway safety conference, and
which covers such basic regulations
as those pertaining to speed limits,
reckless driving, vehicle equipment, IL
censing and registration. The measure
is supplemental also to State vehicle
law provisions, and is so simplifed that
no State laws are repeated unless con-
stitutional provisions render such du-
plication necessary.
Held Self Enforcing.
"In its final form the proposed or
dinance is so entirely reasonable and
makes such an appeal to the American
| sense Of fair play as to be virtually
] self-enforcing. 1t should find ready &C
ceptance by all except the extremist.
Under It's provisions, traffic officials
are authorized to mark crosswGlks,
traffic lanes and safety zones. Pedes-
trian as we'll as vehicular traffic is
regulated. 'Serpentine' driving ami the
passing of street cars on the left are
, outlawed Other regulations do away
with such nuisances as all-night park
ing or parking a car offered for sale
or bearing display advertising sign.
Newspapers, civic associations,
women's clubs and other organizations
could do no better than to study this
proposed ordinance and urge its adop-
ton by their local city councils"