Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

A Few Questions.
I have read with great interest the
letters you published on November
under your new caption, I'm My Opin-
ion" and If YOU consider the following
as constructive thoughts. kindly publish
this letter:
Why is not there a stop sign at the
southeast corner of Columbia and On
tario roads, when there is one on the
northwest corner? Why Is not there
stop sign at the southeast corner OF
Euclid and Columbia road, a most
treacherous spot?
Will the following points be ever con-
trolled by lights:
Fifteenth and H streets northwest.
Fifteenth and 1 streets northwest.
Fourteenth and H streets northwest
Fourteenth and streets northwest
Fourteenth and K streets northwest
Connecticut avenue and K street
northwest.
Connecticut avenue and street
northwest.
Seventeenth and streets northwest.
Seventeenth and H streets northwest.
Is there any reason why an officer Is
directing traffic during the middle OF
the day at the intersection OF Rhode
Island and Connecticut avenues, where
the traffic is not then worse than at
Connecticut avenue and K street and
street, where there is no control? While
there is an officer directing traffic dur
ing the so-called rush hours at FIJI
tenth and H, Fourteenth and K, Four
tenth and I streets, are not these in
tersections always in a rush condition?
The letter signed B. Stanley and pub
lished on october II in your paper Wv
idly describes what happens when the
crossing officer leaves his post, and at
the above-named places the only re-
course Is to take chance. Will that
be remedied some day? H. l..
Criticizes Rotary Turn
At Sixteenth and T Streets.
Mr.. Harland's and Mr. Eldridge's
opinions of their pet type of left turn,
the alleged rotary turn in use in the
Capital, would receive rude shocks did
they, as the writer frequently ard I'M
fortunately has to do, have to make a
right turn south into Sixteenth street
at T street any afternoon between a
quarter of and $50.
The writer has attempted to make
this turn practically every working day
for the past two months, and recollects
that twice has he been able to make 1t
without delay, every other time beiag
pinched of behind the second car max
ing the left turn north into Sixteenth
street. These left-turners so block the
street that it Is impossible for a driver
behind them to make the right turn
on the proper light, and the result is
that the perfectly inoffenSive right
turner is held up at least one cycle of
the lights, while the unorthodox left
turner's go merrily about their business
after the customary but needless delay
of sitting croSSwise in an empty street
waiting for light to turn.
am pointing out this corner for the
reason that I can assure the traffic
powers that be of like fate to mine
on any business day they wish to in
vestigate
There are plenty of corners like this
in town where many precious minutes
are lost during the day because of the
inane and perfectly purposel~ IS left turn
now in operation. A. w. G.
Says Stop Signs Are
Inadequately Placed.
Much has been said about the placing
of stop signs at various intersections
throughout the city. Undoubtedly many
OF these signs are placed at unimpor-
tant places and cause unnecessary halts
If, however, the Traffic Bureau has
so many of these signs that they must
place them at street corners seemingly
Just to get rid of them, why Is IL that
some important spots are overlooked?
I refer to the intersection of Massa-
chusettS and Wisconsin avenues. Here
two heavily travelled thoroughfareS run
into each other. When a traf1c police
man Is not on duty the congestion is
very bad and the situation Is dangerous
Presumably the vehicle on the right
has the right of way, but an observer
would not believe it.
Unquestionably, in my opinion, stop
sign should be placed here. Preferably
it should be placed on Wisconsin ave-
nue., as machines proceeding southwark
have to come to stop before making a
left turn. In the interests of safety
cannot something be done about this?
L. B. c.
Protests Against
Nj Street Congestion.
want to indorse most heartily the
suggestion of N. r. c. that pedestrians
along the Lee Highway be urged to walk
against traffic instead OF with it. Like
N. r. c., too have on several occa-
sions narrowly avoided running down
the walkers on the narrow shoulders of
the highway. If they refuse to walk
against traffic then they should carry
lanterns at night for their own safety.
1 also want to protest most vehe-
mently against the chronic traffic con-
town. which could be greatly alleviated
If not entirely eliminated through the
medium of restrictions against parking
during the rush hours.
Although widened some years ago, NJ
street is yet too narrow to carry the
tremendous volumes of traffic that it
does while automobiles are permitted to
park at the curb. particularly during
the morning and afternoon rush hours.
Tlar fY1er SINA k@A al an q
south side in the morning rush hour
and on the north side in the after
noon rush hour. Such restrictions have
been adopted on many other streets,
few of them as heavily travelled as NJ
street in Georgetown. ]. E. c.
Speaks in Behalf Of
The LOwly Pedestrian.
AS one who occasionally, but not
regularly, drives to and from work, and
therefore knows of the dangers to pc
destrians first hand, want to say
word for protection of the lowly pc
destrian. There has been much argu-
ment as to the faults of jay-walkers
and careless pedestrians, but the fact
remains that the pedestrian places his
life or limb in jeopardy when he tries
to cross a busy intersection.
Automatic traffic light signals were
installed to protect the pedestrian pri-
marilv and yet, due to the right hand
turn by motorists, they are entirely in
effective.
Because the situation will be with us
probably permanently, it Is high time,
in my opinion, that something be done
to force the motorist to observe laws OF
common fairness. Almost any minute
during busy hours on downtown inter-
sections one can see pedestrians, who
have waited for the green signal, ven