The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
Paths For Bicyclists, Pedestrians Advised
 For State Highways
Elimination of Free System, Amendment of Penalties For Drunken Driving, Speed Limits Set By COm-
 rnunities Among Recommendations Made

study be made of the traffic hazard problem which results from con- gestion at roadside stands and at vehicles of itinerant vendors where facilities for parking off the high way are not provided.
 In regard to speed in municipali- ties. the commission recommends that local traffic authorities in the municipalities shall be given au- thority to adopt regulations fixing speed limits upon any street, high way or bridge within its limits other than a trunk line or state aid highway, speed in excess of which shall be deemed to be unrea- sonable, and provide that no such regulation shall become effective until the state traffic commission has approved it and such signs giving notice of the speed limits shall have been erected as that commission shall order"
 In its conclusions on the effect of car inspections on safety, the commission states that it is sig nificant that the eighteen states requiring car inspection have re- ported to the national safety coUn- cil decrease in fatalities for 1888 over 1897 of 24.78o, while the re- maining thirty states show a de- crease in fatalities in 1888 over 1897 of 19.5%6. The states having inspections have obviously bene- fitted by them, and it is apparent that these states consider such in- spections a well worth while part of their safety campaigns"
 The report reveals that the com- mission has been requested by a number of judges of the lower courts in the state to study the question of the proper legal weights for large commercial ve- hicleS as there is considerable variance between the legal limits allowed in Connecticut and those of nearby states.
 Second Offenders
 'The attention of the commits sion," says the report, ''has been called, by a number of judges, to the practical difficulties in securing convictions by juries for a second ofense of driving while intoxicated and they have made recommenda- tion that the minimum sentence for the second offense of drunken driv- ing to be shortened from six months to sixty days; that the six months minimum be retained for subsequent ofenseS; that the period of six years stated in Section 6487 as the length of time during which a second of- fense shall bring certain penalties be shortened to three years and that this three year period remain in ef- feet for any subsequent offense.
 'The commission believes strongly in strict penalty for the first of fenSe of driving while intoxicated and for any subsequent offense. It recommends, however, that careful consideration be given to the rec ommendation made by the judges Of the lower courts in regard to short ening the minimum sentence for the second offenSe of drunken driving if that will result in a full applica- tion of the penalty at all times by all courts.
 "ThiS commission endores the rec ommendation of the legislative council that there be mandatory suspension of license for six months upon conviction for a first offense of driving while intoxicated. It recommends further that there be permanent revocation of license upon conviction of a third offense for drunken driving"
 Local Enforcement
 The commission gives much con- Sideration in its report to the mat ter of focal enforcement" and in regard to the fee system for con-