Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
Drivers Careless
With Hand Signals.

With Hand Signals.
With the return of cool weather I
note again tendency on the part of
drivers, especially those operating closed
cars, to become careless in the matter
of giving hand signals. Many near
wreck and not few real wrecks are
attributed to apathy.
Some drivers never close the window
by the steering wheel, but the majority
elevate it at least half way these
snappy mornings. AS result little
more effort is needed to manipulate the
window lever before q proper hand
signal, indicating a turn or stop, can
be given, and to my observation too
many motorists are willing to take a
chance rather than 60 to this trouble.
G. B. p.
GIariDg Headlight
Menace Still Prevails.
Canont something be done TO reduce
the nance to motorists and pedestrians
alike caused by glaring headlights?
Although the District regulations
stipulate that lamps shall be focused
apparently no attention is paid to it
either by the traffic officials or the car
owners.
Personal observation reveals that al
most every other car one encounters has
binding lights and even on Washing
tons comparatively wide streets they
constitute a source of grave danger.
Lives Endangered
on Wrong Side Of Road.
I want to register a protest about
pedestrians who walk along the wrong
side of the Lee Highway, endangering
not only their own lives, but the lives
of others.
refer to the persons who make
habit of walking on the concrete shoul-
ders of the new highway with their
backs to the flow of traffic going in
their direction. Unfortunately there
are no sidewalks between Key Bridge
and the built-up residential sections of
Park Lane, Aurora Heights, Lyon Viii
lage and Cherrydale, so that walkers
find 1t convenient to use the traffic
heavy boulevard.
AS a motorist, have no criticism 70
make of the use of the highway by
pedestrians, providing they do not
place the entire responsibility of their
safety in the hands of motorists.
know of several instances where serious
accidents were narrowly avoided as
drivers, suddenly confronted with per-
sons walking with the flow of trafic,
were forced to swerve perilously close to
oncoming cars or apply emergency
brakes. N. r. G.,
Parking Of Vans
Called Traffic Evil.
A bad traffic evil which is permitted
in the District, and which could easily
be remedied, Is that Of permitting large
vans to park at an angle with the curb.
OF course, this does not cause much
delay in traffic on wide streets, but I
have noticed much congestion recently
on some of the narrow streets.
Just today on Twenty-flrst street
large van was backed at an angle
to the curb, loading furniture. There
we're automobiles parked parallel to
the curb on both sides of the street.
This resulted in automobiles operat-
ing south to have a clear passage,
while for several squares was lines of
machines going north unable to get
around the van, which extended mid
way to the street. Several other in
stances have been noticed by the writer
on Tenth and Twelfth streets.
Why these moving men cannot park
load or unload furniture I cannot I'M
derstand. If the Traffic Department
OF the District would place in opera
ton regulation prohibiting such
parking 1 am sure much congestion
OF traffic on many Of the narrower
streets would be relieved. G. A. L.
Buses Are Charged
With Blocking Traffic.
Why don't the police stop the buses
from blocking traffic at the signal
light intersections? other drivers pull
away over to the right and wait for !
their green light, allowing those be-
hind them to make the crossing II they |
can. Many bus drivers do not pull |
over far. enough and frequently pre-
vent cars behind them from getting |
through on the green light, so that |
they have to wait for the lights to |
change again.
Also, 1 believe that two or three |
buses should not be allowed to make |
the turn on the same light, thus |
forming an interference for smaller |
cars, but the second or third bus |
should be compelled TO wait another |
turn and thus leave the way clear for
other motorists.
The police should watch closely how |
often the buses do not wait for the
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