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721-23 MoMi St. Easa PHONE UNI. 7210 Estimâates J ithout Obligatiéo FOR THE! DEST SHO! REPAIRUNG ;CHNEIDER' West of Witet; Oroccry lES CENTRfAL AV. ened, due in part to the adoption of new inethodà of traffic control anid a mnore effective and sustained educational program. The reportas of July 1,, is in part as follows: CONDITIONS ~- Wilmette ini the heart of a group of cities and villages along thc nortli shore,. bavin- a combined population ùf approxitnately 100,000 witb 26,40W autos registered: 'The v illage's police department consists of 17 m'en.,,There are four state bighway runnings through Our village,. sorne of the streets are very narrow, curved, and crosse:! by railroad tracks, and traffic is beavy. I.ast year the number of taffic accidents were reduced 12 per cent, injuries t-brough traffic accidents 29 per cent andfatalities' We organized, thé Driver's Safety scbool, consisting of four mùeetings. Eacmetig was addressed byantion ally-known speakcer, a saiety film was shown, a ýquestion-box was Provrided, se that anybody having a question. pertaining to law or engineering could ask sanie, and bave it, correctlY- answered byý one competent f0teinstruct in. those subject.s. A. questionnaire on. safety was also prepared and distributed to the tembers m of the various organizations, and' the same was correctly, answered atthe scbool. er's safety school. of four or ive persons, havmng an average tax bill of $2W.00, mot taking into consideration the, incomne from uninmproved property or licenses, paid for: police protection, $9.00, per yecar, an amount equal to what that famuily spends Public Safety. is only one of the nanly duties with which. the police departmnent is charged, and if the cost were divided. aniong the various. activities, that. chargeable to public safety would bc unbelievably low. ADDIOýl1-NAL PROFIT, for an evening. newspaper. 1*. Cati m Dolifer 6m,1>409 Ten pieces of apparatuis for making, Traffiearrenta ......... scientiflc tests of drivers for nerve reacof fines collected. $295 $1,891 tion. color blindness, range of vision,ý Amount 405 Ainount of fines suspýended .. 114 effect of glare, judgment of speed', etc., Amount of fines worked » 100 6 out for Village........... in order to wartn drivers of their physical 1<01W- defects so they could compensate for Ili the absence of a Safety commiss'Qfl theni ini sonie other way, were used at the Wilmette police department 'lecided the flrst tbree meetings. to put on a safety campaign, ini order to In comparing the law enforcement improve conditions. We first set aside from January 1, 1936 to July 1, 1936, the commercial vehlicles as a ,group to with the same period of time for the study, and learned that large fleets of previous year. the results are as folcommerciaUll ic1es had but few acci- lows: dents, due to the accident prevenfion 100 ... .105 work carried on by their employers. WVe affie accidents 26 rsonal injuries . . . ... 42 also learned that 38 per cent of our acci2 none atal... ................. 46 ~cldents at Intersections. .. 67 We do not look to fines as a souýrce of revenue 'for the village, as they are very low, and average only about $1.34. per case. In sonie cases where the driver is unemployed and cannot afford to pay the fine, in wbich case some other membher of the family would be 'required to0 ay the payment -bas been suspended. ~ethe. driver is a student. not hav-. In as $414 $2'396 glvrwatre reptred, rePlaté reuslJugt 1k. new. d efforts in an educational campalgu, uer in the interest of safety. no doubt was the fîrst time police depart- Drivers lnvolved Nonresidents of Wilmette. .113 ments bad ever cooperated in like mial- Dri vers invoIedUnknown residence........1là Total accidents-.........-105 Total arrests after Investigation of accidents.......... 13 Total arrest.s for tramel wIUI.IIR esdnso ibet .6 69 93 D. PACLIAaIJLO Read teWû d We held a conference withi the superintendents of - public and parochial schools of the four villages and the high school, andit was agreed that the sehools would teacb safety in their own way, the police to suggest subjects which sbould be put across at any particular Itmen urder tin niake if uniform 16 100 47 violation ............ 356 1,409 Drivlng while Intoxicated .... 6 Reckiess driving ... ......... Speeding...ý....... ........ 36 .. .. 3s stol) sign violation . Tr-affic, light violation....4 3 9 Some of oUr citizens have been'nmore efficient in their eniployuuent, business or professions, by being relieved of worry regarding the recovery of themselves or members of their families or the expense incurred, as a resuit of traffic accidents. Accidents also cause litigation, which incurs expense and requires citizens to be absent f rom their business or ein- I ACQÇ le~s CRI .413Li"=Ave »let42 this entire ýpr hway departinent1 ct, but due to la Miss jane Bigneil of Kenilworth Legio C.oswartes was the guest of the C. L. Frederics Wilmette Post 46 Atnerican Legion af their summer home at Lake has also cooperaîedwith fthe Police de- Delawan recently. laie oaiiy advertising is the hirm naine w>low if. eilCo a ---