Traffic Conference
Delegates View
Safety Exhibition
(Continued from fage one)
than the figure of about 110 feet
which would be expected in figur
ing from the results at the lower
speed. (Reaction distance increases
directly with speed, but braking
distance increases with the square
of the speed. So, with twice the
speed, the braking distance would
be four times as great—30 plus 80
or 110 feet would have been ex
pected.
However, it appeared to this re
porter that the driver .anticipating
the shot, started automatically to
slow down before it was fired, and
thus may not have been going 40
miles per hour at the time (al
though he may have been travel
ing faster than 40 mph before
slowing down, and had to slow
down to reach that speed.
In the second part of the dem
onstration, passing, conditions
were not as favorable as desired,
despite blockades on 15th and 18th
avenues. Cars pulling out from
parking lines interfered with the
trials, decreasing accuracy.
In the two attempts at passing
a police car going 20 miles per
hour, it took the second car 84
and 8% seconds respectively to
pass. At 30 mph the car was un
able to pass in the distance avail
able.
The figures obtained at 20 miles
per hour were slightly less than
the 9-second standard figure, ac
Conference Schedule
Schedule on the traffic court
conference’s last day:
9 a.m.—Traffic court proced
ures (panel discussion)
11—Traffic court violations
bureau (address by James P.
Economos, director of the Amer
ican Bor association’s traffic
court program)
1 p.m. — Answer period (by
three traffic court experts from
Chicago. Delegates had turned in
questions concerning traffic
court problems on “This is what
1 want to know”.)
2—Uniform traffic ticket
practices (addresses by Econo
mos and Robert L Donigun,
counsel for the Northwestern
university traffic institute)
S—Presentation of certificates
of participation.
Opening sessions of the con
ference Wednesday morning be
ing held in Fenton hall were at
tended by Oregon Governor
Douglas McKay, Supreme Court
Justice James T. Brand and At
torney General George T. Neu
ner.
cording to the narrator. At that
speed, he said, a car would travel
350 feet before another could pass
it. "People who think they can
pass another car in the distance of
half a city block are either ignor
ant or just don’t care,” he said.
‘Accurate Enough*
The tests were not completely
accurate, Eugene Police Chief Ted
Brown said later Thursday, but
they were accurate enough to show
the distance required to stop a ear.
According to police charts, a car
traveling at 20 miles per hour on
dry pavement (the pavement
Thursday was fairly wet, but the
friction was about the same as
that on dry pavement, the nar
rator stated,) is going 29 feet per
second. It will travel 22 feet from
the time a driver receives some
kind of warning-to-stop signal,
and an additional 21 feet, for a
total of 43 feet stopping distance.
At 70 miles per hour, Brown
said, a car is going 103 feet per
second, and will travel 77 feet
while the driver reacts, 251 feet
braking distance, or 328 feet in all.
Tacks Halt Traffic
GANDEEVILLE, W. Va. (U.R)
Vandals carpeted roads around
this little community with tacks
and roofing nails. Garages did a
booming business changing tires.
A funeral procession bogged down
when five automobiles were stop
ped by punctures.
Read ana use mmerald classi
fieds.
SU Board Changes Committee Names;
Hears Reports, Social Hour Plans
Names of two Student Union
committees were etoanged at the
Wednesday meeting of the Student
Union board.
The concert committee has been
renamed the muste committee
which the Board considered to be
a more appropriate name for its
activities. It handles all “live”
music programs.
Recorded music committee is the
new name for the old Music group
which handles the record listen
ing room.
Reports were heard from the
forum committee, the faculty card
committee and the record lending
library committee. The SU board
treasurer, Jane Wiggen. also sub
mitted her monthly report.
The board was informed of a
SU social hour held Thursday j
evening at 7p.m.. in the Dad's.
Lounge.
Traffic Judge Rejects
Alcometer Evidence
NEW HAVEN. Conn.(U.P.)-Judge j
Harold E. Alprovis ruled in .city j
court that an alcometer—devised I
by Yale—is not enough to convict
a driver of being drunk.
The judge dismissed a charge
against William E. Smith, 22, be
cause the prosecutor lacked cor
robating evidence.
The alcometer is a device which
measures the percentage of alcohol ’
in the blood.
Boat'd Chairman, Ralph Hillier,
told the group dances will be hold
in the SU ballroom during the state
basketball tournament - for high
school students and University
students who wish to attend. The
Eugene Active club will handle
most of the arrangements for the
program.
United Air Lines applica
tions of stewardesses are
now being accepted and pro
cessed for vacancies for the
spring and summer. Mini
mum qualifications include:
height 5 ft. 2 inches to 5 ft.
7 inches, single, age 21 to 27,
excellent health, public busi
ness experience may be sub
stituted for educational col
lege credits of less than two
years. If you enjoy travel
and meeting the public call
at the nearest United Air
Lines office for application
forms, or write to United
Air Lines Personnel Depart
ment, 411 Douglas Building,
Seattle, Washington.
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