""Ninety-five percent of the people in Berkeley disregard the signs, which we have placed to regulate traffic," Fisher continued. "There is no excuse for this when it is considered that the ordinance is the work of the people themselves. From July (1925) to January (1926), there were 522 accidents in this city. In these five persons were killed and 178 injured"."
""He called attention to the fact that if drivers of cars would approach the traffic question with the same regard as is evinced by people walking on the sidewalks do to one another, a great stride in solving the problem would be made," the Gazette reported."
"The Gazette reported that the hearing "failed to bring out the usual large numbers of objectors to a lowering of College Avenue (zoning) classifications," in part because nearby residents who opposed commercial uses on College extending down to Webster saw a gas station as "a compromise to business.""
Berkeley experienced widespread traffic ordinance noncompliance in 1925–26, with a traffic officer reporting that 95 percent of residents disregarded regulatory signs. From July 1925 to January 1926 there were 522 accidents, resulting in five deaths and 178 injuries. The traffic problem was described as the police department's most serious issue and was characterized as comparable to rates in similar-sized cities. The Planning Commission in January 1926 endorsed rezoning to allow a gas station at College Avenue and Webster Street, a decision seen by some nearby residents as a compromise. A severe downpour on Jan. 28–29, 1926 caused "miniature Johnstown floods" that damaged streets and flooded basements.
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