Proceedings of Governor's Highway Safety Conference for Wisconsin

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Highway Safety Division, Motor Vehicle Department, State of Wisconsin, 1948 - Accidents - 48 pages
 

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Page 26 - Act I — Uniform Motor Vehicle Administration Registration, Certificate of Title and Anti-Theft Act. Act II — Uniform Motor Vehicle Operators' and Chauffeurs' License Act. Act III — Uniform Motor Vehicle Civil Liability Act. Act IV — Uniform Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act. Act V — Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways.
Page 13 - ... 40. The primary aim of the traffic court should be to impress defendants with the need for traffic law observance rather than to penalize.
Page 8 - In other cases the impetus may come from private support organizations or even from individuals. A public-support, trafficsafety organization must be entirely free from partisan politics, and should offer full and complete opportunity for public expression and participation through a membership of representatives of all Statewide, county-wide, and local organizations and industries able and willing to contribute to the solution of the traffic-safety problem.
Page 10 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength, and thy neighbor as thyself.
Page 12 - JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS Traffic court judges and prosecutors should be properly qualified through education and legal training and should have a special knowledge of traffic safety, engineering, and policing.
Page 8 - Such organization must be entirely free from partisan politics, and should offer full and complete opportunity for public expression and participation through a membership of representatives of all State-wide organizations able and willing to contribute to the solution of the traffic safety problem, a representative of each local safety committee, and outstanding individuals selected because of their particular interest. In order that it may be an effective instrument of support for the official...
Page 6 - Springfield to undertake the enterprise, thus proving anew that "a prophet is not without honor, save in his own country.
Page 15 - Physical education as used herein is instruction in the theory япа practice of physical exercise and instruction in hygiene, but does not include medical supervision. (4) Prevention of Accidents. Each public school teacher shall devote not less than thirty minutes in each month to teaching her pupils how to prevent accidents.
Page 8 - Full cooperation of activities must be established between the official highway-safety program and the program of public support. The public official cannot reach a satisfactory exercise of his responsibilities without public backing. Coordination of administrative planning at the official level...
Page 39 - The basic purpose of traffic law enforcement is to encourage voluntary obedience to laws and ordinances enacted for the protection of all users of the highways. The level of enforcement must be raised to the point where operators and pedestrians practice self-discipline and conformance.

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