The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
kinney URGES
TRAFFIC COURT
FOR STICKERS
Police Chief Seeks Relief
From System Caring
For Politicians.
MAYOR TO NAME BOARD
Group Will Study Needed
Changes in City'S
Motor Laws.

to handle all motor law violations
in the city was advocated today by
Police Chief Jerry e. Kinney to give
relief from the overridden system OF
caring for" stickers from political
friends and business men.
The committee of civic and COM
mercial representatives which Will
be named as result of the traffic
conference Tuesday night in the
Office of Mayor Reginald H. Sulli-
van will consider recommending the
proposal to the city council.
Sullivan and Charles r. Myers,
safety board president, who presided
at the meeting, will select a repre-
sentative committee to make a care
full study of the local problem and
recommend revisions in the code.
Tells of Difficulties
with a traffic court for all cases
the motorist who is arrested either
will pay his fine or go before the
Judge, thus eliminating entirely this
question of taking care of stickerS,"
Kinney said.
Kinney related the difficulties en-
countered in enforcing the traffic
ordinances and told of the tricks
resorted to by good citizens" to
evade the traffic law.
MANY good business men get
their license out of town for the ex-
pressed purpose of ignoring the
traffic law" Kinney said. Others
give incorrect addresses so that it
will be difficult to locate them"
Stickers Sent Back
1--WE have taken care of stickers
for business houses in emergency
cases, but had to send some of
them back and ask when they start
ed keeping open at night. Scores
of the stickers supposed to have
been placed on customer cars were
for no tail lights and other vio-
lationS at night"
Designation of passenger loading
zones in the center of each block
was augmented by Kinney as a
remedy for the adjustment of the
downtown loading zones, which
were held invalid.
Kinney reported that the Indi-
annapolis Street Railway Company
promised to run street cars across
town, eliminating right and left
turns downtown, as soon as the
Belt is elevated on the south side.
Collected $4,000 in Fines
The traffic department under
Captain Louis Johnson collected
$4,000 in fines up to June, which
is double the entire amount received
last year, Kinney said.
Banning of all downtown parking
as a relief for ~congested conditions
was proposed by Todd Stops,
Hoosier Motor Club manager, and
favored by other speakers.
Stops cited the need of a tow
in" ordinance, permitting police to
haul improperly parked machines
to a pound, pointing out the plan
worked in Detroit and other cities.
Lack of Officers Handicap
Lack of sufficient officers to en-
force properly the present ordinance
was declared to be one of the chief
difficulties in Indianapolis. Stops
urged properly marked streets and
termed electric signals as hazards
in outlying districts"
Prohibition of parking before 9
a. m. and during the rush hour in
the evening was suggested by Myers
as a plan to keep office workers
from usurping the parking space all
day.
Appointment of a vigilance COM
mittee to report violatorS and patrol
wagon rides for offenders we're sug-
gestions of Dr.. Charles R. SouderS.
Favors Parking Ban
H. M. Glossbrenner, Board of
Trade representative, pointed out
the need for motorists to obey the
law for the good of all. He said
the board favored the ban on park
ing before 9 a. m.
Captain Louis johnson forecast
the time is near when all parking
win be prohibited in the business
area. johnson stressed the fact
that the squad of fourteen motor
cyclemen had not been increased
since 1928, although the number of
cars and trucks had jumped. Three
ifths of the time of the squad in
June was spent on special details,
he said.
Corporation Counsel Edward H.
told the business men that
there is a legal way of providing
for the loading zones for CONNER
cial houses by requiring council to