The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-02
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of the automobile that crashed into c.
J. Thor at Third South and Main
streets. But investigation revealed that
the automobile having the official reg
lister number that had been noted down
by the patrolman and corroborated by
citizens had been in paint shop more
than a week and that the owner had
not been motoring for similar pc
riOd.
1t is also claimed by members of the
police department that in several in
stances the license number shield, which
must be suspended from the rear of the
automobile, frequently has different
numbers on either side. They can be
reversed a moments notice A men,
Der of the motorcycle squad recently
found identical numbers on three diff
ferent automobiles in the course of
journey through the city
Numbers on Two Sides.
The attention of the police has also
been called to license numbers of au-
tomobiles running up into the thou
sands. Their records, however, show
the highest automobile number to be
$50. About a week ago the attention
of the police was attracted to a Ii
cense number that was up in the 1900"
mark, accompanying what appeared to
be a regulation u
Several days ago policemen were as
signed to watch for two habitual viO-
Il tors of the speed ordinance who have
been in the habit of dashing up State
street to South Temple at a 50-mile-
an-hour clip. License numbers that
swung from the rear of the autOmO-
biies were jotted down and taken into
police headquarters With the license
list before them, officers found the
names of the owners of the two auto
mobiles.
Calling them on the telephones in an
investigation prior to making arrests
the police were astonished to find that
the automobiles had not been Oh State
street and that duplicate numbers had
-
MACS. The attention of the police has
been called to the very latest among
motorists-swapping license numbers,
apparently in view of battling authori-
ties.
Various attempts made by the police
to prosecute motorists for violating the
speed ordinance has invariably failed
1t has been argued by counsel repre-
senting defendants that Utah speed
laws are insufficient to prosecute
Reign of Speed Manfacs.
In a discussion of the recent reign
of speed maniacs at police headquar-
ters Yesterday 1t was pointed out that
an ordinance regulating the speed of
automobiles on various streets of the
city, according to the amount OF traffic,
will alone insure the safety of citizens.
Members of the city council have been
urged to pass new ordinances forcing
every person to take out a license be-
fore he may be permitted to run an
automobile on the streets of the city.
1t was suggested at police head
quarters yesterday that the system
used in Denver be enforced. In that
city the speed Of an automobile is
regulated entirely according to amount
of traffic. In order to obtain a license
to operate an automobile the applicant
for the license must first pass an ex-
animation and clearly show that he is
familiar with the speed limitations of
the various streets.
If caught violating the speed ordi-
RANGES his examination certificate is
presented as court evidence that he
was familiar with the speed limita-
lions when he violated it. A third Of
Tense means a revocation of the license
with the result that the speed maniac
will never again be in position to
endanger citizens.