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i i>i m m inw tin f 1 aww fwwMwmnui i w iLini',nmnn. ;i uini STATE TO USE NEW PAVEMENT MARKING SYSTEM The State Department of Transportation will use only yellow paint to mark th* cmUrtin* of tti twoway highways thu year in accordant* with n*w national standard* for pavement marking. Previoudy both whit* and ydlow wer* uaad to Mpant* traffic moving in opposite direction*. Under th* n*w system, the driver who keep* th* yellow line to his left can be sure be ie on tb* right nd* of the road and moving in the ana direction a* other traffic In hi* lane. The State DOT it apply ing th* new mtrkingi to th* 14,000 mile* of th* State Highway System under ita annual pavement marking program this spring. Other levels of government which operate highways in the State, such a* counties, atm, towns and villages, are making th# changes on their roads and streetj M wear nicssrt tales the replacement of existing martingx The new standards will be set forth in the new New York State Manual of Uniform Traffic Control De vice* which will be published by the DOT'S Division of Traffic and Safety later this year. The enctoeed insert, furnished by DOT, illustrate* th* new markings applied to two-leo* end multi lene highways under the revised regulation*. 1972 CAR RECALLS SET RECORO Manufacturers recalled more motor vehicles for correction of safety defects in 1972 than in any other year, the Department of Transportation reported last month. The total of 12 million exceeded th* previous recos'd of 9.4 million set in 1971, by 2.6 million vehicles. The 1972 recalls involved 4.2 million foreign-mad* vehicle* end 7.8 million cars manufactured la th* United 8tatss- FARE PROGRAM POSTPONED i Implementation of th* National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's $10 "iiiive intensified traf fic law enforcement program ha* been delayed until late May. Th* program known as FARE (Fatal Accident Reduction Enforcement) was originally scheduled to run from January 1 to June 30, the end of fiscal 197$. Fundi for th* program were approved last October in a supplemental appropriations act. Th* January start of FARE was delayed by funding limitation* created by th* Administration's $280 billion fiscal 1973 Federal spending ceiling. FARE'S Law Enforcement Program requires participating police agenda* to develop operational plan* including: Additional traffic patrol* in high fatal crash areas; Th* aesignment of this increased patrol on th* basis of time and location of fatal cradtaa; Emphasis on alcohol-related crash** and rural areas; Only th* ure of listing police personnel on overtime, days off or reestigrimsot best*. - s ii .ipi..^wwmai*w.u ufi.p^--w^vwwe^msvspm--wws--viei Munw--wauasnwefwwwssi I'n P". N 3330