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Show GET IIP TRAFFIC SIGNALS HERE City Officials Preparing for Enforcing of Ordinance Effective Sunday With the Installation of now traffic traf-fic safety signals in the business dls-irb-t on Washington avenue, turning of automobiles will be restricted to intersections and at the center of blocks where the new signals are also being placed, according to J. Kay ird, commissioner of public safety The new signals are signs placed upon an lion t nxlard whb h Is permanently placed at the intersections and upon them Is printed, "Keep to the right." The stop sign urges "safety." The new signals are being placed In the block centers and on the Intersections In-tersections of Washington avenue through the entire bustnes district. Motorists are urged to turn their machines ma-chines around only where the signs are Installed. In buslnesa sections of the city other than on Washington avenue, motorists aro urged to turn their cars only at intersections. m; ONLY AT BIGXS. The new signals will be placed when the to w traffic ordinance goes Into effect next Sunday, and after that date motorists who turn their cars around St points other than at the signals uill bo arrested and prosecuted. It was salel today. Commissioner Ward Issued a warning warn-ing to motorists today that all lights should be nested before Sunday In order that they may get within tho law when the ordinance goes Into official effect at that time. The tests are being be-ing made each evening at the pollco Ion, where system Is in effect which allows hundreds of car owners to go through the tests hourly. With the ordinance In effect Sunday, traffic policemen will watch carefully all motor vehicles which pass through the olty streets at night and those with glaring headlights will be Immediately Imme-diately arrested, it wa.s said. The tests will bo curried on after Bunds le v. ever, in order thut pur-chasers pur-chasers ,,f now cars may determine whether or not their lights aro properly prop-erly focused, and drivers who failed to pass the tests before, but since have had their light re-focused, may again be put to tho teat OTHER PROVISIONS. Sunday will also murk tho going into effect of all other provisions of tho new ordinance, such as the use of stalls provided In the business sections sec-tions and other parking arrangements. The non-parking zones, which are marked off with red lines, can be used only by motorists who desire to leave their cars at less than 15-mln-ute periods while snopplng. After this limit is p.issed, ihey arc liable to arrest in violation of tho ordinance -"' inunuig .ones, However, can bo used for parking for anv length of time after 7 o'clock at night, when most busin, places are closed and the -traffic Is not heavy Another Important feature of the ordinance Is the rlght-of-wav of ve: nK n" prov isions .set forth that B vehicle to a driver's right alwavs th right-of-way at crossings. n r W rd statod that If will 1 1 member that a VS hide approaching at their right has onPjete right-of-way there will b0 no difficulty In falling ln me with the new provision. DOH i STRADDLE STAIJ s Motorists pf thfl city have quickly mlllarited themselves with the park- n Stalls ma. Ked off by white lines n the business district and this fea-; fea-; ure h uj , llmlnatsd much of the for- u itraf5 i'r?blpma- Commissioner Ward said After Sunday, however motorists are wurned to us care in traddle the white lines as this win '"' Molnnon oi the ordinance and, drivers will bt liable to arrest 1 The neu eraffi,- rri, nance promises' to be cntlrch succes-sful as has been' m. Ib ted by ,rui during the past two1 months, Commissioner Ward sahj nd with proper CO-opsrstloH from the mo- '" '"' '; ' '-:dt'Vutrafflc Problems should Im solNe.i The system has already Plover, so favorable that Log.,,, Is ovv adOPt ng manj of Its provisions and; I has already marked the streets In tho I ; business section with the stalls used here for parking. j |