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Show GOOD I ij HIGHWAYS I ' 0 0 000 0 0 0000001 iioad Design Is Feature of Traffic Regulation Trallic regulation is u problem of road design and mulnl enniice, In the mind of the highway engineer, Charles .1. I'.ennelt, Connect lent slate highway eoinnilssloiier, told highway department representatives of iiO states at a conference con-ference recently held at Harrlsburg, I'll. He spoke on the experience of the slates in trufllc regulation and said the necessity for providing highways high-ways over which motorcars can travel nt. nil times of the year must be the first principle considered. Herinett said that he Is selling service to the public and the problem of trufllc regulation ag connected with tlie design and maintenance mainte-nance of the road Is a very Important part of his work. lie advocated the widening of roads, particularly on curves and dangerous points, to provide for emergency conditions. condi-tions. He told the conference that Connecticut has partially solved the problem of safety at such points by placing a concrete strip In the center of an asphalt road to divide traffic. He said that a standard form of signal should be adopted for railroad crossings cross-ings and advocated the use of reflecting reflect-ing type signals for curves. Overloading of trucks was censured by the speaker, who said that "with the constantly Increasing use of the motortrucks motor-trucks and at times of congestion with the necessity of concentrated use of the motortruck, the temptation and tendency Is to overload, and a regulation regula-tion of' this particular evil should be drastic, severe, thorough and continuous." continu-ous." The regulation of speed and operation opera-tion at dangerous points, he called a matter of policing, saying: "We should be careful to so define the limits of truck and passenger car dimensions that the highway engineer can intelligently intelli-gently design his roads to furnish the service which the public has a right to demand in return for the expenditure of such tremendous sums of money as are being Invested In the highway serv Ice." |