Show Traffic i f r. r Courts A veteran traffic cour court judge has proposed that the system of traffic courts be abolished I at least for minor ot of In their I I tenses place he would 1 substitute a misuse fee fee to tobe be charged to the registered register downer owner of ot the vehicle THE MORE serious char charts charges s 1 like drunken driving hit ant and aM II run etc would continue to b be handled by criminal courts But the vast majority of offenses for tor which the fines and waived waived bail ball vary according to various judges and customs in m various localities would be taken out y of traffic courts tr Judge Lyle H H. H Truax a vet eran t court judge in the 2 li 4 state of Washington believes lr k the present system m of sending minor traffic cases Into courts is neither fair nor workable He cites the fact tact that only i t ismall small percentage of violators are caught that they are charged with a crime which becomes a permanent part of their record AND HE ADDS that many pay different fines or waive different amounts of bail ball for tor forthe forthe the same offense offense depending BT circumstances or the the judge a There are several advantages in the proposed system One is 1 that since the misuse fees would I 1 be handled by a central office of s all offenders would be charged r f the same amount for same vio via 1 lation Another would te t-e to place greater responsibility on the Ule owner of a vehicle tt STILL ANOTHER would be elimination of the need felt by many citizens to protect their criminal r record e cor d by fighting j J traffic violation since charges charges since charges since j a athe the misuse fee would be orif only r I Ia ra a civil infraction fi |