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Show Pedestrians Given Tickets For Traffic Law Violations ' Pedestrians who vlolata ' traffic ordinance may expect to be arretted from now on In Salt Lake CUy, it appeared Thursday. ; ' ... ' Five such arrests were recorded by city traffic policemen Wednesday Wednes-day and, according to Sergeant Harvey C Pelrce, head of the police po-lice traffic division, more will be made. , i ; . Ordinarily a pedestrian who violates vio-lates right-of-way regulations, walks against -a traffic light or otherwise breaks the rules escapes with a reprimand If his violation Is observed by an officer.: Not so now,. ' The arrest of pedestrians has been contemplated as a means of cutting the death and Injury toll among foot travelers. In 1939, 15 of Salt Lake City's 22 traffic fatality fa-tality victims were pedestrians. Tickets were .Issued Wedneadsy by Patrolmen Rudolph P. Petersen Peter-sen and A. J. Or e cole to the following fol-lowing pedestrians: LeRoy Rich Ins, 463 Third East street, allegedly crossing the street Improperly in the 200 block on Second Sec-ond East street. Wllford A. Marker, 1174 GarHeW avenue, allegedly walking against the light at Second South . and State streets. Ernest Urisn, 53 West Seventh South street, allegedly walking against the light at Second South and Main streets. Walter E. Price, 125 First avenue, ave-nue, allegedly walking against the light at Second South and West Temple streets. Ann Johnson, 765 East Twenty-first Twenty-first South street, allegedly walking walk-ing against ths llghkat West Temple Tem-ple and Second South streets. All the tickets were Issued under section 1397 of the city traffic code, which ststes: "Pedestrians crossing streets. No pedestrian shall Interfere with the movement of vehicles or street cars, lnterurban cars or electric trolley coaches. No pedestrisn shall croes streets diagonally, but shall cross the streets at right angles and at regular crossings as provided provid-ed herein." . . . |