New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1924, Page 32

EDUCATE DRIVERS OAYS PRES. STORRS This Is WaleSlop Them Hitting - Trolley Cars automobile drivers abit of driving into trolliey to Lucius 8. St Conneeticut what cure the cars, according president of the pany, who to gave mutually ir es to the confere under tl ley foundatio university and the ticut that of the 1 cidents reported department of C at the present ¢ volved t The re throw uation state that easily were caused by c ing their ¢ the curhb dir ley cars. joint =@ has der There is no question as sity for the mobile drivers and the general public, nor is there any question but that education is the one means to accom- plish the desired results of a safer use of the highways of the state. Any vers turn- from to the 1 educatic of the number of police regulations or legis- | but in- lative statutes may be enacted, unless the public is thoroughly NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924. in the state who I with his hand i automobile driy kes pains to s the ndicatc to turn gh most « 1 corne nts Near Curh portion of Len leavi nan cver I it will con s Lo eseape s aceid t trom the ¢ reet car, w een given teports a tota to 1tk throw a oms wh driver er un dly involved in ut, til he some how trivia Our g Gieorge, wl inves 5 i- lent and damasg states it as his positive conviction that the main cause for the it number of minor accidents, any one of which might be a serious ¢ is inattention on the part of the driver, List of Accidents The following is a statement of the 1 number of automobile and trol- ley casualties Ioclaim agent ience formed as to the necessity for such | regulations, and convinced of the reasonableness of their terms, it will take constant police surveillance to obtain the desired results, serious no matter | ! ' pulling out from the curb, al- | use this portior the intention | conditions w with the result that were compelled to of the roa These 50 extreme that in citfes tasicab companies re- »d to send cars out in answer to 115, except upon streets having trol- our track ar ull motor vehicles idents in 4 203 of which ditionu] automobile ¢ ualties during the first three months of the During these months in , there have heen 474 collisions than dur- month; as has 1 during months the antomobile idents reported to greatly in these total is a tabulation reported in 1 Num- ber A\utos curb turning out from it by trolley . Ante niug out of in- tersecting streets, at motorman’s right Autos coming out of tersec streets motorman’s left Autos hit in rear, trying 10 cad of mor same direc- 693 ing trol tion e oo Autos colliding head-on Autos hitting eyvs, ing excluding tior Autos side-s opposite Autos struck, of drive ings e Autos struck in rear, run- ning ahead of trolleys, caused by sudden stop- ping Autos ran trolley rection Parked trolley ca . cesssne Autos hit at grade cross- into moving same di- fon the part of the motorman, instances in which the occurrence might have been due to carelessness | but | doubtless in most cases the autoist | | was at fault, such as the 17 automo- | biles that were hit at grade crossings. The cases of automobiles * hit in coming out of intersecting streets de- velop the fact that the present road | rule giving the ht of way to the velicle approaching from the right has little hkearing upon highw safety, 281 having been struck proaching from the right and 8! from t} ft. There is no question but thist few auto drivers make any | effort to observe this rul a much | more simple and decides more ef- fective regulation is,contained in the Ohio statutes, in which the definition of main thoroughfares is clearly sct | forth. The largest number of cases those in which aufos were hit pulling out from the curb; in this instance it | is of interest to note that in the city of Middletown, but one automobile | has been hit in this way along | 1he very wide Main street, while in | idgeport, with the very narrow | ow strects, there were 200 such | ap- arc | ns where auto- | ave tri ad of trol- s in their 4 developed | 9,542 velicles entered | wess district daily, the total area available for parking will ac- | cominodate but ( In Chicago it was found th .3 per cent of the vehieles entering the loop distriet | ere autos, carrying 18.9 per cent of he passeng wo per cent were street cars which carried 74 per cent of the . 1t is clear, there- fore, that in New Haven, 86 per cent of the people are being inconven- ienced in order that the remainder may enjoy the questionable pleasure of driving their autos through the central districts: the average number of passengers per automobile in no checks have bheen made | sengers per auto. newest - wse where heing over 1.75 p Sebastian, Spain, April 11.— Prince of Wales, who is visiting fect; blue, black JAY’S ON THE S QUARE 238 MAIN STREET Distinctive Easter Modes Are Here Ready Saturday—This Excellent Value in Women’s Spring & Easter Coats $15.00 Very practical coats, ideal for immediate wear and at a very moderate price, all fully lined, desirable models and colors, tan, deer and gray. 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On the Square 100.0 3 instances lessness on the The Total .. over 1922 y accounted | It will be n drivers a year ago, here in Connecti- | for by the records of .the months of are due solely to cut, of the proper signals to use, when | January, Februar 1 March. During part of the autoist, 1,259 are cases in turning corners, backing or leaving [these months in 1 the city streets which there is a question as to the curb was most carefully followed |and ecountry highways were covered whether there might not have been by the great majority for a consider- |with a heavy sheet of snow and ice, | inattention on the part of either the able period, but today there is hardly | which we managed to keep off frmn‘motorlnnn or the autoist and 892 are cre, CROWLEY BROS, INC. 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