Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24
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Shared by New
Traffic Setup

The arm of the law by the
end of this week should be able
to deliver a knockout blow to
the estimated $4,000 Maryland
and Virginia motorists who have
failed to pay old District parking
tickets.
The new punch is made up
of a battery of IBM machines
and IS new employees of the Cen
trial Violations Bureau. The
workers feed information from
old tickets into the machines,
which codify it into volumes
representing all 48 States.
These volumes Will go to the
Traffic Division of the Police
Department and to No. 3 and
No. 4 precincts. The Traffic Di-
vision issues the majority of
parking tickets. Most violations
occur in No. 3 and No. 4 pre-
cincts.
PinpOintS Location
In the case of violators who
live either in Maryland or Viz
ginia but who work in the Dis
trict and who park illegally here,
a quick look at one of the new
volumes will pinpoint the To-
cation and type of violation.
Police then can wait for the
next violation and haul the car
away. When the owner reclaims
his car, he will be faced with all
of his old tickets.
In the past. police would ticket
an out-of State car and, after
five days, issue a warrant. But
because Washington police can
not serve warrants across State
lines. a backlog piled up. Police
did not have the time or facil-
tiles to learn the identity of the
violator.
Now. the new unit of the Cen
trail Violations Bureau learns the
Vlolator'S name and address and
mails him a warning notice. If
there is no response, warrant
is issued. Then, knowing the
vlolator'S identity, police can find
out where he works in the Dis
trict and serve warrant on him.
Easily Spotted
In the new volumes. the tag
numbers of illegally parked cars
appear in the first lefthand COL
umn. BY riff1ing the pages
slowly, police can spot a habitual
violator by his tag number in
minutes. Using old methods. in
which as many as four or five
officers held warrants on the
same violator. unknown to the
otherS, 1t often took more time
than it was worth to trace down
a scofflaW.
The new listingS also will dis
close residents Of the District
who recently moved here after
Nuylng out of State tags and
VINO have not bought District
tags. Failure to buy District tags
is SIS nffpnSe
Once the new method is put
into operation, it is expected
that work necessary to enforce
It will decrease. Fewer and fewer
tickets will remain outstanding
until finally the new personnel
can be discharged. The Is clerks
started work on April l and are
expected to be through their task
by June 30
The new clerks have been
mailing 1900 warning letters a
day to delinquent motorists. I'm
til now. emphasis has been
brought to bear on persons with
Is or more outstanding tickets.
But now they are going after
motorists with as few as two or
three tickets.
FOrfeitures Climb
The newspaper publicity given
to the breakdown on scoff1awS
has increased the bureaus mail
by nearly 40 per cent. AS a
result. according to Municipal
Court Clerk Walter F. Bramhall,
violation forfeitures have jumped
about $4,000 a week. Last week
the bureau banked $50,166. as
compared to $47,365 the week
previous.
The new system is an out
growth of visit to the New
York City Police Department last
month by Mr.. Bramhall. Inspec-
tor Earl Hartman, statistical
officer for the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department. and Stephen
Grille of the management office
OF the District.
The three officials adapted
statistical methods of the New
York Police Department to fit
District needs 1t is expected
the cost of the new operation
will be offset by the additional