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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1949
Students Must Dodge 3,000 Cars A Day At One Campus Intersection
By Ralph Hemenway
More than 3,000 automobiles cross the intersection of Mississippi street and Jayhawk drive during 200 of the heaviest minutes of traffic each school day.
A traffic check taken by campus traffic officers this week shows that there is as much traffic on the campus now as during any previous semester. The check was
A traffic check taken by campu that there is as much traffic on the vious semester. The check was made with a counting device held in an officer's hand.
The traffic check shows the number of cars that crossed the intersection from ten minutes before the hour until ten minutes after the hour for each hour from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. An average of 16.4 automo-
biles crossed the intersection each minute of the check.
The total number of ears checked was 3.204. Archie Dumas, chief of traffic pointed out that this figure represents no more than half the day's traffic since it covered only one-third of each hour. He said the results represent a typical school day.
larger than the 16.4 average, since the less congested ten minutes following the change in classes is also figured in the average.
Mr. Dumas also pointed out that the number of cars crossing the intersection during the ten minutes after the whistle blows is much
"During the heaviest traffic the average is probably doubled," Mr. Dumas said, "At such times the traffic is moving much swifter than it seems to the person who has to wait at the inersection a short time while cross traffic is cleared."
The heaviest traffic appeared at the
5 p.m. check, when 489 automobiles crossed the intersection; the next heaviest period was at 1 p.m. when 407 vehicles were recorded.
Policeman's Badge And Blouse Stolen From Car
Washington, Oct. 3.—(U.P.)-Rookie policeman Michael Fiore f shame-facedly reported to headquarters today that somebody broke into his parked car and stole his blue uniform blouse and his badge.
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