Out-of-State License No Longer Shields Violator

Owners of out-of-state cars which were not registered with the University will no longer be able to use their anonymity as a shield for violations of the University traffic code, Charles C. Pyne, assistant to the administrative vice President, claimed yesterday.

In the future, Pyne said, when an unregistered vehicle is ticketed, the number of his license plates is sent to the motor vehicles division of his home state so that his name may be discovered. If he does not respond to the regular police summons, his ticket is turned over to the Dean's Office where fines are transferred to term bills. Persistent violators are subject to disciplinary action.

Records Are Incomplete

The effort to identify unregistered cars is largely preventive and supplementary, Pyne stated. "Because many students now have cars who did not have them in the fall, our records are incomplete," he said. In explaining this Pyne pointed out the case of a fire in an automobile-covered manhole last week. "Our records had the name of the owner, whom we immediately contacted," Pyne explained, "thus saving us a great deal of trouble."

Approximately 30 registration numbers have been sent out to states for identification. Massachusetts drivers are identified by communication with the local motor vehicles department.

Student Cars a "Luxury"

In explaining the University's attitude toward automobile parking, Pyne said that cars at college are a luxury and therefore not the concern of the University. "We're trying to handle a difficult situation in the best way we can," he added.

Areas within the University boundaries which are used for parking until 11 p.m. are not readily available for all night parking since students who might be available to remove their cars from such areas in the daytime in case of fire can not be disturbed at night. This is especially true of the Kirkland-Eliot-Winthrop triangle where snow removal is another important consideration, Pyne concluded.