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Show Crack-Down On Accidents On Highways Over hmh Suggested ' Cancel Days Off For Law-Enforcement Officers On Holiday; Coordinate Efforts On All Highways ' With the nation facing an all-time high traffic death record this year, two leading traffic organizations today called for a crack-down enforcement policy during the Fourth of July holiday. The National Safety Council and the International Association of Chiefs of Police said that appeals to driver responsibility must be supplemented sup-plemented by strict enforcement of the law to curb the heedless and reckless minority. Such actierh is the only way to hold down the death toll on an immediate and short-term basis, the two traffic groups agreed. The joint enforcement recommendations recom-mendations for the 30-hour Fourth of July period were: 1. Cancel all days off for police and put every available officer on duty. Assign as many personnel person-nel as possible in plain clothes and unmarked cars to traffic patrol, pa-trol, especially from 6 p.m. to midnight on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wed-nesday. 2. Concentrate manpower on high volume or high speed streets and highways where serious accidents ac-cidents are most likely to occur. 3. Concentrate on hazardous moving violations, especially speeding. Be alert for erratic driving and other evidence of evening-hour driving after drinking. 4. Coordinate the effort with other enforcement agencies. 5. Use whatever other enforcement enforce-ment means are available, such as radar. 6. Publicize the program in advance ad-vance so motorists will understand and cooperate with the objecive. The council estimates that there will be 50 million vehicles on the move during the holiday. Usually extra travel means extra hazard. One hundred and sixty national organizations are participating in the Fourth of July effort to correct cor-rect three main holiday driver faults 1. HASTE - to crowd the most fun into the shortest time. 2. IMPATIENCE - which leads to chance-taking as the result of congested delays. 3. DRINKING and DRIVING. |