Word: traffic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Short time ago this high-spirited young Congressman bought himself a new Packard roadster, proceeded to make Washington streets unsafe for pedestrians by speeding, roaring past traffic lights, driving on the left. Early one morning last fortnight police spied him whizzing out Connecticut Avenue at 70 m. p. h., gave chase, caught him when he was forced to slow down for a truck. At the police station Representative Zioncheck posted $25 collateral. He later denied to reporters that he had been arrested, next day was "not in" at either home or office. Last week, when he failed to appear...
Under the new system you just keep to the right of the subway island, no matter where you may be coming from. There is over little chance for doing anything wrong, because there is a forest of signs on all sides saying "Rotary Traffic. Keep Right," "Do Not Enter," "Right Turn Only," and "No Left Turn." Yesterday, moreover, there was an entire squad of Cambridge police to keep you from going wrong...
...difficulty is to find what you can do that is right. Once you get in the habit of spinning around the subway island, it is hard to got out of it without running down several signs and policemen. We might say the traffic goes 'round and 'round...
Other present difficulties are the fact that the U. S. Highway 3 signs point the same direction as the "Do Not Enter" signs, and the fact that the street cars and electric busses continue to butt against the traffic...
...next step on the program to clear up traffic problem around the Square will be to tighten up on parking regulations along Massachusetts avenue in front of Wigglesworth Hall. Double line parkers--even "just for a minute"--and haphazard parkers who leave certain portions of their cars projecting into the way of traffic, will be summoned to court without being given any second chance...