Show automobile TRAFFIC regulation IS A REAL PROBLEM the state of california is warring against glaring and ili legal headlights following a period of prosecution 1 and license revoking of careless drivers says the manufacturer the example of california can be followed throughout the country with better results than are obtained from state state legislatures debating on the advisability of adopting compulsory automobile liability insurance laws as a means of protecting the public enforcing our present laws will assure greater I 1 safety to pedestrians and drivers than will the passage s of more laws to relieve careless automobile drivers of financial responsibility for their own reckless acts if state legislatures want to pass new laws why not establish uniform traffic rules and signals in every town and state throughout the country at the present time no nd two sets of road signs or signals si are alike in different cities As an example take portland oregon certain streets will have yellow stop signs and posts near curbing then without warning arriver a driver will come to a sign Z in the pavement which says stop nine chances to one he will never see it because he will be looking for the yellow signal at the side of the street on other streets he will find an automatic electric signal with red green and yellow lights located at the side of the street at another intersection he be will without any warning come upon an electric signal suspended some 25 feet from the ground in t tie e center of the intersection under such conditions a driver s attention is constantly diverted from the traffic before him in an effort to find the traffic signals and thereby obey the law similar confused conditions e exist aist in in most cities what is to prevent adoption of painted signs or electric sigi nals of uniform design which are always to be located locate fl at the same position at street intersections why should the state highway guide posts in oregon be white while we they are yellow in california why should the stop signs for through highways in oregon be yellow and stop signs si put up by the same highway department for a railroad rall road cro clis s ing white why should not all danger signals on highways be of one color to why pass innumerable laws law s ordinances and artiles w e ac confuse drivers and then expect to reduce ac accidents ci dents the of aident prevention is equally important in all parts regula country then why not have uniform signals and n eions childs ijiri is most automobile traffic regulation up to date ignacs is play compared with the simple but effective s signal govern all the railroads in the country |