New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
SC0RCHER AGAIN HERE
Touring Club Will Post Scouts at
All Speed Traps.
PROTESTS SPEEDING OF CARS
American Tourist in Europe
Finds Much Assistance from
Work of the A. A. A.

With the opening Of the automobile tour
ny season and the temperance OF thou
sands OF cars on the popuar highways
have come evidences of renewed activity
nm tine part Of local constabes, a. shown
-, tho sreuuent reports 81 arrests for eN-
.ossfye .nceding IN the majority Of cases
,be offenders are those to whom the pleas
,,ros ~ touring are II secondary impor-
4.,ce Their only thought il 20 drive their
r,arbines at the maximum speed rate
,,beuever a level stretch ~ road opens De
fore them Half dozen ~ these speeu
,,,aniacs can do more than anything else
IN revive the nuisance Of speed traps an"
..,,,.a trouble To hundreds OF motorists VINO
believe IN reasonable driving and caretui
observance NJ the rights q others.
p.rorts recently received at the Touring
,.i,b of America. Broadway. AZ 18Th street
indicate that this speed mania has al
t.. .o,,sed the establishment of To-
.-,ed traps in many parts ~ LONE
Island U-cstcrester county and the "ppe'
mart or New York state, and the same p''
ic, ~ warning motorists Of these hulSa"l'
.,o,s ,,iu he adopted this year. as IN pre-
,io,,s scasops. where these traps are P''
.i-.',,.l,. otroxious scouts will he paceu
-, so,,rdavs and sundays TO give proper
.s.ri,., and al the same time 10 cau'l"'l
,,,t,,,,s,s ,o observe the rules of the rsa"
and all nroper touring regulations not only
- ,.rtic,,lar places. but on all parts %
the highway. ..s,,,
:, f. significant OF the attitude resaru'"s
ov.rers that as result Of the recent
,.ssioD bv some manufacturers on the '''
,.,. ~ racing many letters have been re
.,,.od b, rre touring club upholdinE 'He
..,..i,io, NJ those who seek go minimize '"e
concordance ~ motor racing and placing t"e
Greatest Importance upon the ren'''l',,
- tho every day car 20 travel thousa''ps
If miles through all sorts Of country anu
...t.t, Ola. assurance Of reaching the desireu
destination successfully
Iusrice Norris : Barrett IN charging me
,-,,d ipr, I'm Philadelphia a fe" DAYS
ago said A,o-
some owners and operators o@au'ol'o.
bues seem 10 be under the impression '"a'
the highways were mad Tor 'het '"''
: vidual use. and that II citizen Is l'J"'eu
d., must NOT complain. even II II WASH
his faur Mere 1nes do not seem 20 nave
had much effect upon this class Oh Grim
i,aIi+v II NAV be a few months IN the
county prison would have he desired FL
foot Where human life is taken the Sc
verify NJ the maximum penalty OF the Ia"
would probably have a healthy erect 10
roofing ont this growing evil
The Touring club ~ America. Whiie or
nosiug undue discrimination against l"e
motorist. recognizing the fact that no mas
tho same rights a.. but no more than every
otber user of the public roads. has always
o,u,b,sized endurance and rehaDilHy
f,r long distance touring purposes as the
,,reatesf assets ~ the motor car. Inc III
creasing popularity Of touring IN America
shows conclusively that the majority "'
automobile owners take this rational view
of the motor vehicle.
The American Automobile Association mas
come into possession OF some recent nfs'
hand information of many things thar mat
/ tor IN the n1otorist abroad Francis Miltour
/ Mansfield the American Consul az Ioulon
France. who is temporarily az the \. \ a
national headquarters, No. 49, Fifth ave
ME saws that Americans are in many OF
tho great resorts NJ Europe In the ma
I Ioritv among an foreign Automobiles.
/ III is an undeniabIe fact that touring
conditions abroad generally speaking
comments Mr. Mansfield are more agree
! able than AT home, mainly because Of CON
tinuitv Of good roads. Then there are th'
/ o,,ainfry characteristic inns of the country
side and the palatial hotels of the resorts
81 hfgfn l.4I
SIGHTS and scenes which 10 many are only
/ familiar bv name. The hotel industry H
France catering to the stranger element
now finds its clientele largely composed
of that class OF nomad Americans WHO
seek abroad what they cannot ind al
home The catch line Of former
generation of notelNeepers English com
forts has been supplauted by American
,onveniences.
To-day the touring American motoriS'
abroad will see the \. \. \. hotel sign
hanging before the porte-cochere OF many
world famous hostleries. The Amerl'
can Automobile Association. through Its
foreign touring department. Is IN posi-
lion 10 supply the desired motoring IN
formation. as well as 10 put its members in
.ourb vfth its affiliated hotels. garages and
delegate abroad. thing when mas
not even been seriously attempted by any
other organized body.
"One thing ! would reiterate is that the
more touring the American does abroad the
more patriotic and appreciative he becomes
.r ms own country and its possibility az a
touring ground. The wave will turn west
ward when We have a continuity OF good
roads. when the nation takes the road
question under its paternal wing as II does
tina, Of rivers and harbors and navigation
slono our coasts. n is this that has made
the good roads ~ France ltaF ana
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