Record #:

17267

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

The end of the war brought to an end gas and tire rationing, and an end of rationing brought to an all time high highway traffic fatalities. Acting to curb these increasing deaths, T. Boddie Ward, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, moved to mobilized all the resources of his office to remove from the highways all causes of accidents. This has resulted in a traffic law enforcement school with instruction from the State Highway Patrol, the Institute of Government, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Source:

Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 12 Issue 9, Nov 1946, p7-9, f

Subject(s):

Traffic enforcement