SIMPLICITY & ENFORCEMENT
The conference 'of traffic officers convened by the Tianspoit Department considered many phases of traffic control, but wisely decided to concentrate attention in the meantime principally on safety measures. It aimed at simplicity, uniformity, and enforcement. Machinery was set in motion'to • comb the regulations with a view to eliminating unnecessary and rareiy.used--prdvisions. This is desirable, v Control is weakened if the requirements are' so numerous and complex that the 'average motoiist does not, know them and the authority cannot reasonably demand full ob- , seivance. Uniformity is necessary for the same reason. There pan never be complete enforcement while there is any wide diversity in standards. , .Few motorists are constantly und^r the, control of a', single local authority; and those who travel far or near a' right to expect that local differences' in traffic bylaws shall be only such as are needed to meet differences in local conditions. With simplicity and uniformity receiving attention, strict enforcement is reasonable. This is to apply at fiist to brakes, lights, and signals. The enforcement campaign now pioposed should, go far towards eliminating the unsafe machine and checking the careless driver. ; .
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 146, 22 June 1934, Page 8
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