Evening star., 1935-09-21
LETTERS APPLAUD
SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Hundreds Being Received by
Star Council, in Charge
| of Drive.

Hundreds of letters dealing with
various phases of The Star safety cam
paign are being received by the Safety
Council. Excerpts from some Of these
letters follow:
Having served for IL years on the
safety councils Of the Chambers of
Commerce Of two great cities, and hav-
ing driven an automobile 20 years
am naturally much interested in your
efforts to bring about safer driving
conditions, and in Director Van
Duzer's daily articles.
II inclose my pledge, and extend 1t
to include my approval, support and
cooperation, but the pledge needs two
more items-a promise to signal before
starting from curb and promise not
to park double. There should be no
need for the latter, any more than for
q promise to obey any traffic law, but
1t Is in the front rank with WASH
ington's cardinal traffic evils-snake
driving, turning from wrong lane and
too high a per cent Of outright
discourtesy.
1.-The two safety councils I served
with found that we did not need more
laws, nor any pledges, but enforce
ment of existing laws. end an adequate
number of hard-boiled traffic police,
like the late Harry Sinclair. There is
always and everywhere a high per
cent Of traffic 'scoff laws and you will
never curb .her except by severity"
BURT ESTEP.
1850 Columbia road.
1--WE have visited many cities, but
nowhere have seen such reckless dis
regard for life and limb as in Wash
ington. The pedestrian has no rights
at all-you just have to mutter a
prayer when you tart across. The
drivers shout at you if you don't run
and they seem to come from every
where. I hope you can accomplish
some good with your safety council
and thus we will see some improve
ment the next time we come to
Washington"
MRS. JOSEPH MEYERS.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
81 congratulate you upon your ef-
forts to reduce accidents and to make
the streets and highways safer to
travel on. It gives me pleasure to
inclose four signed pledge cards for
myself and three sons. We have al
ways observed the rules you indorse,
with the result that we have never
had an accident"
w. w. CRAWFORD.
73 Rhode Island avenue.
ATTACHED, please find my signed
safe-driving pledge. Although not a
resident of the District Of Columbia,
drive q great deal in the District
and I must congratulate you on your
wonderful work, not only on behalf
Of the motorists of the District, but
also on behalf Of the pedestrians.
There is no possible doubt that If
the citizens of the District of Colum-
bia and nearby Virginia and Mary
land would sign your pledge and abide
by same, accidents would be practi-
cally eliminated insofar as the motor
ist Is concerned.
eff similar pledge were published
covering the pedestrian, relative to
jaywalking, cutting corners and cross
ing at Intersections against the traffic
signals, I think this would add ma
terially to your wonderful under
taking"
HENRY T. McCUEN,
Mayor Of Glen Echo, Nd.
,"I think you are putting too much
emphasis on the curves on the De-
fense Highway being bad and alto
gether too little on the tendency of
drivers to use it as a speedway"
T. L. Mulford.
II am sending in my signed safety
driving pledge. I have been driving
since 1921 and have not had an acci-
dent and hope don't"
Walter j. Slicer.
1889 Newton street.
I am enclosing safety pledge cards
signed by my employees.
"The Evening Star is to be con-
graduated upon its extreme civic
consciousness in endeavoring to make
Washington safer place in which to
drive.
"While in the Is years that we
have been here in business, we have
never had any accident of any conse-
quence, 1t Is In an effort to further
and preserve that record that we are
joining your commendable campaign"
Isaac Bindeman.
400 Seventh street.