A&M’s Traffic Controlled
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By Campus Security Office
By VOL (SMOKEY) DAVIS
Battalion Staff Writer
A&M has a safe campus, ac
cording to Fred Hickman, Chief
of Campus Security, this is made
possible not through our police
force, but by combined efforts of
both students and the campus se
curity forces.
“Students are welcome to bring
their cars to the campus but cer
tain procedures have to be observed
and certain regulations abided by”,
Hickman added. -
College regulations provide stu
dents must register their vehicles
(including motor scooters, etc.) at
the Campus Security Office, lo
cated in the basement of the YM
CA building, not later than 48
hours after arrival. This pertains
only to a car you will keep here
with you. Registration fee is 25
cents and registration will take
place in September. You will be
given a decal that should be placed
on the right hand side of the car
windshield.
Starting this year as part of a
new setup in handling A&M traf
fic, you will be given only the new
decal—the old license plates and
decals are being done away with
in order to facilitate a more ac
curate, efficient system of regis
tration. This decal will have a
particular color, depending on
which area of the campus you live,
and this color will indicate the
parking lot area in which you are
to park your vehicle.
The different colors of the decals
indicate the following parking ar
eas: blue decals—day students’
parking areas, red decals—dorms
1-12, brown decals—dorms 14, 15,
16, 17, green decals—Walton Hall,
Haw Hall, Puryear Hall, Mitchell
Hall, and Leggett Hall, black dec
als—Hart Hall, Bizzell Hall, and
Milner Hall.
Hours Restricted
During business hours campus
streets are adequate only for
handling of traffic necessary to
college business. These hours are
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students’ cars
must be parked in their proper
parking area by 2 a.m. Thus, be
tween 5 p.m. and 2 a.m. Monday
through Saturday mornings, stu
dents can park their cars in areas
usually reseiwed for business.
Twelve noon Saturday until 2 a.m.
Monday are also free parking per
iods. Students cannot drive cars
to classes. They may use them for
off-campus trips dui'ing classroom
hours provided no stops are made
on the campus. (The term “cam
pus” is interpreted to include all
property at College Station under
the jurisdicition of A&M College).
Texas laws governing traffic are
effective at A&M. Speed limits
are 20 and 30 mph, and are posted.
PEDESTRIANS SHALL AT ALL
TIMES HAVE THE RIGHT OF
WAY, and at intervals between
classes vehicular traffic is expec
ted to stop for a sufficient period
of time to permit pedestrians to
cross drives and streets.
Now What Happens
Now that the majority of the
basic college traffic regulations
have been discussed, the next step
is what happens when a regulation
is violated. Under an authoriza
tion granted by the A&M System
Board of Directors last June, Dr.
David H. Morgan, A&M president
was empowered to levy a fee for
regaining college driving permits
taken from violators of college
traffic laws.
The maximum fee authorized
was $1 for parking violations, $2
for moving car violations and $5
for violation of driving cars on the
campus after the permit had been
withdrawn.
At the bottom of every ticket
issued, will be instructions on how
you may go about getting your
car reinstated and the procedure
and place to go. If the driver
thinks the ticket is unwarranted
he should report to the Campus
Security Office where notice of
appeal may be prepared.
The appeal court is to be open
from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Student
Labor Office with Col. E. F. Sauer,
student labor and loans director,
as appeal authority, Sauer’s decis
ions on appeal cases will Be based
on the circumstances under which
violations occurred,. & : ;v !
Should a student lose his ap
peal ; pr if he; does not appeal, he
must pay the fee to get his driv
ing right restored. If he wins his
case, the ticket will be torn up.
Not A Fine
The fee is technically not a fine,
for a student does not have to pay
it unless he wants his driving-
privileges on the campus restored.
A larger fee will be assessed if
a student drives his car on the
campus without having first got
ten, his permit back, either by pay
ing the violations fee or by win
ning his appeal to the traffic of
ficer. Further violations may cause
the case to become a matter for
disciplinary action.
A&M has a limited amount of
space and a seemingly unlimited
number of cars wanting space.
Students want to drive to class or
want to make too much noise. Or
maybe they want to gather too
many people in and/or on one ve
hicle. Some always want to speed
and drive recklessly to show off.
You don’t impress anybody and
you might end up having to shell
out a wad of money.
The Campus Security Office is
not set up as a ball and chain upon
student inclinations. The college
wants students to have and enjoy
their cars and other vehicles at
A&M. But control of vehicles on
the campus is necessary for the
efficient operatio’n of the college.
The question every student wants
to know is, “Where does the money
go that is taken in as reinstate
ment fees?”
The answer is very simple and
very important. Accoi’ding to Hick
man, every cent taken in under this
program is used to improve and
make available more adequate
pax-king lots for the students. Dur
ing the past year, several new lots
have been established and many
more have been improved through
the funds received in reinstate-
meixt fees.
Pamphlet of Rules
When you register your car, you
will be given a pamphlet of the
traffic rules. BE SURE AND
READ EVERY LINE. You can
help yourself and help the college
at the same time. REMEMBER,
the rules given are for driving and
parking on the campus and are
aimed at your’s and other persons’
safety. And this safety should ex
tend beyond the limits of the cam
pus.
TALKING OVER A&M’S TRAFFIC PROBLEM—Chief
Fred Hickman of Campus Security and patrolman Albert
Ward talk over the ever-growing - problem of parking and,
probably remarking about the heat we have had the last
few weeks. Campus Security Offices are on the ground
floor of the YMCA.
EXCHANGE STORE
PARKING SERVICE
As another service to student shoppers
The Exchange Store is glad to announce
the opening of a FREE PARKING LOT for
customer use.
This lot is just east of the State Building.
Students have official permission of Campus
Security to park in this lot for periods not
exceeding 30 minutes. *
Violators of the 30-minute regulation will,
of course/ receive parking tickets.
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