Iron County Record | 1953-12-24 | Page 5 | City Police Chief Requests Holiday Help

City Police Chief Requests Holiday Help "Pity the traffic officer in this Christmas rush and help him by driving and walking extra carefully." That plea was made by Tony Lambert today. Lambert was discussing the local traffic situation and the current holiday holi-day hazards program which the Cedar City Safety Council is conducting con-ducting in cooperation with tho National Safety Council. "The job of the traffic officer becomes more difficult as the holidays draw nearer," Chief Lambert explained. "People are not too conscious of traffic laws any day in the year. And when the holiday mania gets in their blood, they are inclined to forget rules and regulations altogether." Chief Lambert believes people in the grip of the holiday mania man-ia have a one-track mind when they use the streets or sidewalks. t'ifi''r, nrimtv inlnnt rrnHinii from where they are to where they want to go, he said, and neither hail, rain or traffic is going go-ing to krep them from their appointed ap-pointed course. According to the chief of police, this icads to much confusion. Motorists Mo-torists seem oblivious to traffic :;ign;iis and speed regulations,! and they often weave through traffic craning their necks in search of parking places. Pedestrians Pedes-trians scurry along sidewalks at break neck pace, sometimes almost al-most hidden behind umbrellas or piles of packages. They dash out Mito the street in mid-block. When they do use crosswalks they often fail to look for cars before stepping from the curb. "The traffic officer is sort of a middleman in this whole picture," pic-ture," Chief Lambert said. "He's got to bring order out of this traffic chaos. He must persuade walkers to stay on the curb until un-til it's safe to cross, keep addled motorists from snarling up traffic, traf-fic, and answer all sorts of sensible sen-sible and senseless questions in the bargain. Walkers and drivers should give themselves and tho traffic officers a break this Christmas by staying alert and alive in traffic."