The Washington times., 1912-09-28
A UNIFORM MOTOR
CODE FOR STATES
IS MUCH NEEDED
Chaos Is Caused BY Con-
Aicting Road Regula-
tions of States.
By HARRY WARD.


With the convening OF the legislatures
IN many States this fall, there is wide
spread interest among automobile users
~ -, ~, 80, ,oa,sia, ,io,, a a,fac,,no ,bo
as 10 mha' neM ieeis'a',un ai'e.e .ne
operation OF motor Venicles upon tns
public highways will be proposed and
enacteo: ,.,
IL IL the OPINION OF no'oIasts hs weii
as state ana municlpal onicials tnat
every enort sn9ula De ah,p. maze 70 sregue rcu,,e
greater unIoInlty IN autonople Issu,
iations. espeeiaiiy az concerns I'M Ine speea on,
limits, SO tnat TOURISTS IN passing LrpIm
one state 70 ano.ner wil' U mn M ue .trao,. ~
tne Town Iathers oi, tne Niase H. t,' vs.
DER 10 derive source Oh Ieyehue, As
seneral ruc thc Ias anu am mn ,n,,rJ
ihoo'lsLs upon ,i,.,,, rnsmnc,,ng tha
ues urse iy, Sau.iousy, o,bo,. ,,sar ~ ~
rights 0, pedestrians anu o.ner 49, o
tne Ioau, careiui'y ooser'ihs '"o 'o'ai
tTno m,, ,,,., c,,,h ~ hr,ori,oa bas for
Lne ,o@urs @ SD n,,,.n,aa o. ,,,,,torr,ity In
~ ,yya.ins aavorning the nnorst,on
.ne ,or nesu'aiJ aopinIos and Tie success of IT,
OF ran, mo.or . veI hoan rafected in the enacts
enorts has os.n ,au, Statn laws ara
mept OF many new Sn hio,, tha o,,,h S
niuhioipaI oauii'eS ana "'" '"'
nus recoinihehoeu'
An English Critic.
- nj.
horo "on."eu' .no n,. .',,.
ish authority on motorlns anhrs, WIZ
q guest or the Touring CluD oInciais
on his recent Visit TO the unitea states,
which motoring Is carried on IN this
country. and In review OF his OBJ
servations has the following to say:
"Ih the United States there Is at
least one serious Inconvenience to mo-
torists which should be removed be-
fore long. Every State land there are
forty-eight OF them makes its own
laws under. which motor cars may run,
40 nrd N a tn qnaad limits
and has a different system Of regula-
tlons. II Is as IL every county in
England or every department in France
differed in the regulation and admins
state there is a speed limit. sometimes
the same as and sometimes differing
from Its neighboring State. Needless
to add, everywhere In America, as else
where all over the world. these speed
limits are habitually disrcgarded be-
cause tney ,aoo ca,no. oo o,s,ht n,Iios m hour
is the maximum speed allowed in the
nubiic narks though motor cars sell
dom proceed at less than twelve. Other
c,,ias have diffcrent limits, Eyerywhere
c,ies s Ia' ,ona,,nta ~ occaaionaI can
tures made by the police of cars for
aunooaing the limit-'speeding. as II
t.oei,ad,ond 3. the Offenders are fined
n,o,tv beaviiv more heavily than they
ipo,,tS ho ,ncd in most Europcan coun.
tries TTu'u '' '''''
u!es, I n,o,,,,,,on tboro are individuaI
~ vas nnooJ ,,m,ta of twelve miIes
anu spe.ir ,,,. d the streets. eight miles mn
IN noat ~ nross,ngs and four miles mn
, hour a. ornsrs These observation-disclosures
nour at Sorners' ,ra 81 co,,rse not obeved
iss a.ons ha ,,rjyorsaIIy ,nforced hut
. aLiu ,,Io Su' no,,s In a ganerai way tbn
the puoi., hS nS b,,n,on live they ore
.nss ,a5 sN, anu '"
c1,hIoi,eu Th ,,,a,oh,,o manufacturers In this
,o,,r',r t nmrnc,atn The necessity OF mi.
Sr,,tt;y, ,n p,otnr vebic,e reguIations es.
rnni,i,I, io,lny III u. " re0,rds snced nreferabIy