New Britain herald., 1929-12-13
TRAFFIC WARNINGS
 HERE BEST IN |. 5.
So States Western Executive Ell
 , Route to Meet Hoover


 .'The traffic light system s oper- alsd in New Britain. especially in the business section is the best and most efficient I have ever seen" This statement was made today by l'rter s. Peterson. of Council Bluffs, Iowa. president of the Iowa Motor Track association and a member Of Prrsident Hoovers committee or rational traffic regulation. He is on lis way to Washington where the committee will meet Monday and Tuesday. He IS now the guest of Sucretary A. P. Marsh Of the Con- nocticut Motor Truck association and Mrs. Marsh at [ f Greenwood street.
 Mr. Peterson is one Of the three persons in the United States on tho presidents committee representing the interests of those engaged in the operation of motor trucks. The com- nittee is appointed to discuss cX- periences with the uniform vehicle code. modern municipal traffic ordinances, and the standardization oi' traffic signals.
 This afternoon he attended a con- ference with Police Board Chair man NJ. w. Bannan. Chief William C. Hart and Traffic Sergeant John ,. King at the police station and discussed traffic with those officials.
 An appointment in New York to- morrow morning made it impossible for him to accept an invitation to visit Motor Vehicle Commissioner Robbins B. Stoeckel at his home in N9rfolll.
 Besides being president of the mo- tor truck association and member ots the Hoover's committee. Mir. Peterson is chief executive of the southern Iowa motor truck group. Tfe state motor truck association there is divided into seven districts, each district having its own eXecu- tive.
 Pleased with Amber Light
 Although he said he did not care tosreveal what recommendations he would make at the conference in Washington, MT. Peterson has made a study of traffic conditions on his trnvels. What impressed him par tiGNlarly favorably is the protection afforded to pedestrians by the walk" sign on the amber light. The traffic lights are not new in the \ sst but the fact that the New Butain police department stops slI traffic for a brief interval so pc destrans can cross the street with out jeopardizing their lives is some thing the traffic expert has not en- countered befre. q think it is fine thing and should be adopted else where," he said. Tn most cities the yellow light simply means that we mesh our gears and get ready to stsrt. Here you go on the green and stop on the red. There is no half wsy thing about it.
 Alr. Petersons appointment on the committee was made by F. F.. Ladnont, secretary Of commerce, m- IgY NHOSc utpdl llIiClIt lIC NOilllIib- tcE will function.
 Among the propositions the eE- pdtts will discuss will be traffic liyhts, uniform signals. tail lights, motor truck loads, regulation of in teNstate traffic regulation of size or-truck bodies, weight of truck loads, use of trailers, re1ectors, highway signs, state and federal taxes and interstate complications or license and registration difficult ties as well as any other problems which might be presented.
 Mfr. Peterson said that while ho did not think the committee would go, into the subject of road build ing, that is problem of extreme importance in his section of til" cduntry. The east is far ahead of contain parts of the west in road construction, although the west is awakening to the need for good roads right now. he explained.
 In Iowa conditions are so bad on roads going through the soft spongy soil for which that country is not ed. that plank roads are not at all uncommon. Iowa now has voted an appropriation of more than q hun dred million dollars for roaI building program,
 Because of the Iowa soil, the hIll.- altd ravines, he reports, it costs iron. $S3 900 to $34,oo0 to bridge and grade a road and an additional Ss5,00O to S30,OO0 to pave m 15 loot highway making if almost s65,00O for a mile of concrete high way IS feet wide. In Connection. life cost would be about the sam" amount. When new roads are built there, the shoulders are represented by grass plots six feet wide.
 For Strict Enforcement
 gThe boulevard stop sign system has been in use in Iowa and other western states for about five years s@----- ---------------