Evening star., 1946-08-10
frightened Regulation!
Expected 10 Cut Toll
|0f Traffic Accidents

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OF Traffic Accidents
Traffic Director George E. Ke-
neipp today was looking toward the
Capitals weekend traffic accident
and arrest records for what he hoped
would be substantiation of his be-
lief that tightening of regulations
had made Washington drivers more
cautions.
Mr.. Keneipp declared at press
conference yesterday his observa-
tions indicated drivers already had
been affected by newspaper reports
of recent accidents and announce
ment of the new permit-suspension
rules.
Police Inspector Arthur E. Miller
and 1t. William J. Liverman, chief
of the Accident Investigation Unit.
agreed with Mr. Keneipp that the
suspension or revocation of permits
were more effective penalties than
fines or collateral forfeited.
As Arrested in "a Hours.
Meanwhile, police records showed
46 arrests for speeding IS miles an
hour or more in the 24-hour period
at am. today. OF these, % were
charged with driving above 40 miles
per hour, bringing them under Mr..
Keneipp's new 30-day permit sus-
pension rule.
Police reported II cases of traffic
injury during the 24-hour period
ending at 7 am, only one of them
serious.
Thelma Dunn. 5, colored, OF 4416
Falls terrace Sc, was reported in
fair condition in Gallinger Hospital
with head injuries and conclusion.
Police said she was struck by an
automobile operated by James A.
Roane. 81, colored, of 1889 Swami
street NV, when she ran into the
street in front of her home last
night. Mr.. Roane took the child to
the hospital in his automobile, ac-
cording to the report.
John H. Austin, 81, Boyds, Md,
suffered fractured left leg in a
freak accident yesterday on the
Boyds- Buck Lodge road about a mile
from Boyds.
According to Montgomery County
police, Mr.. Austin was standing on
the side of the road talking to a
friend in parked car when a pass
ing truck driven by Thomas M.
King, Boyds, caught his clothing and
threw him to the ground.
Dragged by Truck.
Police said Mr.. Austin's leg be-
came jammed in a spring on the
truck and he was dragged several
feet before the vehicle came to a
stop. He was taken to the County
General Hospital at Sandy Spring
No charges were placed against the
truck driver.
Miss Mary Patricia Brickley, 10.
of 7l2 Quincy street NV, received
head and leg cuts yesterday when
the car in which she was riding COL
lided with two other automobiles ON
Central avenue near the Anne
Arundel County line. She was
taken TO Casualty Hospital. Prince
Georges County police said reckless
driving charges were placed against
David B. Boyce, 18, of $40 Boxbor-
ough place NV, whom they listed
as the driver of the car in which
Miss Brickley was riding. Similar
charges also were placed against the
drivers Of the other two cars. Maui
rice A. Gainey, jr., %, of 1901 v
street NV. and Mrs. Rachel C..
WEIGH, IS, Epping Forest, Md. A
preliminary hearing will be held at
10 am. Friday in Upper Marlboro
Police Court.
New Rules Approved.
At the press conference yesterday,
Mr.. Keneipp announced he had ap-
proved new rules for persons under
I21 applying for permits. These ap-
plicants hereafter will be required
to answer questions concerning the
time required to bring to a stop an
automobile operated at given
speed and to demonstrate their abil-
ity to gauge distance, he explained.
Mr.. Keneipp said he also had ap-
proved addition of a stricter park
ing test to the examinat ton pro-
cedure for all applicants. They will
be required to park an automobile
between barriers limiting an area
at the curb about equal to that of
the average parking space.
A study of the practicability OF
adding test of speedometer &C
curacy to the District motor vehicle
inspection will be made, Mr.. Ke-
neipp promised. He said he felt
drived would welcome this service,
since few ever have speedometers
checked.
Will Press Charges.
Mr.. Keneipp warned that he
planned to press cases against driv-
ers found to have falsifled answers
to questions concerning physical de-
fects on applications for original
permits or renewals. He said several
such cases had come to light when
the drivers subsequently were in
volved in accidents.
The traffic director revealed 1881
drivers were involved in 876 acci-
dents here during July. OF the driv-
ers, 939 were District residents, about
300 were from Maryland and Vir-
ginia and the balance, from other
States.
He said 268 of the drivers were As
years of age or older.
Mr. Keneipp said he would ask
the Commissioners to permit him to
attend the meeting of the American
Association of Motor Vehicle Ad-
ministrators in November where he
would seek agreement on plant of
cooperation among jurisdictions for
control of violators.
He said that while his department
notified the home authorities of out
of-town drivers of action taken
against them for violations here,
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