Show SAFETY ZONES 0 ON N THE second day of the new year a motorist drove through a safety zone at First South and Main streets and killed a man Dlan He was charged with manslaughter The other day Judge Harrington dismissed the charge on the ground that the old city ordinance defined a safety zone as an area protected by standards The safety zone had been changed by bythe bythe bythe the removal of the standards but the ordinance ordinance ordinance nance through negligence or something else had remained the same defining safety zones In hi the same old way The culpability of the driver wasn't ques ques- If the complaint had charged that the ac accident accident accident ac- ac occurred at Second South and Main instead of at First South he might well have been discharged because of of- ofa a stenographic error It might easily be set up too that the law aw and traffic departments of the city are out of step but that doesn't solve the question question question ques ques- tion nor does it restore life to the victim The lesson to be learned is that permanent safety zones should be constructed so that persons standing in them at any time will be protected against drivers reckless or drunken who come down the street too fast And if a new ordinance is needed lets let's get that too |