The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-22
-FOUR POINT TRAFFIC SAFETY
PROGRAM PUBLISHED

"
Publishes 48 Page Manual of
Suggested Procedure for
Communities
Baltimore, Md.,-(SpeciaD A four
point program of activities in traf-
fic accident control for communities
of all sizes was released by the Motor
Vehicle Department of the State of
Maryland with the publication of
4S page traffic safety manual,
Creating Safer Communities" Cop
les of the book, of which there are
now only a limited number, will be
mailed to city and town officials, po-
lice executives, school authorities,
Judges, officers of civic organizations,
and outstanding citizens interested
in traffic accident prevention. All
will be urged to consider the ap-
plication of the plan in their own
communities. They will be asked to
fit it into traffic safety activities now
in operation or to use it as basis
for safety programs under consider
alton.
In a foreword to the publication
the Motor Vehicle Commissioner
pledges his help to those groups
working for traffic accident control.
1.-THE Commissioner of Motor Vehic-
les of the State of Maryland, the
foreword reads, sis putting this in
formation into your hands because he
believes that your interest in the con-
servation of life and property on
MARYLAND highways will impel you to
make the best use of it. If you do
this, you will have vitality contributed
to the improvement Of conditions, not
only within your own community but
throughout the State of Maryland. !"
The four basic features of the sug-
gested program include the prepare
ton and use of accident facts, the ex-
tension of child and adult education,
improved enforcement of traffic laws
and better engineering for traffic
safety. The organization of cit
izens' Traffic Control Committee
where no such committee now exists,
ia called for. This committee is
urged to work in close cooperation
with municipal and town authorities,
the police, the schools and the courts.
Where possible, the appointment Of
the committees chairman by the
mayor or corresponding authority is
recommended.
The manual, Creating Safer Com
munities'' is divided into five parts.
Part One, entitled Getting the Pro-
gram Under Way" describes in de-
tail the preliminary steps for organ
izing the Citizens Traffic Safety Con-
troll Committee. 1t tells how the
ground work for a community pro-
gram should be inaugurated with the
appointment of four committees for
action.
Part Two deals with the work of
subcommittee charged with the
duty of getting accident facts.
Part Three, dealing with the edu-
cational program, recommends divid-
| ing the education committee into two
parts, one for adult and one for child
activities.
A school program with methods of
safety education which can be taught
in the primary grades and in the high
schools is described. Schoolboy pa
trolls, classroom and playground dis
cussion, traffic safety and good driv-
ing courses for high schools are
among the recommendations.
Part Four takes up the functions
of the enforcement committee, urges
the organization of accident investi-
CATION squads and recommends in
tensive training of certain police Of
ficers in such work.
Part Five covers the work of the
SuSlucoIAA6 PAOJOSAS WAkNh A$NS ~
taken up Immediately. Next 1t de-
scribes the procedure for analyzing
and studying the worst accident To-
cations in the community. There is
discussion of rerouting traffic ana
of the right and wrong conditions for
establishing through ways.
A sixth part deals with traffic &C.
tivities which are applicable strictly
to rural communities. The manual
points out the necessity for work in
these areas and suggests means OF
modifying the recommendations
made for urban communities.
1t is emphasized throughout that
all the committee activities should be
carried on with the goal Of establish