The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-06
Traffic


troll this morning, and annoupc.
ed that In the future the prsc-
tice Ct Issuing warning tickets
70 Ill violatoeS win b done
away WITH throushout the cotan.
ty by state troopsrs."
The captain sald that the
warming tickets VIII be replaced
by court summonses for minor
violations. In case Of arrest
for reckless or drunken driving,
he said, the violators viii be nm
mediately arrested and locked
In jail until they have appear
ed before q court in answer to
the charges. 49,
Meanwhile, Sheriff Jacob y.
Theut, Police Chief Arthur RIOS
20 and various Macomh county
courts announced that they
would flight hand in-hand'' to
rid the county Of the foolish
drivers"
The 29th traffic victim, David
j. Buck, So, of Detroit, died 1t
st. Joseph's hospital this morn
ing from injuries sustained In
an accident in Mount Clemens
on May 2. He suffered intern
nj injuries.
CRASH FRIDAY
Buck was fatally injured
when the car he was driving col
lided with another driven by
Melvin BalIor, 16, of 3525 Ellen
street, Mount Clemens. at the
intersection of South Gratiot
and Esplanade early last Friday
night.
Buck was admitted to the hos
pital Saturday morning for ex-
animation after he maintained
he was not seriously injured,
complaining Of only a slight pain
in the side. Examination de-
vulged that he had suffered Sc
we're internal injuries.
DRIVER QUESTIONED
Ballor was questioned by
members of the prosecutors Of
flee this morning. Police Of
ficers said that both drivers
had been issued violation tick
cts following the accident at
the intersection of South Gratiot
and Esplanade.
CHASTITY SCORE
Bucks death was the hrst
fatality of May.
The grim score sheet for the
first four months Of the year:
January-Nine deaths and ap-
proximately zoo injured.
February-Two deaths . n d
nearly 500 injured.
March-Ten deaths, approx
mately ESQ injured.
April-Seven deaths and near
~ 500 injured.
May-(First six days. One
dead and scores injured.
County officials estimated the
injured list between 1000 and
1900 since the first of the year,
while property damage was esti-
mated at over 100000.
SHERFFS STATEMENT
Sheriff Theut said:
1.-THE Macomb county sheriff 8
department is doing, and will
continue to do, all that is in its
power to stamp out highway
accidents.
"A campaign to check all driv-
ers in the county will be under
way in the next few days. Cars
also will be checked to see that
they are in proper working con-
dition.
"As in the case of the state
police, the Macomb county sher-
ifs department is handicapped
by lack of man-power. While,
the population Of the county
continues to rise in leaps and
bounds, the size of the sheriff's
force has remained at q stand
still.
AT present we have only two
radio patrol cars on the high
ways. We should have at least
one more, possibly two, II we
are to patrol the roads to a
better advantage.
MUST BE PROTECTED
1.-THE public deserves every
protection, and the sheriffs Of
flee will do everything possible
to assure them of that protec-
ton"
Justice of the Peace William
Miller, Of Warren township, sew
eral weeks ago began his cam
paign to stamp out the reck-
less driver, and since that time
has sent nearly q dozen drivers
to Jail.
Judge Miller termed the reck-
less driver "the greatest scourge
on the highways today" in q
statement announcing his inten-
tons of sentencing traffic vio-
lators to straight Jail terms.
According to the latest figures,
approximately 1000, 900 obsolete
automobiles are strapped each
year.