"If the citizens of Berkeley would observe the traffic ordinance, half of the problem facing the police department today would be solved, declares J. Fisher, traffic officer the Berkeley Daily Gazette reported a century ago on Jan. 22, 1926. 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. Fisher stated that the traffic problem is the most serious situation that the police department faces today, adding that the problem was nationwide and that Berkeley's traffic accident rate was statistically in the middle of cities its size."
Berkeley experienced widespread noncompliance with traffic ordinances, with 95 percent of people disregarding regulatory signs. Between July 1925 and January 1926 there were 522 accidents, resulting in five deaths and 178 injuries, placing the city mid-range among similar-sized cities for accident rates. Traffic safety was identified as the police department's most serious problem, with calls for drivers to show pedestrian-like regard for one another. The Planning Commission approved a zoning change January 28, 1926, to allow a gas station at College and Webster. A severe downpour on January 28–29 produced flash flooding, street damage, flooded basements, and utility trenches filled with rushing water.
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