Evening star., 1935-10-02
Pedestrian Laws IndOrsed
Radio Interviews at Fourteenth and Streets
Disclose Willingness to Cooperate to
Save Lives.
Save Lives.

to reduce accidents on the street, A.
Helping reduce accidents? Yes. @.
BY cooperating? A. Yes. @. In
other words, you think they should
cross at intersections and only on
the light? A. Yes.
O WHAT is your name' A Da-
W vid Burke. @. Do you drive
car? A. Yes. @. You are a pedes-
trian, too? A. Yes. @. You have
read in the papers about Traffic Di-
rector Van Duzer's plan for control
ing pedestrians? A. That's right. @.
What do you think about 1t? A. l
think it's a very good thing. c.
Would you be willing to pay fine if
YOU crossed a street in disobedience
to the lights? A. Yes. I believe in
obeying all laws. Q. How much fine
do you think you ought to pay for dis
obeying the regulations? A. Accord
ing to what I can afford, would say.
c. For example, Traffic Director Van
Duzer has proposed 81 fine for a
jaywalker. and a 81 fine for the man
going against the lights. Would you
be willing to pay that? A. Yes.
n HERE is another gentleman
W What is your name, please? A.
Anton Foster of Pittsburgh. Q. Have
you been in Washington very long?
A. have been here at frequent inter-
vals @. You have read that Traf1c
Director Van Duzer has proposed a
plan to control pedestrians. Would
you favor that? A. 1 would favor it
if it would possibly work, but I know
from experience with cities from st.
Louis to Sidney, Cape Breton, that
it sometimes does not work. 1t is
as hard to collect the fines in those
cases as it is your tags for parking.
In other words. there Is some way of
getting around it, and the parties
who are the fragrant breakers of an
ordinance of that kind are the ones
who probably are not familiar With
the fact that such an ordinance
exists. They will dive across in back
of cars they will forget the fact
that from curb to curb belongs to the
motorist when the lights are in his
favor and they forget the fact, also
that old story of the mother having
a light in the window is for the pur-
pose of welcoming the boy or some
body else back home and it is the
dependents of the daddy, the father,
who feel it most. and they are begging
daddy. when he leaves home in the
morning, to make sure that he loes
not come home a cripple.
% HERE is another gentleman
over here. What is your name?
A. Fred Baldwin @. Do you drive a
car? A. Yes, 1 do. @. Where do you
live? A. Lacrosse, Wis. @. You have
read in the papers. suppose, about
Traffic Director Van Duzer's plan for
controlling the pedestrians in Wash
ington? A. Yes, have. They have
this plan in operation in Minneapolis.
@. How does it work there? Is it a
success? A. 1t is to a certain extent.
although they have tried fining the
pedestrians and they brought up a
test case and the city lost. @. How
much are the pedestrians fined out
there? A 1t runs from 81 to SIS. @.
What Is the range Of fines?
A. 1t was 81 tor walking against the
light and IS for jay-walking. @. How
long have you been in Washington?
A. have been here three weeks. @.
Have you observed traffic conditions
since you have been there? A. To some
extent. @. Have you any suggestions
for cutting down the number of acci-
dents? A. Cut down the number Of
cruising taxis.
n HERE Is q lady who has been
" driving for a long time. What
is your name, please? A. Elvie Claire.
Riverdale, Md. @. What would you
suggest to help traffic conditions here?
A. 1 agree with Director Van Duzer
in holding parents responsible for
children on the street. For instance,
on the scooters and skates. Any child
on the street with skate or scooter,
their parents should be arrested and
the children should be taken to the
police station until called for by the
parents. That will help parents to
prevent traffic accidents. @. Do you
think people should. walk across the
streets against the red lights? A. No,
they should not. That is what the
red lights are installed for, for the
protection of the public and the drivers.