Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
POLICE Plan DRIVE
AGAINST FIXING OF
PARKING TICKETS
Wholesale Disregard of Order
to Post Collateral Results
in New Plan.
MANY TRAFFIC VIOLAT0RS
ESCAPE PAYING FINES
Officers Would Issue Triplicate
Cards, Preventing Escape Of
Violators.

Aroused by the wholesale disregard
Of tickets issued by police for parking
violations, Commissioner Herbert B..
Crosby and Police Inspector E. w.
Brown, in charge of the TRAFFIC Bureau,
are working on plan designed to pre-
vent any violator from escaping punish
ment
The new plan was conceived by In
spector Brown when a check up OF
tickets issued for parking violations
showed that a large number were not
honored. In other words, many OF the
parking violators either failed to go TO
the precinct station and put up collat-
eral as directed. or the officers who
issued the tickets were talked out OF
making a case.
Plan Triplicate Tickets.
The scheme under consideration pro-
Vides for issuance of the parking ticketS
In triplicate-one to be given to the
driver, another to be sent to the Irafic
Bureau, and the third to be retained
by the oflcer. A record would be kept
Of each ticket at the Traffic Bureau
and the disposition Of the case would
be noted.
The policeman issuing the ticket
would be held TO strict account Tor foi-
lowing up the case. He could not De
persuaded to tear up the ticket be-
cause the Trafic Bureau would know
OF his act, and the violator who failed
to deposit collateral would be arrested
on o warrant.
Inspector Brown believes the tripl-
cate ticket will bring a better COM
H. 4r-aH In
IN the practice of many drivers OF
ignoring the pink cards or OF bringing
pressure to bear on officers to nave
them abandon prosecution.
He declares present compliance Is not
much in excess Of SO per cent.
Check-Up Proposed.
A thorough system Of checking on the
disposition Of parking cases is proposed
50 the vioIator who ignores the pink
ticket will be unable to escape the
penalty.
Clerks in the TRAFFIC Bureau would
be assigned 20 keep reports on the
offenders who fail to put up collateral,
and warrants would be issued for them.
IN such cases the schedule OF collaterals
will be higher than those fixed for the
violator who obeys the notice on the
ticket to deposit collateral.
"A
ent but no check is kept on dispose
ton of the cases. The unfairness OF
the present arrangement, however Is
that the offender who has q friend
in the Police Department usually nnds
q way to fix it up" The of1cer, under
the new plan. could not AK" tickets
without the TRAFFIC Bureau knowing
It, and the bureau would not sanction 1t.
win study Other Cities.
It is proposed TO put the new system
into effect July !, when the trafnc cooe
undergoes O thorough oyerhaul1ng ana
q new regime takes command. In the
meantime, Inspector Brown INTENDS 10
study plans adopted in other cities for
coping with drivers who attempt to
escape penalties, to learn whether the
plan for tightening enforcement can
be improved.
Another plan contemplated provides
for stricter enforcement of the regula-
lions relating to the mechanical con-
dition of vehicles and at the same time
giving the violators an opportunity 10
avoid punishment by correcting minor
mechanical defects.
A ticket containing is minor onenses
has been drawn up by Inspector Brown.
IL lists such offenses as driving with
only one headlight burning, dirty iden-
tifcatIon tags, dazzling headlights and
improperly adjusted lights.
Instead OF making arrests for such
offenses. policemen would issue tickets
to the drivers, directing them to have
the conditions corrected within a speci-
fed time and report to the Trafhc Blu
reau. Drivers who failed 70 comply
would be arrested.