Traffic control

The new Code for Standardization of Street Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings built up by a Sectional Committee wherein the American Institute of Electrical Engineers was represented has now been completed. It has been accepted by the American Engineering Council which participated during the past several years in the national conferences on street and highway safety inaugurated by Herbert Hoover when Secretary of Commerce. He cystallized consideration of the subject in a national conference on street and highway safety, in an effort to minimize the possibility of accidents and reduce the numerous loss of life and injuries resulting from accidents on the public streets and highways throughout the country. Surveys were made in 35 states and returns analyzed were collected in more than 100 cities and it is believed that the returns covering all conditions and methods of traffic control and regulation will show that this survey has been of great benefit. The final report of the Committee is now in circulation throughout the country by the American Engineering Council and efforts are being made to have the Standard Code inaugurated into laws in every state in the Union to standardize devices of every description for the regulation of traffic and safety on the public highways.