Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1929, Page 4

HOLDS FLDRDGE * ROBE ERRONEDLS General Managcr of A. A, A. Says Traffic Department’s Statement Is Misleading. Asserting that the conclusions reach- ed by M. O. Eldridge, assistant director af traffic, from the survey recently made by his department are crroneous and missleading, Charls P. Clark, general manager of the American Automobile Association, quotes the model municipal ordinance in support of his contention | that the Traffic Department’s survey really shows a general compliance with the Hoover code. “It was with a great deal of sur-| prise,” sald Clark, “that I noticed Mr. | 7Eldridge was quoted yesterday as drawing a distinction between what he termed the ‘Hoover code turn and the | ‘inside turn.’ Surely he must be labor- | ing under a misapprehension or has ! been incorrectly quot~d, because &ll of | the turns he listed are comprehended within the terms of the model munici- pal ordinance drafted by the so-called | Hoover conference. | Provisions of Code. “Section 38 (b) of that code provides | for turning left as follo “The oper- | ator of a vehicle intending to turn to | the left at an intersection or into a highway shall approach the point of turning in the lane for traffic to the right of and n°xt to the cel of the . and, unless otherwise directed oy “turning markers,” the operator of a vehicle in turning left at an inter- ection shall pass to the right of the eenter of the intersection beiore turn- ing. Upon streets laned for traffic and upon one-way streets a lef turn shall b> made from the left lane of traffic. “In other words, the big. vital, un. changing principle of the Hoover left turn method is that the turn shall be | made from the left lane of traffic, ie. from the lane to the right of and next | to the center of the roadway. To the: there is pxugllnn made in the code.| sary two-thirds, state legislatures have FRecognizing. however, that local con- ditions might make it advisable to vary the actual point of turning, the traffi experts who drafted the Hoover code provided that this might be to the| right of the center of the intersection or at some other point. Hoover Code Specific. | “In other words, the Hoover code adopts as a fixed principle that the turn be made from the left lanes of traffic, at the same time making the point of turning in the intersection a flexible one, and it is this distinction which was ignored or not understood by Mr. Eldridge, if he was correctly quoted in his recent statement. “Viewed in the light of such an in- terpretation, and I fail to see how any one can successfully dispute the cor- rectness of such a view, it appears to me that the trafic department’s survey of 152 citles shows the authorized Hoover code method is in force in all cities which permit left turning at all. | Of course, this is without considering Cleveland and Springfield, Ohio, which, according to Mr. Eidridge's computa- tions, were not included in the total of 151 towns. “It follows that his further statement that New Jersey and Pennsylvania have | recently changed away from the Hoover code turn is equally erroneous, as & perusal of the laws of those States would have shown him that they pro- vide the turn be made from the left hand of traffic with the point of turn- ing et at the left of and as near as practicable to the center of the inter- section.” CHURC]-!ASCHE)OL TO OPEN. 100 Chevy Chase Parishioners Plan | Celebration September 8 and 9. A committee of 100 parishioners, headed by v. Thomas G. Smyth, is perfecting details of the opening cele- bration of the new Blessed Sacrament Parochial School at Chevy Chase on September 8 and 9. The school will be opened with a solemn church celebra- tion, Sunday, September 8. ! Andrew I. Hickey is chairman of the , committee on arrangements, with F. A. Garges as secretary, assisted by the fol- lowing: Rev. Walter Ahern, Mrs. E. L. Bono, Mrs. Joseph Carry, Miss Blancl Creghen, Mrs. Paul Croarkin, Mrs. F. A, Garges. Mrs. Andrew I. Hickey, Mrs. Hans Maurer, Mrs. E. L. Pugh, Mrs. C. E. Roach, Mrs. J. O. Whiting, and Messrs. James L. Daugherty, F. B. Mc- Givern, James H. Pugh and Alexander Renoe. 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