Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 42, DeMotte, Jasper County, 7 September 1939 — Odd Regulations Give Protection To Auto Driver [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Odd Regulations Give Protection To Auto Driver

Fraffic Safety Rules \ ar\ on Highways of Foreign Nations. Prepared by National Geographic Society, Washington D. C.~ VVNU Service. While many traffic safety regulations are similar the world over, some countries have evolved unusual and even comic measures for the safety of their people. Though comic many of these rules are none the less effective. In England there is no speed limit on highways except in the congested areas. In Bucharest authorities have recently* instituted a drive for pedestrian control. A special court has been set up to try offenders. This safety regulation has been successfully used in other European and American cities. The traffic board of Calcutta not long ago passed a rule banning ra-

\()ISbLCSS COH. You cant blow your automobile horn in Home, and the traffic cops don't have any whistles, but they stand on a pedestal in the middle of the street. So the old excuse about not having seen them doesn't go at all in *raffic court. ciius or phonographs in automobiles as distractions to motorists and therefore traffic hazards. Officials of Riga, capital of Latvia, quieted traffic by prohibiting the unnecessary tooting of horns and ordering that all milk cans be silenced by wrapping them in sacks or straw, Americans visiting large European cities are often amazed by the lack of traffic noise due to such “non-tooting” regulations. Several countries have adopted the use of posters as a means of reducing accidents. In Sweden posters are used to combat jaywalking. One Swedish sign warning pedestrians against jaywalking shows a hen scuttling precariously across a busy street. The sign reads: “Don’t be a Laura!” Flashing red and green signals are the usual world-wide traffic symbols denoting stop and go. However, there are found many and amusing variations in style and color. In Lisbon, on narrow streets, policemen hold up paddles painted red on one side and green on the other. 1 In Singapore the traffic “cops” have a long horizontal, white board attached to their backs. To regulate traffic, the policemen turn not a light, but themselves.'