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Show Climb Over or Crawl Under II Yon Walk Here 1 ii J- j: (;) I CAMERAMAN FOUND MOKE EVIDENCE OF VIOLATIONS AT PEDESTRIAN LANES Thli car parked in lane on Main street, between First South, Second South street Some S. L. Motorists Park in Crosswalks New Violation of Pedestrian Lanes Disclosed by Telegram's Traffic Investigator By BOB HALE Evidence of mora violations of pedestrian right-of-way regulation had been found Saturday by The Telegram by a check in the business busi-ness district In the business district Friday night cars were found parked at the curb in lanes and, although the streets sre patrolled at night as well as In the daytime, the offending offend-ing machines were not tagged. Parking In pedestrian lanes appears ap-pears to e a common practice. The Telegram his found, in daytime and at night. Sometimes a machine Is found parked squarely In the lane, completely blocking It; In other in states, car wheels encroach over the marking lines, partly blocking ths lanes and confusing pedestrians. pedes-trians. When Ths legram recently made a study of hazards confronting confront-ing pedestrians once they are well out Into the lane, it kept a check for about 40 minutes at the lane on Second South street between Main and West Temple streets. A car was parked on ths south end. of s lane throughout this time and no policeman stopped to place a tag on It- The lane was completely blocked on one end. These findings, added to previous (Continual on Psso Thro) (Column riv) DRIVERS PARK. IN CROSSWALKS fCeaUaaea Tram Pass Oh) ones showing that motorists blithely tak the right-of-way from pedestrians pedes-trians In tht crosswalks, avsa whin top signs are posted; that only a few of th 11 downtown crosswalks cross-walks hav signs and that. In nearly every case, strip marking th Ian ar worn off, bring horn th fact that th pedestrian Ian situation situa-tion Is on of th major problems in solving Salt Lake City's traffic confusion. Walter & Knight, eity traffic safety engineer, lost no Urn in getting get-ting to the bottom of on of th phases of pedestrian hssard when he augseated tnat motorists who usurp right-of-way be sent to the police station, there to be dtalnd to make explanations. Carrying out of this suggestion, of course, rests with the polk department. |