Cambridge to Begin Towing Away Cars

All traffic and parking regulations will be enforced "up to the hilt" beginning immediately, Sgt. John M. McCarthy, Safety Officer of the Cambridge Police Department, announced last night.

At part of the crackdown, police will begin towing away improperly parked cars, a move which has not been taken up to now, he said. The Department will also begin to send the names of student violators to University authorities for admonition, McCarthy added.

Scooters and Bicycles Included

The enforcement campaign, which will encompass motor scooters and bicycles as well as cars, has come as a result of continued flagrant violations after previous warnings had been given, McCarthy declared. He cited cars parked within 20 feet of an intersection, parking beside fire hydrants, and failure to be properly registered as the chief automobile offenses.

Police officers will of course continue to ticket bicycles and motor scooters for such offenses as riding or parking on sidewalks, not observing stop and go signals, passing on the right, and riding down one way streets in the wrong direction, McCarthy asserted. These violations, he noted, have continued despite the ticketing campaign begun a week ago.