Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

after a day at the office, is not as
alert as during other hours Of the
day, children playing in the
streets cannot be seen as quickly,
while other factors also add to the
necessity for maximum precau-
tions on the part of the motorist."
Those hours come at the peak of
heaviest traffic in Washington,
when the Government Offices and
private Offices close up shop and
every one wants to get home or
to the country club as quickly as
possible.
Danger Hours Shown.
Later in the evening, around
dusk, many folks go out for
drive or downtown to a show
Naturally after a hearty dinner
vigilance relaxes and comfort
comes, which may or may not
have something to do with recur-
renee of traffic accidents, but the
association points out, signif1-
cantly, that from the standpoint
of fatal accidents, the danger
hours are from 6 to 8 pm. In
this two-hour period occurred 16
per cent of the fatal accidents in
$780," Wonder how much Of that
was due to the giggle water which
is supposed to be illegal in our fair
city?
Mr.. Van Duzer has E-cde it plain
that automobile thieves are going
to have hard time getting along
in Washington next year. He has
announced rigid plan for titling
of all cars, which again meets
modern practice in other States.
and will forbid the auto thief the
loophole he has had in the past
here. Applications for titles have
been placed in every police pre-
cinct station, the headquarters
and branch Offices of the motoring
associations, the trade bodies and
at all other points where the
motorist may pick them up with
out trouble.
Titling Demanded.
He hopes to complete the titling
Of every automobile in Washington
some $4,000 of them-before
January l, which is quite a man
sized task, knowing the trait Of
human nature that impells most
of us to hold off until the last
moment. But with the warning
that your car must be titled prop
erly before you get your 1882
license plates, Mr.. Van Duzer also
points out that not only will you
not be able to get your plates next
year if your car is not titled. but
also you are liable to a fine of
$1,000, imprisonment, or both.
What with bootleggers and other
law breakers filling the jails, it is
not likely that merely because you
failed to secure title to your car
you will join the colony of ex-
patriateS down on the banks of
the tepid AnacoStia River.
Preparations go on for the 1892
celebration Of George Washing
tons birthday, in which the Ma
tional Capital will be the Nation
focal point. Neighboring sub
urban areas are putting their
houses in order, or rather their
roadways in order, and preparing
for the heaviest motor travel of
history for the 1892 bicentennial.
But meanwhile here in Washing
ton Improvements are moving
forward to keep pace with the
improvements in nearby counties
Of Maryland and Virginia.
Street Projects,
Two of the major projects are
the extension of New York avenue
from Florida avenue northeast to
BladenSburg road, common
sense development which will re-
move much of the tangled traffic
northbound from Maryland avenue
and Rhode Island avenue. and an
improvement on BladenSburg
road from Fifteenth and H streets
northeast to the District line. The
latter work involves removal of
the center curbs from H to L
street and surfacing of the center
strip from that point to the Dis
trict line, providing a wide, smooth
surfaced road as one of the main
entrances to the Capital Recon-
struction of Sixteenth street from
the Tiger Bridge to Alaska avenue
and reconstruction Of the Virginia
approach to the Highway Bridge
are among the other major prof.
ects planned to aid traffic in 1882.
AS to traffic lights, the traffic
director already is on record as
proposing to eliminate some of
the lights which he deems useless
in their present locations. He is
taking a forward-looking view of
the traffic situation, is not bound
by insularities and on the whole
is a progressive individual who is
bound to aid the traffic situation
in one of the hardest cities in
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