College Plans To Reinforce Traffic Rules

Fines for failure to register cars at the University will be raised from $10 to $25 next year, Charles C. Pyne, Assistant to the Administrative Vice-President, said yesterday in announcing a new University crack-down on student traffic violators.

Registration stickers should be on student-owned cars at all times and the car owner will be fined $25 by the University police if his car is found without a certificate.

As part of the crack-down, resident car owners will be distinguished from commuters through assignment of different colored stickers. Resident students may park their cars only in specified parking lots and garages, but not on University property. Commuters may leave their automobiles on University grounds only during the day.

Pyne has been delegated power from the Corporation to decide if and when students should be brought before their respective Deans for violations of University regulations. Previously, students were automatically taken before their Deans for discipline after five parking rules infractions.

Must Register Immediately

Students will be required to register their cars "immediately" upon arrival at the University in the fall. "Immediately" has not yet been defined, but according to Pyne, will probably mean within one week after arrival. Spring-term students may register within two days after coming to the University, generally some time in February.

Regulations are being re-enforced because "parking and traffic problems in the vicinity of the University are becoming increasingly serious," Pyne said. According to Matthew J. Toohey, chief of the University police, there are more student owned and operated cars this year than ever before, and the increase is not likely to stop in the near future.

A recent Corporation report has advised that students should abstain from bringing cars to college with them. As of now, enough legal parking areas to accommodate resident student car owners do not exist.