Evening star., 1932-09-04
out your driving permits and
look at them See II their date

"AKE out your driving permits and
look at them. See II their date
of usefulness has expired. If So
i or II nearly so, 60 right down
to the Traffic Department and
get them renewed. An expired permit
Is just the same as no permit at an and
the law is very definite about what pun
ashment may follow.
Renew Your Permit.
This advice or warning is given out
TODAY by william A. Van DuZer, Direc-
tor OF the Department of Motor Vehicles
and Trafic. According to his records,
a great many permits have expired and
q great many more will do so In the
near future. Any one planning to leave
the city for vacation may take his old
permit down to the Traffic Department,
on the first floor of the Ford Building,
451 Pennsylvania avenue, and upon
handing over the required So, obtain
new permit good for three years. The
new permit will be dated ahead to cor
respond with the date Of expiration OF
the old one.
Nothing could be more simple and
obedience of these instructions may save
you lot of trouble.
Van Duzer Tells Two.
Mr.. Van Duzer has two good stories.
Recently woman appeared at the
Traffic Department for an examination
to obtain her first permit to drive. A
policeman accompanied her through the
various required stunts and turned her
down. Now, ordinarily. one cannot be
re-examined until after three days. In
this case, however a little leniency was
given The woman was desirous OF dr1v-
e. ha rnyt dQu and her
failure to pass the examination was be-
cause she could not park her car right.
Well, for some unknown reason that
happens to the best of us. Just some
days now and then driver has trouble
in parking in a large space, although
he or she has had no trouble for months
past in parking in very small area.
SO, at any rate, the woman was given
another chance A different policeman
was sent out with her. He extended
every courtesy 1t finally developed that
the woman did not know how to back
her car at ALL The policeman informed
her that she could not pass the test and
requested her to drive him back to the
Trafic Department. On the way she
stripped her gears and no one could
drive it to Kansas-at least for quite
time.
n EdAhkhb OsoAys
The other story has to do with park
ing. 1t came to the Traffic Department
that a particular driver in the city
was storing his car in the street in
front of his home. He had tarpaulin
rigged up over it, and the car was
nicely protected from all the elements,
including dust Now the District reg
ulations forbid a car being stored or
parked on the streets anywhere more
than 18 hours.
A policeman was sent to investigate.
Jokingly but with serious face, he
questioned the owner. That's pretty
good idea, isn't it?" he said. Where
upon, the owner. unsuspecting, replied
in the Affirmative. Then the policeman
said why don't you get some frame
work, cover it with your tarpaulin, so
you could drive right in. thus saving
yourself lot Of trouble?"
"T hadn't thought of that" replied
the owner. THAT is a splendid sug-
gestion. Why. it would be just like a
garage"
The policeman questioned no further,
but later met the car owner in Traffic
Court.
That the above story is not exag-
gerated Is youched for.
Traffic Plans.