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Show I Ridicule Is Real Jay-Walking Cure $ The pedestrian who disregards all the principles of safety and ambles heedlessly about the streets is rapidly being rele- : gated to the realm of historic figures. Nobody likes to be called a "jay-walker," and ridl- IS cule has done a great deal to- ward eliminating this dangerous element in traffic control. Los Angeles is now operating i- under a jay-walking ordinance, and It has prove'd highly success- ful. The unlucky individual -j who fails to heed the traffic slg- "t nals Is jeered and laughed at, and this has proved efficacious in educating the pedestrian in .. the necessity of traffic control. The pedestrian who ignored the traffic warning and deliber- J ately walks ahead in defiance of the regulations contributes a dol- lar to the city treasury. . |