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Show Watch Traffic Officer, Chief Tells Motorists Apparent lack of understanding understand-ing among automobile drlrrs of signals given by traffic officers at Intersections of Twenty-fourth street and Washington avenue and' Twenty-fifth street and Washington avenue is causing confusion In traffic, according to Chief or Police Curtis A. Allison. He said that to do away with the confusion the department haa adopted simple xignals as follows In brief, Chief Allison eald. the extended arms of the traffic officer indicate the direction In which traffic is open. If he be facing either north or south with his arms extended east and west traffic is open cast and West and closed north and south. If he be facing east or west with his arms extended north and south traffic is open north and south, and is closed east and west. Ho also said that if the auto-lsts auto-lsts would remember that the driver approaching from thr-right thr-right at all places and at all times has the right of way. many accidents acci-dents would be avoided. |