The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-24
Of automobile signals goes into effect

OF automobile signals goes into effect
today. -
This Ii the result Of efforts of the
Automobile club, Of Southern Cali
fornia, and the police department
here to reduce the automobile acci-
dent record and at the same time sub
due the Objectionable noise element
among motorists
TIL new measure contains several
unique provisions. 1t demands the
use Of a. truly adequate warning Sig
nal and defines such as one producing
an abrupt not, sufficiently loud TO be
heard under all traffic conditions; but
restricts its use to times when 1t Is
actually necessary as q warning OF
danger.
Preliminary to the enactment OF
the ordinance a tcst Of auto horns was
conducted by the trafflc police. the
results showed that the horn operated
by means Of q rnber bulb WAS made
quate to the demands OF safety.
The new law Is consequently d.
rected against this type of signal de-
vice. Los Angeles Is the first OF the
Southern California municipalities TO
take up this important. question ana
it Is predicted that the solution em-
bodied In the new legislation VIII %
adopted generally throughout this sec
ton.
Contest Board Rulings.
At meeting of the contest board
held nj A. A. A. national headquar-
ters. Wednesday, November goth. the
following action Was taken
The formal appeal Of the Central
Auto company, OF Grand Rapids,
Mich. from the decision Of the ref
cree in the reliability run Of the Grand
Rapids Automobile club, held DC
tober 81 to "a. 1912, under Official
Sanction Grant, No. $50, In penaiizing
No. 7 Cadillac two CD points under
rule SIS OF the 1919 Contest Rules
for the raising of the hood Of the car
while In neutral control at kalgasga.
| Mich, on october 23d, by an indIvid-
ual. who was In no wise connected
with the tour, was overruled and the
decision of the referee affirmed. Al
meetings OF the contesta Is held on
the evenings OF October 2lst and 22d,
the referee ruled that the unioosen-
| ing OF fasteners and raising OF the
! hood would be construed as work
within the meaning OF the rules and
penalixed accordingly. The fact thai
| opportunity was evidently afforded an
i outsider to unfasten and lift the hood
| would seem to indicate a degree Of
| negligence ON the part of the driver OF
the car who must be held responsible
| that the referee had no alternative
| than to penaiize the car III accord
with the previously announced ruling
| But for this occurrence, the Cadillac
| car would have completed the 4oO.
mile contest with perfect score ant
been tied for first place with the Rec
and Oakland entries.
The Coey- Mitchell Auto company
OF Chicago, and the Stutx Motor Cal
| company, Of Chicago, respective en-.
trants Of two Coey-Mitchell and q
/ Stutx car in the ssAround Lake Mich
| igan" Reliability run OF the Chicago
| Motor club. held October Fl TO 50
i1912, under Oflicial Sanction Grant
No. sos, were disqualified and sus'
pended to June 1, 1913, for violation
| of rule So Of the 1912 Contest Rule:
in falling to report for start or pre-
senting satisfactory excuse to the ref
| cree for such failure, after having
/ signed the official entry blank of til,
tour.
Fer violation Of rule rs on adver
tising the performance OF the Moline
and Staver- Chicago cars. which par
fticipated in the Around Lake Mich
igan" tour, conducted al a grade Ill
fnonstock run. as being the perform
ance OF stock cars" The Moline Au
/ tomobile company, Of East Moline
| ILL.,. and the Staver Carriage company
Of Chicago, were disqualified and sus.
I pended to 5une /, 1918.
| New Work for Cadillac.
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