Show Tags for Jaywalkers WHILE it is perhaps debatable whether or orv v not issuing tags to jaywalking pedestrians will make downtown streets safer safer so so few traffic traffic traffic fic accidents occurring in the well-patrolled well business section the section the idea is sensible The red lights and the green lights at intersections have havethe havethe havethe the same significance for those in cars and for those afoot Primarily they are for safety but the safety comes out of leaving the way clear for forthe forthe forthe the traffic stream to flow smoothly in directions signaled by the lights Drivers and walkers who disregard them can only congest the traffic lanes and congestion demoralizes travel and presents presents' a very definite peril to all who violate the rules designed to make travel expeditious and safe Go with the green light and be safe That is isil all Jl il there is to remember That means to remain out out of the street until the signal shows green To move by inches into the trav travel l lane seems rather stupid and those guilty of the habit are most appropriately called jaywalkers The supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed saving of time amounts to a small fraction frac frac- tion of a second The risk taken may send the jaywalker through the pearly gates The jaywalker jaywalker jaywalker jay jay- walker moreover is a confounded nuisance and needs a stiff jolt to apprise him of the fact Chief of Police William C. C Webb has recommended recommended recommended mended to the traffic safety committee that until new safety ordinances go into effect warning tags be issued jaywalkers They will be a re rebuke rebuke rebuke re- re buke without penalty Under the prospective new ordinance they will mean a visit to the desk sergeant and an appearance before the court It is an excellent idea and should be put into effect |