Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1929, Page 26

28 CRITICIZES ‘QUAINT .~ TRAFFIC SYSTEM Pennsylvania Registrar Hits Methods of Making Left- Hand Turns. Criticism of Washington traffic regu- ¢ lations, particularly those relating to § the making of lef:~hand turns, is con- ¢ tained in a_ letter % Eynon, registrar | Pennsylvania, to the American Auto- * mobile Associatiap, which the associa- tion made public goday. Mr. Eynon £a1d that on a recent visit || = to Washington Le was able to make his | way through the streets without police | interference only by following the ex- ample of local diiveis. The method ot‘ making left-hand tu.ns at intersections, | he said, can result caly in confusion ' and congestion. He expressed particuiar suprise at the fact that these “antiquated” con- ditions should be tolerated in the city { where the Hoover Uniform Motor Ve- hicle Code was formulated. Drive Strangers Away. Replying to this letter, Ernest N. Smith, general manager of the Ameri- | can Automobile Association, agreed | that Washington traffic rules are an- | tiquated and expressed the belief that | they are causing strangers to avoid the city. Speaking of the left-hand turn prac- tice in Washington, Mr. Eynon said: “I don't know why Washington, D. | C., should use such ‘antiquated’ meth- | ods of making such turns, especially so when it is the birthplace of the Hoover National Conference on Street and . Highway Safety. “In the final text of the uniform ve- hicle code, section 17, pages 73 and 74, it provides for turning at intersections. This requires the driver intending to turn to the right to approach the in- tersection in the lane for treffic nearest | the right-hand side of the krghway and in turning to keep as close ss practical to the right-hand curb, anid when the driver intends to turn to the left he shall approach the intersection in the “ lane for traffic to the left and nearest . to the center line of the highway, and in turning shall pass beyond the center | of the intersection, passing as close as ractical to the right thereof before urning.” Agrees With Mr. Eynon. n replying to Mr, Eynon, the A. A. A.| general manager said, in part: “We, too, have wondered why Wash- ington’ must be ‘at outs’ with most of the rest of the United States on traffic matters, when the man_ who created and was the head of the National Con- ference on Street and Highway Safety is now President of the United States. “The motorists of this District, real- that the majority of touring peo- ple who come to this city know nothing « mbout our ‘antiquated’ method of mak- ing turns, try to keep out of the way of the tourists in order that they might make any kind of a turn which would permit them to get in the flow of traffic. the city stating that the left-hand turn is preventing accidents! “Even after the city had installed many more lights than gre necessary | and * maintained its impossible and | ‘antiquated’ left-hand turn, the Traffic Department did not even hang any signs upon the lignts so that out- of-town people would understand how to make the strange turn. It was over a year ago that we called the atten- tion of the Traffic Department to this | omission. “It is unfortunate, but I do not think that the business interests of this city realize that the harder they make it for tourists to come into this city and move around with their cars, the less likely they are to increase the tourist business.” o Because of the delay in 'm‘mw' ports into Costa Rica, last year’s Cl t- from Benjamin J.| mas cards did not arrive until late in motor vehicles for | March. THE ‘EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. -D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 16, . 1929.° VESTRIS PORTHOLES LEAKED, SAYS WAITER Testifies That He Reported Fault, but That Repairs Were Never Made. By the Associated Press. 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