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Show u Demands Increased Traffic Force Editor. Tha Trlrgram: All tha dl aruaa I on and "euaa-loa" la lha world won't aava llraa, and that to aaactly what lha traffic probloa af ftalt Laha haa rraolvad lualf Into not a.quaatlua of regulation, regu-lation, but a auaatlon of Ufa Paring. And tha tima for action la right naw, bofora wa loaa alghl and ra-BMmbranca ra-BMmbranca of tho loo Iragedia of tba paat wava, both caaard, aJIrgrd-ly. aJIrgrd-ly. by car alaa U not rocfciaaa dxiva ln. Lifhlj or ragulatlnna ma nothing noth-ing to auch aaotarlat. Thay muat ba talkad ta In Uia Uuiguaa thay undaretand. and Ihat languaga la an afflcar atatlonot an tha cantar at tka Intaraavllon. And right now, wblla tbaaa two tragadlaa ara trash la aur mind, bow about aVaitarlng a taw plain rloihaa mm about tha rarwua croaaing a law mlnutaa aarh day. with pencil, pad and watch, and with Instrwctlena to nota tha faca of tho driver, the numbrr af lha car and tha exact time of the traffia violation, no that tba attorney at-torney for tha dfanae can't ahoot tha oCflcor a taatimony full or holaaT A few aurh eummoneoa, coming un-rxpectadiy. un-rxpectadiy. with written data to KrtW tin Iho Ojuamllon. would m a long way tewarda making otherwise rerkleae driver a little mora cautious. cau-tious. Tha other afternoon about I J" o'rlork five rare went through the red light at Third Mouth and Mala streela. I stopped the aiith myself. my-self. It weanC the Irafllo oops fault, tor' ha waa up In tha middle of the block trying; la clear out a kuddle of double and triple parking; but Uord love a duck. If Ihla community com-munity can epare five or aix men ta hunt for a quarter pint of liquor, rant It at lea at put enough police downtown and al busy sntereectlons a little farther out. to aava a few human lives T "A cop on tha stand la worth tap In tha bush," ar. In other words, a cop tn tha ahada meana a "ahady" deal for tha poor pedestrian who .haa tha nerve to presume that ha haa a right ta try la get arroaa lha etreet whea the green light le In bla fever ar when Iho yellow light aaya atop. Aad It might be Intereeting to try to find out (( aald TUT to find null just what tba yellow light meana If anything. any-thing. Hera la tha "temperate sone." aa thla rllmato la deacrlbed. wa hava Installed "eafety aonee." but even Iheee ara becoming nothing noth-ing mora than "torrid ones," for mot octal a don't even reapert them any mora, T. NOT HAKETT |