Kennewick’s First Rules of the Road
The city council implements a new traffic ordinance to curb reckless driving and prevent accidents on business streets.
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Some there may be who think Kennewick is donning long trousers at too tender an age in adopting its new traffic ordinance. But nothing can be written down as premature which insures the public greater safety without imposing hardships. The new ordinance imposes no hardships. It is just as easy to drive along the right side of the street as along the wrong side. It is just as easy to turn a corner the right way as the wrong way. It is just as easy to stop an automobile near the curb as out in the middle of the street. And it is a whole lot easier to slow down to 15 miles an hour along the business streets than it is to pay for broken bones and a lot more satisfactory than to ride in a hearse.
“It is a whole lot easier to slow down to 15 miles an hour along the business streets than it is to pay for broken bones and a lot more satisfactory than to ride in a hearse.”
As automobiles transitioned from toys of the wealthy to common transit, cities struggled to define traffic laws. The 15 mph speed limit serves as a reminder of how recent the era of modern traffic control truly is.
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