Evening star., 1940-05-18
Traffic Council
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Recommends
Appointment
Representative Davis
OF Tennessee Urged
For D. c. Committee
BY q. ADAMS HOWARD.

for Job. Representative Davis Of
Tennessee was the selection.
The council at q meeting last
night In the District Building
unanimously adopted q resolution
asking that the Speaker appoint
Mr.. Davis to membership on the
House District Committee. The &C.
ton followed an address by Mr..
Davis, who was vice mayor Of
Memphis and commissioner Of pub
Lie safety.
Mr.. Davis stated that washington
was the most outstanding, the most
beautiful, and could be made the
safest city in the world. Calling
upon the homes, schools, churches
and civic organizations to CO.
operate, he said that he could get
the full cooperation Of Congress.
Burton w. Marsh, director Of
trafic and safety engineering of
the American Automobile Aosocia-
ton, gave an analysis Of Washing
tons entry In the pedestrian pro-
lection contest. He praised the
work Of the local papers, stating
that they had done much to better
conditions here. He pointed out
that 9 out of 10 fatalities occurred
to non-drivers. For this reason he
emphasized the need Of making
contact with pedestrians of this
nature that they might be safe
guarded.
Safety Council Aide Speaks.
Lloyd A. Blanchard, District field
representative of the National Safe
ty Council, was another speaker.
He also stressed the need Of help
ing the pedestrian and urged that
a campaign to aid this class be
dramatized.
The council approved the report
of E. S. Hege, chairman of the
Traffic Safety Promotion Commit
tee, to obtain city maps for the
various police precincts, detailing
by pins the various accidents oc-
curing daily. In his report it was
stated that the director of vehicles
and traffic has agreed to secure
precinct maps and pins for use as
traffic accident spot maps to show
every day the number and location
Of any accident resulting in a pas
senger fatality, pedestrian fatality,
passenger injury, pedestrian injury
property damage. These maps will
keep each precinct and all officers
posted up to date where trafIic acci-
dents are occurring. The different
size and shape of pin heads will
indicate the result of the accident.
Each precinct already has three
prints Of similar spot maps which
will be valuable for comparison with
the up-to-date pin maps. These
three maps were furnished by the
Safety Promotion Committee from
data secured in cooperation with
the Recreation Department from
the records of the Police Depart
ment. The first map spotted loca-
ton of 888 child traffic injuries or
fatalities in 1898 for the entire city.
The second map gave the same in
formation on 842 child injuries and
fatalities In 1899. The third map
spots location of 745 adult night
time injuries and fatalities.
Enforcement Report Approved.
Harry S. Vendors report for the
Committee on Legislation and En-
forcement was approved. This re-
port asked that the Commissioners
favor concentrating enforcement
agencies in locations where acci-
dents are most apt to occur, uni
form enforcement of traffic regu-
lations in Police Court, a full-time
traffic judge and the reduction of
taxicabs from $500 to $500.
The report stated in part:
Your committee feels that
it is necessary to assign at least
one Traffic Court judge on a full
time basis, with the thought that
when the work Of the traffic bench
has increased so as to necessitate
the full time of two judges, the
number of Police Court judges may
We augmented and two assigned
w full-time Traffic Court duty.
"The committee recommends that
the TRAFFIC Advisory Council 60 on
record expressing its approval in
principle Of the proposed bill H. r.
OTIS = amended = to read as
follows: BE it enacted = that
section AZ of the District of CO.
lumbia Code of 1901, as amended,
is further amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new
sentence-"The presiding judge of
the Police Court shall assign for a
period of not less than one year
one judge of the court whose sole
duty shall be the trial of cases
involving violations Of the trafilc
laws and regulations and in the
absence, sickness, or disability Of
such judge, may assign a substitute,
or when the expeditions trial of such
cases requires, may. temporarily, as
sign an additional Judge to such
duty" Section 2. Section 6 ID of
the District of Columbia Trafdc
Act, 1925, is amended to read as
follows: "O All prosecutions for
violations Of provisions of the
Traffic Act, excepting section II
thereof, and this act or regulations
made and promulgated under the
authority of said act, shall be in
the Police Court of the District Of
Columbia upon information filed by
the corporation counsel of the Dis
trict Of Columbia or any Of his as
sistants and shall be tried by any
judge assigned for that purpose as
provided in section AZ Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Code"
Home Play Model Advised.
A report by H. v. schreiber on
education for children was read
and approved. It was suggested
that typical home play lots, home
made and purchased equipment
be acquired and set up and shifted
about to the various parts Of the
city by the recreation department
as a demonstration unit to show
parents how they can help keep
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