Evening star., 1952-11-23
DC. SnowLa
Ready for Action
On So Streets
Autoists Fuce Arrest
If They StoII There
Without Skid Chains


forced when snow comes.
He gave out a list of the sc
streets where this regulation will
apply: If a motorist ventures on
one Of these streets without skid
chains or snow tread tires and
gets stalled so as to obstruct traf-
f1c. he will be arrested forthwith
Policemen will be stationed along
: the 56 affected streets.
3 This regulation, said Mr.. Ke-
neipp, will be enforced whenever
snow or ice makes automobile
travelling dangerous.
Urges Carrying of Sand.
eff you do not have effective
:: skid chains or snow tread tires. +"
he advised motorists. you are
urged to leave your car at home
or downtown and travel by street.
9 car, bus or with someone whose
car is properly equipped"
The traffic director also re-
= quested drivers to carry a pail or
~ bag Of sand in their car, to keep
of streetcar tracks and to keep
windshield and rear window clear.
And Commissioner F. Joseph
Donohue told a station WWDC
radio audience last night: ION
paper at least, we would seem to
be prepared for snow"
He said the plan looks fool-proof
on paper, but cautioned that only
experience will put it to the test
and prove its worth.
The snow regulation went into
effect late last year to prevent
traffic tie-ups during snowstorms.
1t was written after a disastrous
storm last December IA when traf-
f1c snarled and motorists spent as
much as four hours trying to get
home.
In its original form, the emer-
gency rule banned vehicles from
the listed streets if they had no
chains or snow tires. It has since
been changed to punish only those
who drive without chains and get
stalled on these streets.
Ban Never Actually Tried.
The ban has never actually been
tried. It's up to the traffic director
to declare an emergency and after
the regulation was written, there
was none. There was one false
alarm when an early-bird radio
broadcaster looked out the win
dow. saw snow and said the chain
less traffic ban was looming. But
Mr.. Keneipp said he had no in
tention of declaring an emergency
that time.
With winter just around a cou-
pie corners, Mr.. Keneipp made it
clear he Is ready to declare an
emergency as soon as snow makes
travelling hazardous.
The Sc restricted streets are:
BLAIR RoAD-New Hampshire avenue
to D. C. Line.
J.. BsLADEENsBURG s RoAD-Bennins road
TO New York ave. NE.
BENNING ROAD-Fifteenth street NE
to D. C. Line except between Oklahoma
avenue and Minnesota avenue.
COLUMBIA RoAD-connecticut avenue
TO Park place.
CALVERT STREET-Eighteenth street to
Twentieth street NV.
CANAL RoAD-M street to Macarthur
boulevard.
CONNECTICUT AvENuE-K street NV.
DIVISION f fAvENuE-East Capitol street
EAST CAPITOL sTREET-Firyt street
to Seventeenth street and Benning road
IN fa.7
eEokaEA 2vEN6EmPorids sffs' aS:hu. Ven to
= GOOD HOPE RoAD-Nichols avenue to
IHAkvAEp, street-cOlumbia road to
TO 1NpEsRNDENcE fSsf9sa issssE N AvENuEFourteenth
'Fsas sT # strees to
''tKsaSN1Lwo tKsaESN1LwoRrH AvENuE-Bennins road
LoUGHsoRo RoAD-Nebraska avenue
MoSNT M5SSETnPE PEE2sSNT qsrREEr-columba
fosd &AfsE + Esft AvHSur Venue s.w.-rourtsenth
sES MIcH1dAN AvENuE-park place to
= MONROE srREET-MichiGan avenue to
South Dakota avenue.
Macarthur Boulevard-canal road to
NJ sTREET-Pennsylvani avenue NV.
to Canal road and Maine avenue S.W. to
INGAssa MAssAcHUsETTs eiItEs afT AvENuE-Eleventh
street NJ AN0 t. 2 iRe HW street NE
IN
MINNESOTA AvENUE-BenninR' road
NE s9 SSK S9ed Hops TGad sE stree.
NEW JERSEY UE-Massachusetts
avenue to Florida avenue.
NEBRASKA AVENUE-Loughboro road
NEW HAMPSHIRE AvENuE-washins-
ton Circle to U street and Georgia avenue
10 NORTH oRTH "ei ceiAp1To1 STREET Massa-
chYsetts ayenTe vvt2,E to Michisan a1 Ns avenue
NAYIoR RoADEAlabama avenue to
PARK RoAD-sixteenth street to Kiln
sTREET-Dupont Circle to Wisconsin
Pennsylvania AvENuE-M street
NV. to Alabama avenue Sc. except from
west side of Barney Circle to Minnesota
RESERVE RoAD-wisconsin avenue
RHODE ISLAND AVENUE-Connecticut
avenue NV. to D. c. line.
STREET N.W.-Ninth street to 18th
street.
WHTTEHURST FREEWAY - Twenty
seventh street NV. to Key Bridge.
WISCONSIN AVENUE-M street to D. c.
FIRST sTREET-Indanendenc avenue
Sc. to Union Station Plaza.
FOURTH STREET-Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV to NJ street SW.
FIFTH STREET N.W.-Grant Circle to
Blair road and Indiana avenue to New
SEVENTH sTREET-Maine avenue s.w
to Florida avenue NV.
EIGHTH sTREET-Florida avenue NE
ELEVENTH STREET Nw.-Pennsyl-
vanla avenue to Monroe street.
ELEVENTH STREET-Florida avenue
NE. to Potomac avenue S.E.
FOURTEENTH STREET-C street sW
to Colorado avenue NV.
FIFTEENTH STREET N.w.-Pennsyl-
vania avenue to New York avenue.
SIXTEENTH STREET N.W.-H street
to D. c. line.
SEVENTEENTH STREET N.w.-consti.
tuition avenue to K street.
SEVENTEENTH STREET-Benning road
NE. to Barney Circle Sc.
EIGHTEENTH STREET. NW-Florida ave-
nue. to Calvert street.
TWENTY-THIRD STREET N.W.-con-
Stitution avenue to Washington Circle.