European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 06, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday october 1967 the stars and stripes pan 5 night hand driving Sweden halve traffic deaths Stockholm a Sweden great Experiment in shifting to right hand traffic sept. 3 is largely a Success so far with traffic deaths Cut to the increased Road safety with 50 lives saved in septem Ber mostly because of lower Speed limits and stronger police control is still endangered by old left hand particularly have a hard time adapting to the right said Lars ski old who directed the giant $120-million overnight switch. A tendency among Drivers Tobe nonchalant about the new Low Speed limits worries the authorities As much As the motorists troubles with left turns and traffic circles. The first right hand friendliness in traffic also was reported on the Wane. Speed limit the rigidly enforced general Speed limits since a Day stands for Hoeger right so far have been 23 Miles per hour in cities 43 . On Ordinary roads and 59 on expressways. The right hand traffic com Mission this week asked the government to approve a newest of limits of 25, 50 and 62 . Effective oct. 17.this measure was advised de spite statistics showing that 58per cent of the motorists and 98 per cent of the cyclists and pedestrians had fallen Back into old left hand habits at least showed that Only about three1 out of 10 motorists adhered to the Low Speed limits especially in the cities and on big roads. The majority of violators trespassed Only slightly however. The sharpened police control resulting in about seven times As Many speeding tickets As be fore has still proved inadequate. Parking income the authorities Are earning Money on new strict parking rules with no free parking in Stockholm. One big two Day crackdown last week following an initial mild period netted3,000 tickets compared with a Normal 1,000, in Stockholm Foran income of $30,000. Others Are less Happy about the Reform than the authorities. The Large Oil companies re ported sales losses of Between 10 and 20 per cent on gasoline for september because of the lower speeds. Many motorists now go by air or train for longer journeys. Transport and construction firms complained that the new rules hamper them. In. Is in 34 37 45 27 40 38 19 35" 13 23 z9 20 41 36 14 17 55 42. 10 24 ii horizontal1. Pol or bulgar5. Type of lettuce8. Exchange 12. Persian fairy 13. Sktll14. Piece of fired Lay 15. Princes 16. Biblical name 17. On the Ocean 18. Comfort20. Garden tool22. Southern city26. A. Mer trifle. 29. Baby Lonia Ngod 30. Sound of Pigeon 31. Appear32. Color 83. Horse gait 84. Land measure 35. Verb form 36. Adolescent years 87. Heroic versa 40. Session41. Distant 45. Fashion47. Epoch 49. Concept50. Detail 51. Bird Osprey 52. Frog53. Caverns 54. Harden55. Trans Gresse vertical 1. Health resort 2. Line fabric 3. Italia River 4. Headline country 5. English poet 6. Native Metal answer to yesterday s Puzzle. Average time of solution 34 minute. A 19
