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Show TRAFFIC RULINGS IN COMMON SENSE COURT Progressive New York Magistrate Issues Is-sues Timely Bulletins Governing Street Regulations. Punishment for crime in the olden days was simply plain, unvarnished revenge re-venge by society on those who broke its laws. Then came a period when administration ad-ministration of the law began to have a remedial function, when courts began be-gan trying not only to punish but to reclaim the human waste material that camo before them. Now comes a judge so far enlightened that he endeavors not only to reclaim, but to educate his public, so that it shall not get into the toils of the law, iu the first place. The methods employed by this progressive pro-gressive judge, who is Magistrate Frederick Fred-erick B. House of the traffic court of New. York City, are described in an article appearing in tho May issue of MoToR, tho national magazine of motoring. mo-toring. For several months Judge House has been issuing, twice each week, bulletins, describing the mistakes mis-takes and misdemeanors that commonly bring people into the traffic court, and explaining just how they may avoid them. ti In his bulletin warning motorists to be particularly careful in observing the law which forbids passing a street car stopping to take on or let off passengers, passen-gers, at a less distance than eight feet, Judge House says: "Remember that the street car is the only vehicle that thousands of people can use. Be considerate con-siderate of their rights. A few seconds sec-onds delay in the movement of your car may mean the avoidance of a Be-rious Be-rious accident." Mighty good sense, that, and asking nothing that any reputable rep-utable motorist will not be glad to do now that it has been called to his attention. at-tention. Judge House emphasizes the equality of rights among all users of the public streets, and insists on the need for mutual mu-tual consideration. It is a lesson that may well be learned by motorist, horse-drawn horse-drawn vehicle driver and pedestrian alike. |