Evening star., 1934-05-22
Business Men, Trade Bodies
and Officials Map
Campaign.
ENFORCEMENT BEGINS
AS PARKING BAN ENDS
Eyesight Examinations Suggested
to Cut Down Number of
Accidents Here.

With new traffic restrictions in ef-
feet or F, G and Seventh streets this
week, supplanting the drastic all-day
parking ban in effect until 10 days
ago. Washington business houses,
trade bodies and traffic officials are
mapping an intensive educational and
publicity campaign to acdGaint the
motoring public with downtown park
ing regulations.
The plan was laid before CCmmiS-
sioner Melvin C. Hazen in its tentative
form today by the Joint Committee of
Trade Bodies which drafted the sub
stitute plan for the all-day parking
ban. Arthur J. Sundlun. chairman
OF the Joint Committee. said the Com
missioner Endorsed the idea and
pledged his cooperation in carrying it
out.
To Meet Today.
Meanwhile, police officials and heads
of the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic, who have been comforting with
representatives of the Board of Trade,
Chamber of Commerce, Merchants and
Manufacturers Association and Sew
enth Street Business Mems Associa-
tions on the educational drive, are
scheduled to meet with them again
today to shape the plan in final form.
Tomorrow it will be laid before the
leading merchants of the city. repre-
sented in the department store man
ayers division of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association.
Commissioner Hazen, speaking at
a meeting of the Traffic Committee of
the Washington Board of Trade this
afternoon, announced the CommiS-
sioners plan to issue a proclamation
next Monday urging observance OF
the traffic regulations and especially
the new restrictions in the business
district. The proclamation. he added,
would also deal with better man
ners" on the part of motorists.
The plan, as tentatively outlined,
contemplates utilization of all ave-
nues of publicity and advertising at
the command of the stores including
posters in the various establishments,
announcements in the%Snewspapers.
over the radio, on bill and letter heads
and other media.
Van Duzer Gives support.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer said today the plan should
prove of great benefit in bringing
about enforcement of the new regula-
tions. The principal features of these
restrictions are no parking between
7:30 and $50 am. and and $50
pm; one-hour parking between $50
and o'clock, and creation of loading
and unloading zones in each block
for use of commercial vehicles. These
zones may also be used for discharg-
ing or taking on passengers in private
cars, but may not be used for parking.
The new regulations we're adver-
tised May 8, and under the law, be-
came effective 10 days later. The
Police Department began enforcement
yesterday
Preceding these developments to-
day, the Transportation Committee OF
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce. at its meeting yesterday. made
a number of recommendations to
traffic officials which it considered eS-
Sential to the improvement Of traffic
here, and to the reduction of acci-
dents.
Accidents in Suburbs.
Producing statistics showing that
the greatest number of accidents oc-
cur in sections outside the business
area, the group recommended that
traffic officers be concentrated in
those areas where the majority of
wrecks have taken place. In connec-
ton with this, the committee appre-
ciated that the local police force is
not sufficiently manned, but that the
officers it has might be more strste-
gically stationed.
The committee recommended that
eyeSight examinations, now made only
upon application for driving permit,
be made periodically during the time
a driver operates a car. The physical
defects of drivers, the committee said
have been shown to be responsible
for a great number of accidents.
Other recommenda tions of the
committee were for better enforce
ment of traffic lane" regulations and
a study by the traffic department of
the advisability of psychological tests
for drivers.
Discussing the street lighting situa-
ton, the committee produced statis-
tics tending to show that reduction
in appropriations for this. nationally
had revealed corresponding increase
in accidents. 1t recommended the
reinstatement of an item in the Dis
trict appropriation bill providing for
street Lighting. This item had been
considerably reduced in the House.
George E. Keneipp. chairman of the
TrapSportotiop Cop,r1ittee y,recidnd