The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-18
AUTO OWNERS
TO SUBMIT Law
,..ur ALL PASSED COMPELLING
ALL HIGHWAY VEHICLES TO
az EQUIPPED WITH
LAMPS.

.Every vehicle used upon the high
.,.,,,s of this state, which said word
.,,ebtcle' shall include horsedrawn We
,',o,os or vehicles drawn by other
r.,osts carriages and all other means
. CONVEYANCE, except automobiles and
,notorcycles, and such as run only up
an rails and tracks, shall carry dur
tho the period from one hour after
.,rset TO one hour before SUNRISE at
least one lighted lamp, showing q
light visible at least $50 feet Said
light shall be so displayed that 1t
mo-, he seen either I'm the direction to-
oord which or from which the We
bicle is proceeding"
scores of collisions between vehicles
which are not required by law to car
-, lights and automobiles, have caus-
cd the Michigan State Automobile as
sociation To prepare the foregoing
amendment TO the state motor We
bicle law. which will be introduced for
massage at the present session of the
legislature. By Representative a. Ward
Copley of Detroit.
statistics showing the large num-
der of accidents last year as the re-
suit of lampless carriages are now
be!ng collected. A. f. Peck. chairman
of the legislative committee of the au-
tomobjle association, says.
"MereIy Common Sense"
1T is merely a common sense law"
said Mr.. Peck such a law went in
TO effect in the District of Columbia,
January /. and the same proposition
was recently embodied i'm an ordinance
by the common council Of Detroit OF
course. 1t will affect only this city.
ANY person who ever rode at night
i'm an automobile on the country
roads. or even i'm the city, is well
aware of the necessity for such law.
Wagons with no lights, either going
or coming. cannot be seen by the au-
toist until he is almost upon them.
and il the road happens to be slippery
1t is often too late to avoid collision.
Lights on automobiles with none
automcbilist to shy clear of all pos
slble collisions. II is not as favor
"a the automobilist that lights on all
vehicles should be required at night,
but for the protection of human life
Another favorable feature of the
proposed amendment is that i'm al
probability il will reduce the rates of
accident insurance, according To mem
bers Of the automobile association.
Under the present state vehicle law
automobiles and motorcycles are the
only vehicles required to carry lights.
The result has been the autoists say
that many serious accidents have oc-
Cured both in the country and the
cities. 1t is declared that the proposed
amendment will be a safeguard to
everybody concerned.
Lights Even on Wheelbarrows.
Should the amendment become a
Tart cf the state vehicle law the stat
ute will be so sweeping in its terms
that not even a popcorn cart or a
wheelbaTow can escape compliance
with IT. 1t Is thought that the only
opposition to the amendment, If any
win come from the rural districts.
Through the newspapers through
out the state a campaign of publicity
viii be conducted. Residents Of the
rural districts and the cities and towns
alike will be enlightened upon the nee
essity for the amendment. The amend
ment is so constructed that vehicles.
now escaping the law will be required
to have only one light. But the light
must SO be placed that il can be seer
from both the rear and front for 25C
Feet II makes no difference whether
the light is suspended from n pole
above the body of the vehicle or
whether it is hung on the side. Al
that will be required Is that the light
snail be visible.