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The Jintla Jinn .... College Station (Brazos County), Texas
Thursday, September 13, 1956 PAGE 7
Traffic - Camp us Security’s Big Pry Mem
By VOL (Smokey) UAVIS
Battalion Staff Writer
A&M has a safe campus, accord-
. mg to Fied 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 ob
served and certain regulations abid
ed by,” Hickman added.
College regulations provide stu
dents must register their vehicles
(including motor scooters, etc.) at
the Campus Security Office, loca
ted in the basement of the YMCA
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 Sep
tember. You will be given a decal
that should be placed on the right
hand side of the car windshield.
Parking Decal
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 registra
tion. This decal will have a partic
ular 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 dec-
areas: blue decals—day students’
als indicate the following parking
parking areas, red decals—dorms 1-
12, brown decals—dorms 14, 15, 16,
17, green decals — Walton Hall,
Law Hall, Puryear Hall, Mitchell
Hall, and Legget Hall, black decals
—Hart Hall, Bizzel Hall, and Mil
ner Hall.
Hours Restricted
t During business hours campus
streets are adequate only for hand
ling 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, between 5 p.m.
and 2 a.m. Monday through Satur
day mornings, students can park
their cars in areas usually reserved
for business. Twelve noon Satur
day until 2 a.m. Monday are also
free parking periods. Students
cannot drive cars to classes. They
may use them for off-campus trips effective at A & M. Speed limits
during classroom hours provided ! are 20 and 80 mph, and are posted,
no stops are made on the campus. PEDESTRIANS SHALL AT ALL
(The term “campus” is interpreted
to include all property at at Col
lege Station under the jurisdiction
of A & M College.)
Texas laws governing traffic are
TALKING OVER THE SITUATION—Chief of Campus
Security Forces Fred Hickman and Patrolman Albert
Ward talk over the parking- situation outside the Campus
Security Offices in the basement of the YMCA.
TIMES HAVE THE RIGHT OF
WAY, and at intervals between
classes vehicular traffic is expected
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 ba
sic college traffic regulations have
been discussed, the next step is
what happens when a regulation is
violated. Under an authorization
granted by the A&M System
Board of Directors last year. Dr.
David H. Morgan, A&M presi
dent Avas empowered to levy a
fee for regaining college driving-
permits taken from violators of
college traffic laws.
The maximum fee authorized was
$1 tor parking violations, $2 for
moving- car Adolations and $5 for
violation of driving cars on the
campus after the permit has been
withdrawn.
At the bottom of eA^ery 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
repoi't to the Campus Security Of
fice where notice of appeal may be
prepared.
The appeal court is to be open
from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Student La
bor Office with Col. E. F. Sauer,
student labor and loans director, as
appeal authority. Sauer’s decis
ions on appeal cases Avill be based
on the circumstances under which
violations occurred.
Should a student lose his appeal
or if he does not appeal, he must
pay the fee to get his driving rights
restored. If he wins his case, the
ticket Avill be torn up.
Not A Fine
The fee is technically not a fine,
for a student does not have to pay
it unless he Avants his driving priv
ileges on the campus restored.
A larger fee will be assessed if a
student drives his car on the cam
pus without having first gotten his
permit back, either by paying the
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violations fee or by winning his
appeal to the traffic officer. Fur
ther 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. Stu
dents Avant to drive to class or
Avant to make too much noise. Or
maybe they want to gather too
many people in and/or one one
A^ehicle. Some always Avant to
speed and drive recklessly to sIioav
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 A'ehicles at
A&M. But the control of vehicles
on the campus is necessary for the
efficient operation of the college.
The question every student wants
to kno\A r is, Whei'e does the money
go that is taken in as reinstatement
fees ?
The answer is very simple and
very important. According to
Hickman, every cent taken in under
this program is used to improve
and make available more adequate
parking lots for the students. Dur
ing the past year, several new lots
have been established and many
20,000 LEAGUES?—Not quite that deep, but members of
A&M’s Oceanography SCUBA diving team are training
and collecting material for the department in 60 feet of
water about 40 miles off Bolivar Point. Left to right are,
Bob Thomas, John Henderson, John Denison, and Peter
Kelly, diving administrator.
more have been improved through
the funds received in reinstatement
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.
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