Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-07-28 | Page 8 | Traffic Commotion

1 V J r tit Traffic Traffic Commotion r i ir r i f fOGAL CAL traffic commotion would be less of a 4 a problem to our police department and andr r our civic org organizations if some purely local elements were eliminated We Ve refer particularly particularly l to the tendency to individualize traffic violations establishing ng variations in penalties in the congested congested congested con con- Scores c res of cars are tagged laity daily district for abusing the parking limits Some of the owners of these cars pay their fines without question Others Others go goto to court oud some paying fin fines s and others escaping with 1 lectures ana and ana less In brief we have no uniform uniform uniform uni uni- form philosophy concerning the concerning the laws which have ave been passed for the he public convenience ce and protection It It lt so happens that overpaying is not a highly criminal offense Many good people may be caught in this predicament No parti particular particular par par- ti ular disgrace attaches to fo o it But these qualifications are general They apply alike to to- the man in overalls and the man with liveried livened attendants One One- should enjoy as many favors as as- the other Th There re is no good and sufficient reason why the one oie should pay while the other otiler is permitted to go unpunished to sin some more Traffic regulations in other cit cities es e's are not subject to the variations that apply here in this respect If your car is tagged you perhaps have a aI I good excuse Still it may be no better than that of the other fellow The tendency herein here here- ere in this emergency is to think of your friends Do you know the traffic officer who tagged you Do you know the traffic raffi sergeant Th The captains captain The chief The commissioner 1 The mayor The prosecutor Or someone that knows some one of them Perhaps 1 when h n one of them hears your story prosecution tion hon may nay be forestalled Surely these men mendo q do not want to be considered consider d among those who wo refuse to favor favo their their friends friends I. I n. n I And there you have ve it Public c are are- daily besieged with requests for friendly help by motorists in parking predicaments Some of them get friendly consideration and ands s some me of Df them do not all of which makes n it worse th than n never ever All should be measured measured- with the same yardstick Either these officials daIs should completely usurp the the- powers of the courts and give all cases eq equal al consideration Jion tion or hey rhey should insist that all ca cases es' es esgo go to the courts tor for ultimate disposition Not all of these officials will aid you in the interest of frier friendship Some of them refuse to mix friendships with their public duties This vir virtue virtue virtue tue however should go further It should li become come general All owners should hould be subject to the same regulations and I special privileges should be granted to o none I When it becomes apparent to the public at I l large that our ordinances and laws vs apply to al all 3 in the same meas measure re the police department department depart depart- m ment nt may be able to command the respect necessary to the establishment of an efficient s system tem 9 of traffic controL control We can get nowhere no no- wh where r re by attempting to individualize viola- viola ti s of the code I